Interior Designer - Retail - Mid Level

Your Role

As a Gensler’s Interior Designer, you will tap into your boundless creativity and passion for design to produce unique and functionally beautiful spaces for clients.  You are a self-motivated, team player who is ready for active participation in all phases of the design process.  With you as part of the design team, interiors have never been so engaging.

What You Will Do

As a Mid Level Retail Interior Designer, you will tap into your boundless creativity to design unique professional environments, providing design support for completion and execution of design projects, working on all project design stages and your responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to all project phases: project strategy, test fits, schematic plans and conceptual designs for schematic design, refine design solutions for design development, collaborating with multiple disciplines

• Produce graphic presentations, including 3D renderings, for client presentations

• Contribute to the preparation of construction documents, including plans, elevations, details and specifications

• Assist in managing team and client communication

• Collaborate with consultants, contractors, fabricators, regulatory agencies and other vendors to achieve project objectives  

• Contribute to our office and firm culture, initiatives, mentorship and talent development

• Support the Principals to develop the client, contractor and design team communications, developing and maintaining strong external and internal relationships;

Your Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in Interior Design or Architecture from an accredited school

• Demonstrable experience of Commercial and Retail Interior Design, through all stages of design and development.

• 5+ years experience post qualification

• Ability to demonstrate and understanding of the retail brands

• An innate interest in the way consumers, brands and environments interact.

• A good working knowledge of Revit, & Sketch Up  is essential

• Demonstrable presentation and client relations skills

• Excellent graphic and visualization skills to communicate design ideas

• Excellent collaboration skills, good self-organisation and strong ability to work in a team environment

• Has a good understanding of FF&E, colour and material specification and development.

• Good communications skills with English is preferred.

Life at Gensler 

As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From internal design competitions to research grants to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and wellness programs. We also offer profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.