Interior Designer

At Storey Kenworthy| Workspace, we’ve brought together two brands and have one vision, to provide solutions for all your office needs! At SK| Workspace you can impact the way people work. We believe in Empowering and Inspiring People to Live and Work Better. Whether it’s designing, selling, or installing a workspace, or providing tools and resources for our customers to do their job, the work you do makes a difference in people’s lives. We get it. Work can feel just like work sometimes. But we also know that it is so much easier to look forward to work when there is a reason behind it all. Our organization cares about our employees wellbeing and we inspire our workforce to succeed within our four walls and outside our four walls. And to us, that is a pretty cool reason to do what we do every day.

Workspace believes in creating extraordinary spaces by thinking about people, technology, and space as being a single ecosystem. We create spaces that empower people to learn, work, and heal better. Simply put, we create amazing workspaces. With offices throughout the state of Iowa (Ames, Des Moines, Hiawatha/Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, and Coralville/ Iowa City) we offer local service for your office furniture needs.

Creativity is the essence of what we do, and the soul of our projects. We love to think outside the box; to bring solutions to the table that go beyond what you may imagine – in short, to inspire. With leading edge visualization and Live Design capabilities. Our objective is not “ordinary”, and it shows. We love the process of pushing the boundaries, the discovery of what’s different, and what’s better. Our ultimate satisfaction is in educating and inspiring our clients with fresh strategies and ideas that push the success of the project beyond what they could have hoped. This passion sparks solutions that embody your brand, enhance your culture, fit your budget, and is delivered on time with care and precision. Does this inspire you to join our Design team? Apply now!

The Interior Designer is responsible for design development and project leadership. The Interior Designer will work with account managers and customers to interpret and produce design specifications and creative solutions, while providing a high level of service and support through communication, coordination, design skill, and follow-through.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborates with account managers and customers to identify parameters of project. Leads customers through a design discovery process. Provides design support for completion and execution of design projects from initial meeting to project order.
• Surveys, analyzes and tabulates data relative to the function of the environment. Interprets data for the customers to help determine the development and layout appropriate to specific areas, activities, organizational levels, and budget consideration. Executes complete specifications for furnishings, upholstery, accessories, and window, wall, and floor treatments.
• Communicates with sales and customers. Responds to customers needs and communicates design themes and plans through presentation boards, binders, floor plans, perspectives, and renderings.
• Executes floor, furniture, panel plans, and installation drawing on CAD. Coordinates color schemes and execution of color and finish schedules. Refines designs based on customer’s requests and input.
• Coordinates and implements detailed space plans to address customer space requirements within allotted time and budget. Assists in managing customer expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination.
• Provides site inspection, inventory of equipment and furnishings prior to project and executes on site consultations throughout project to check on installation.
• Educate and review product information with manufactures, customers, and architects. Stay on top of design trends and upcoming products. Understand products and how they work.
• Tracks project hours daily. Provides weekly updates to manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

Educational / Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in interior design with a minimum of 2 related years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience; experience working in interior design or workplace design preferred; experience working in CAD and CET software a plus.