Interior Designer

• Participate in the selection process of interior design firms for each project in the portfolio with the Project Team • Collaborate with the Development Managers to create a project brief to be sent to interior design firms for the solicitation of a proposal • Negotiate Interior Design contracts for our projects with DM’s/PM’s and Architect of Record to ensure within approved project scope and budget • Research and educate the team on industry changes, evolutions, and best practices for interior design based on product type • Expand knowledge of current design trends, and innovative techniques, and materials and make recommendations • Study comparable projects and provide insight/feedback to Project Team on what the competition is offering and delivering on various projects • Work with the Development Managers and Project Managers to manage the schedule and deliverables of our third-party interior design firms and ensure they adhere to the overall project schedule • Work with Project Managers during material selection, and project buyout to ensure that the quality of the product that we are getting is representative of the quality that we are representing and marketing and sales • Hold interior design firms accountable to deliverable dates and work with internal teams to secure approvals throughout the entire design process • Participate in all Interior Designer progress set presentations and collect/provide all comments/feedback to firm from internal and external project stakeholders • Coordinate with Marketing Department, Interior Designer, Project Manager and Renderers to ensure that all approved material selections are accurately depicted in the finished renderings • Help coordinate the Audio-Visual and Technology requirements for each sales gallery with vendor, Project Managers and Sales Team to ensure that all needs of the team are met • Work with Project Managers to supervise the quality of the interior product being created by our General Contractor and Subcontractors to ensure it complies with our standards • Manage the fulfillment with purchasing companies (and in some cases assist with the purchasing) to assure that all FF&E for the sales galleries gets purchased in time to meet the scheduled delivery date • Manage the installation of all FF&E prior to opening of sales galleries • Coordinate with interior designers and Art buyers on all artwork for our sales galleries • Manage the final staging needs of each space within the sales gallery so that it is a final representation of the projects that we are going to sell • Coordinate with marketing and photographers to shoot each space once it is complete • Coordinate with landscaping companies and florists on the final installation of the interior plantings • Work with Project Managers to supervise the quality of the interior product being created by our General Contractor and Subcontractors to ensure it complies with our standards and all previous product approvals • Collaborate with Project Managers to ensure that all originally approved materials get installed in the buildings unless an acceptable alternate material is approved • Manage the fulfillment with purchasing companies (and in some cases assist with the purchasing) to assure that all FF&E for the buildings gets purchased in time to meet the scheduled delivery date • Provide organized system to track all Interior Design Decisions on project as well as all Interior Design issues/solutions • Manage the installation of all FF&E prior to opening of buildings • Coordinate with marketing and photographers to shoot each space once it is complete • Coordinate with landscaping companies and florists on the final installation of the interior plantings • Manage the fulfillment for all condominium and multi-family model residences across all projects • Make a recommendation for each Unique project on the direction we should take for each model residence, whether that be partnering with a furniture brand or fulfilling internally • Prepare budgets for approval and manage budget throughout entire process • Coordinate and manage the fulfillment and installation of all model residences • Work with marketing to capture photography of all model residences to use for sales initiatives