Senior Designer (Commercial Furniture Interiors)

The High Level Designer plays a key role on a collaborative, design-led sales team supporting workplace, education, healthcare, and corporate clients throughout the New York metropolitan area. Lead furniture design and space planning efforts for workplace, education, healthcare, and corporate environments.Collaborate with clients to understand functional, aesthetic, budgetary, and scheduling requirements and translate them into effective design solutions.Conduct client-facing design presentations and showroom tours to communicate concepts and guide decision-making.Develop detailed furniture specifications and comprehensive drawing packages using CET Canvas and other design tools.Create budget packages that align closely with project designs, pricing, and specifications.Coordinate closely with account managers and sales professionals throughout project execution to maintain alignment and project momentum.Review peer work for accuracy and quality control, ensuring specifications and drawings are correct prior to order submission.Attend client meetings, project sites, and furniture installations to support design intent and resolve on-site questions.Deliver customized furniture solutions that leverage products from multiple manufacturers rather than standardized selections.Support a high-touch, consultative client experience by guiding clients through product selections, space planning, and furniture solutions.Conduct design meetings with clients and participate in real-time design sessions while reviewing floor plans and layouts.Develop functional and aesthetically appealing interior environments tailored to workplace, education, and healthcare needs.Perform quality control reviews of design packages to verify accuracy and completeness.Align furniture specifications and budgets with design drawings to ensure consistency across all project documentation.Contribute as a strategic design partner within a design-led organization, influencing project outcomes from concept through installation and completion.Essential Skills 5+ years of experience preferred, with consideration for candidates with approximately 3+ years of relevant commercial furniture or workplace interiors experience.Hands-on experience using CET Canvas in a commercial furniture dealership or contract furniture environment.Proven ability to independently produce drawings, layouts, specifications, and budgets for commercial furniture projects.Commercial furniture or contract furniture experience, ideally within a furniture dealer, workplace interiors organization, education, healthcare, or commercial furniture-focused design practice.Strong client-facing design skills, including conducting design meetings and participating in real-time design sessions while reviewing floor plans and layouts.Demonstrated capability in furniture specification and budgeting, including creating specifications and corresponding budgets and aligning pricing with design drawings.Space planning and design development experience for workplace, education, and healthcare environments.Quality control experience, including performing peer reviews and verifying accuracy of specifications and drawings prior to order submission.Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with clients and internal teams.High level of detail orientation with excellent organizational skills.Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and deadlines.Comfort interacting directly with clients in a consultative, professional manner.Additional Skills & Qualifications Workplace TypeThis is a hybrid position in New York,NY. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.