Junior Interior Decorator /Designer – 1-2 years experience

Mi Designer is expanding and is looking for a confident, creative and proactive Junior Interior Designer to join the team to assist in delivering award-winning mid-high end residential and commercial design projects.

We are a passionate team at Mi Designer, we are like family, and we love coming to work each day and creating magic for our clients. Working fast, efficiently and collaboratively, we are looking for our next long-term member to join our busy & vibrant Crows Nest office.   With music playing, coffee during the day and wine and chips on a Thursday afternoon, this fast-paced design studio is a great collaborative environment to come to work each day.

The ideal candidate will be eager to learn and excited to work on a project from concept through to delivery.

Working alongside the creative director and senior designers, you’ll be assisting in the following areas:

• Pulling together mood boards and presentations
• Creating design drawings and documentation including floor plans and elevations
• Ordering samples/materials for multiple projects.
• Creating FF&E schedules – selection and scheduling materials for presentations to clients & coordinate their ordering and installation during the project.
• Obtaining quotes and organising invoices for products – on both the phone and email.
• Ordering products and furniture – on both the phone and via email
• Arranging delivery and coordinating with clients and trades – on both the phone and email.
• General administration duties as required, answering the phone, greeting clients, setting up for client and staff meetings, greeting and organising couriers.
• Deliver brag-worthy and functional designs, which accurately respond to the client’s needs and wants.

To succeed you’ll have:

• A minimum of 1 – 2 years of professional interior decoration or design experience, preferably in a mid and high-end residential and or commercial design practice.
• No Graduates unless you have worked previously in an environment with transferable skills that can be applied to this role – Eg: Sales, customer-facing experience, logistics or administrative experience.
• An engaging and confident personality
• A keen eye for detail
• Excellent memory recall … you will be working across multiple projects
• An excellent listener and keen to learn and grow.
• Can roll uphill, a proactive solution finder.
• Hands-on approach and happy to take on any task to ensure a project’s completion
• Strong portfolio demonstrating stylish, exciting and functional design skills
• A good knowledge/understanding of specifications, finishes, materials and suppliers
• Skills in SketchUp or similar computer-aided drawing programs are required. We use SketchUp in our office. Training available
• Photoshop skills are a plus
• Confidence and experience using Apple Mac
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office. Excel and Word are a must.
• Visualisation and communication skills to successfully communicate design concepts to clients and builders
• Appropriate Work/ Resident Visa

We are looking for a passionate and engaged designer, so if Mi Designer sounds like somewhere you can grow and shine and you possess the above qualities, please apply with your CV, cover letter and portfolio and email to Sarah and Lucy at [email protected]

We are ready to hire immediately and will be assessing applicants as they come in, so please don’t wait to apply. Only applicants who meet the criteria will be contacted. We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully welcoming you into our team soon!