Interior Designer

Interior Designer

The Interior Designer will collaborate and work with the best design talent in the Midwest to create and innovate for some of the country's finest school districts, colleges, religious institutions, and senior living experts. Partnering with other design team members and leaders of the firm, the Interior Designer will assist in concept development and implementation and collaborate on innovative options for service delivery and creative inspiration. Acting as an advocate for our internal and external design efforts, the Interior Designer will showcase the interior environments our teams so elegantly deliver!

BLDD has a unique voice and approach in a field that is hard to differentiate, and the Interior Design team enriches and expresses our design voice, on behalf of our clients, to delight and inspire those that share in our built environments.

Interior Designer - Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborates with architects, engineers, interior and graphic designers, and builders to further understand how the interior space should function, appear, and be furnished.
• Analyzes movement and use of patterns in the space.
• Prepares sketches and/or other visual aids to showcase preliminary designs, drawings and reports, utilizing design applications. Modifies plans as required.
• Maintains current knowledge of trends and materials, techniques, and other innovative developments in interior design.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, networking groups, professional organizations, and the local community to promote brand awareness.
• Performs additional duties and responsibilities as requested or required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in interior design or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Interior Design Certification preferred
• Design experience within the educational environment preferred
• Day Travel within the regional Midwest - up to 10%, Valid State Driver’s License required
• High level of presentation and visual communication skills
• Attention to detail, with excellent organizational skills
• Strong work ethic, energetic, optimistic and positive attitude
• Proficiency in Revit & Microsoft Office Suite required
• Dedication to learning with a desire to contribute to the team’s success
• Demonstrates a bias for action and the ability to manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines
• Work is of a creative nature, requiring independent judgment and discretion, and is intellectual and varied to where the output cannot be standardized with regard to time

ADA

Physical/Visual/Mental Demands: Position requires the ability to react, move about, install, remove and replace objects, exchange information verbally and in writing, detect and observe situations, requires the use of an automobile, lift and move 50 lbs., work with others, computer and phone system, near and far vision required, infrequently works with chemicals/toxins.

Typical Working Conditions: The person in this position will work inside with a flexible work schedule that allows for varying start and end times. BLDD’s unrelenting work ethic and ambitious performance standards ensure both productivity and flexibility for our staff. Regular attendance required.

Our Firm

We value hard-working, creative, and supportive team members that are looking for a rewarding and challenging career in a professional environment. Our teams are independent, and the culture is fun and relaxing. We promote flexibility and value self-motivated, intelligent, and driven individuals in all positions. 

Our firm is a growing firm of over 60 professionals that create and deliver the most innovative educational, religious, and senior living facilities in the nation. We have experienced sustained and dramatic growth over the past 5 years, creating a dynamic team that meets the demands and possibilities now and in the future. Despite being over 96 years old as a firm, we have the agility and energy of a startup.

Benefits

• Flexible Work Schedule
• Primary Office Location – St. Louis, MO or Central, IL
• Health Insurance
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k, Company Match & Profit-sharing
• Employer Paid Life insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Volunteer Time
• Compensation Range: $60,000 -$74,000 - Based on Experience