Senior Interior Designer

Working directly with the Design & Build team both locally & internationally, alongside the Head of Design, to bring the companies vision and spaces to life. From sourcing, presentations & technical drawings, as a Senior Designer your role would be ‘a little bit of everything’.

KOFISI should be more than a place to work. It requires style & excitement to spark creativity and an energy for fast paced deliverables.

Overall Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Designer has a responsibility to manage a team to undertake design from concept to completion. They are expected to undertake the below tasks but not limited to, while working closely with the rest of the Design & Build Team to guard the brand look & feel in the center builds.

• Understand project requirements & briefing.
  

• Research and select project materials and products in a decisive and timely manner.
  

• Assistance in space planning & test fit proposals for Client spaces and for KOFISI spaces.
  

• Ability to understand and formulate design concepts and present for discussions.
  

• Put together a visual presentation document to present effectively to clients.
  

• Create sample mood boards
  

• Assist with full drawing packs for construction. – Revit
  

• Technical drawings including joinery. - Revit
  

• MEP co-ordination and being able to communicate with specialists.
  

• Use of excel to understand and interpret briefs.
  

• Create accurate schedules for purchasing.
  

• Show organized skills by taking meeting minutes as needed.
  

• Work with 3D artists to produce renders if needed.
  

• Produce working visuals and renders to assist in the Design progress.
  

• Understand ergonomics and how people use and interact with spaces.
  

• Bring new ideas into the brand, by looking at the international and industry standards.
  

• Set and achieve deliverable deadlines and give regular updates to the Head Of Design on progress.
  

• Meet and communicate with South African suppliers.
  

• Clear Communication with team leaders and members, and be presentable to the team and the company.
  

• Work with other departments, to ensure communication across teams is clear, to formulate accurate briefs.
  

• Planning of botany and styling.
  

• Able and willing to travel to various project locations.
  

• Weekly catch up meetings with your project teams.
  

• Check quality and assist with the workflows of your project teams.
  

• Communicate and update clients on project progress.
  

• Management of a team.
  

Requirements

• Qualification & skills
  

• Relevant Interior Design Qualification
  

• Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel
  

• Ability to read & interpret architectural, engineering and mechanical drawings
  

• Understanding of interior design documentation
  

• Strong organizational skills
  

• Strong attention to detail
  

• Problem solving and creative solution skills
  

• Works well under pressure and can multi-task
  

• Concept design & presentation
  

• Good written and oral communication skills
  

• Ability to work well under minimal supervision but is also a team player
  

• Strong time management
  

• Adaptable to change
  

• Multiple project management skills
  

• Approachable, reliable and assertive
  

• Physically capable of lifting and moving objects as necessary
  

• Experience
  

• Min 5 years of experience in the Interior Design industry (preferably hospitality or commercial design)
  

• Experience with space planning for commercial office space
  

• Strong interest in conceptual design, ideation of new spaces, and user-experience.
  

• Look and feel presentations.
  

• Look & feel presentations, space planning, tender drawings, construction drawings, joinery drawings, client liaison, RFI’s and schedules, sourcing & styling
  

• Managing team members