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Description

Position Overview 

Offshoot Creative, a shared service within LG Group, is seeking an Interior Designer to join our growing Design team in Chicago. 

The Interior Designer is an individual contributor role dedicated to the creative and technical development of high-end hospitality projects, including restaurants, bars, hotels, multi-family, and amenity spaces. This person will work closely with the Design Director, project teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders to translate strong concepts into coordinated, buildable, and well-executed environments.

This role is ideal for an interior designer with 3-5 years of professional experience who has a clear passion for hospitality, a strong design point of view, and the ability to move fluidly between creative exploration and detailed execution. You should be comfortable developing presentations, selecting and specifying materials and FF&E, producing drawing sets, coordinating with vendors, and supporting projects through procurement and construction.

The right candidate is organized, curious, resourceful, visually strong, and unafraid to take ownership of their work. The ideal candidate understands that exceptional hospitality design is not only about aesthetics, but also about creating experiences that perform for guests, operators, owners, and the teams responsible for building and maintaining the space.

Reporting Structure

• Department: Offshoot Creative (LG Design LLC)
• Direct Reporting To: Design Director 
• Indirect Reporting To: Creative Director
• Key Internal Stakeholders: Chief Marketing Officer, Project Executives, VP of Construction, Director of Development, Development Managers

Core Accountabilities 

• Hospitality Design & Concept Development
• Project Design Execution & Documentation
• FF&E Sourcing & Procurement
• Construction Administration & Project Coordination
• Vendor, Client & Stakeholder Management
• Studio Operations & Design Excellence

Key Responsibilities

Hospitality Design & Concept Development 

• Develop compelling hospitality design concepts through research, visual storytelling, mood boards, material palettes, FF&E selections, renderings, and client presentation materials.
• Create thoughtful, experience-driven environments that respond to each project's history, context, audience, guest experience, and operational needs.

Project Design Execution & Documentation 

• Support project design from early concept through design development, documentation, procurement, installation, and project closeout.
• Create and coordinate interior design drawing packages including plans, elevations, reflected ceiling plans, interior details, finish schedules, FF&E plans, specifications, and presentation drawings.
• Maintain accurate project material palettes, finish schedules, specification packages, cut sheets, and sample boards.

FF&E Sourcing & Procurement

• Source, evaluate, and specify furniture, fixtures, equipment, decorative lighting, fabrics, wallcoverings, accessories, and custom design elements appropriate to each project's concept, budget, schedule, durability needs, and operational requirements.
• Assist with FF&E procurement activities including proposals, pricing, lead times, vendor communication, approvals, and purchasing documentation.

Construction Administration & Project Coordination

• Coordinate with vendors, fabricators, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to confirm design intent, dimensions, finishes, quantities, installation requirements, and project schedules.
• Participate in client presentations, design meetings, vendor meetings, site visits, construction walkthroughs, and installation reviews as needed.
• Support construction administration by reviewing submittals and finish samples, responding to design-related questions, documenting site observations, tracking open items, and assisting with punch-list review.

Vendor, Client & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain clear, proactive communication with team members and external partners.
• Flag issues early, bring forward solutions, and follow through until items are resolved.
• Build productive relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and vendors to support design intent, quality standards, schedules, and operational requirements.

Studio Operations & Design Excellence

• Contribute to the organization and ongoing development of the material library, vendor relationships, design resources, and internal standards.
• Help foster a collaborative, accountable, and design-forward studio culture.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture, or a closely related field.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of professional interior design experience.
• Meaningful experience on hospitality, restaurant, hotel, bar, or other guest-focused commercial projects.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, refined material sensibility, spatial awareness, and the ability to translate a design concept into a coordinated interior environment.
• Experience developing design presentations, material palettes, finish schedules, FF&E packages, specifications, and interior drawing sets.
• Working knowledge of FF&E sourcing, specification, budgeting, procurement coordination, lead-time management, and vendor communication.
• Familiarity with construction administration tasks including submittal review, RFI support, site observation, and punch-list coordination.

Preferred Experience 

• Experience designing hospitality-focused environments including restaurants, bars, hotels, multifamily amenity spaces, or other guest-centric commercial projects. 
• Experience coordinating custom furniture, decorative lighting, millwork, upholstery, and specialty finishes. 
• Experience supporting project procurement, installation, and project closeout activities. 
• Experience utilizing rendering and visualization platforms such as Enscape, Twinmotion, Lumion, or V-Ray.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong understanding of materials, construction detailing, interior finishes, and code considerations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented working style with strong file management, documentation, and follow-through.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills with the ability to present ideas professionally to clients, consultants, contractors, and vendors.

LG provides equal opportunity in all its employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity, and sexual orientation), color, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, job assignments, training, compensation, benefits, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, or separation of employment.

** We are not accepting recruitment agency submissions for this role. Recruiters are not authorized to submit or solicit candidate profiles for this posting. Regardless of contracts in place, any submitted profiles by recruiters to this posting or via email to LG Group employees directly will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for recruitment fees. **