Weekend Interior Designer Assistant Jobs in Wisconsin

Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Atmosphere Commercial Interiors is one of the nation's largest commercial furnishings providers, creating engaging and inspiring spaces that are thoughtfully tailored to our clients' needs and business goals. We serve a diverse range of organizations-from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies-across corporate, healthcare, education, sports, and hospitality environments. Our comprehensive suite of services includes asset and order management, space planning, facility and installation services, and full project management support.

At Atmosphere, we are committed to delivering exceptional service to our clients while continuously investing in a collaborative, supportive, and rewarding work environment for our team members.

Atmosphere is part of Omni Workspace, a national platform that provides strategic leadership, operational resources, and shared expertise to a portfolio of Steelcase and commercial facility services companies. Omni Workspace's family of distinctive brands-including Atmosphere Commercial Interiors, Aurora Procurement Solutions, Emerald Blue, Meso Built, and Turnkey Project Services-each demonstrates market leadership within its specialty while working together to deliver superior products, services, and long-term value to clients.

Being part of the Omni Workspace umbrella allows Atmosphere to combine local market expertise with national scale, enabling us to build enduring partnerships and deliver innovative, high-impact solutions for the organizations we serve.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The Interior Designer is responsible for the development of creative interior space solutions that solve our client's needs. This position would require translating design trends, research, and insights into meaningful and thoughtful on-brand product application solutions. The Interior Designer will consult and collaborate with clients as they provide and create spaces that are engaging, inspiring, and perfectly tailored to our clients' needs and goals. As part of the design team, the Interior Designer may also be involved in market segments including, but not limited to corporate, education, hospitality and government. Projects will vary in size and scope; from a small, single office layout to large, complex reconfigure projects.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assist or act as lead Designer on assigned projects. Serve as a client liaison.
2. Collaborate with sales teams and clients to gather project information and develop creative and functional design solutions that meet the client's requirements, aesthetic and budget.
3. Able to design/space plan and specify creative solutions to proactively impact the sales process.
4. Able to take abstract information and apply Steelcase insights/learnings in a way that yields creative/thoughtful applications.
5. Using an in-depth knowledge of design trends, product, applications and code requirements act as a trusted healthcare design advisor to sales consultants and clients.
6. Foster client relationships through design knowledge, continual support and flawless execution.
7. Participate in team selling approach.
8. Ability to present design concepts virtually or in person.
9. Provide continual support to clients for moves, additions and changes to their existing workplace.
10. 1Create computer-generated design documents including design intent drawings, space plans, furniture typicals, furniture plans, installation documents and rendered images to communicate and document design solutions, ensuring efficient and accurate installation results.
11. Develop validation packages as needed.
12. Perform field measures, product inventory, and product research.
13. Produce furniture block plans, space plans, finish palettes, furniture specifications, and installation drawings.
14. Meet project deadlines and keep accurate records of working time for internal job costing.
15. Perform peer audits with other designers.
16. While this job description accurately represents the current primary duties of the role, functions may be adapted as necessary to meet business need.

CORE STRENGTHS/ATTRIBUTES

• Communicates/Collaborates Effectively: Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to tailor message across a variety of audiences. Strong interpersonal skills; develops and maintains positive relationships internally and externally. Strong team player.
• Strategizes and Problem Solves: Problem solving orientation; critical thinking skills; understands how their work relates to the whole; generates new ideas that add value; ability to seek out appropriate information to make effective decisions.
• Execution Management: Works quickly to get things done; uses resources effectively; detail oriented and high level of accuracy. Owns execution of tasks and demonstrates excellent follow through. Drives for Results and fosters a sense of urgency.
• Continuous Learner: Self-directed, learns and advances from experiences and feedback, stays informed of industry trends, products and applications.
• Application Excellence: Proficient at developing creative product applications using products from primary vendors aligned with Atmosphere. Proficient at using current design software including AutoCAD, Configura, and PowerPoint.

Requirements

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• 4-year Interior Design or Interior Architecture degree or balance of Associate Degree and applicable experience
• 5+ years Interior Design Experience
• In-depth knowledge of design trends and code requirements
• Proficiency in Revit

DESIRED JOB REQUIREMENTS

• NCIDQ or State certification
• 3+ years of Furniture dealership industry experience
• CET Designer Software experience
• Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC)

Atmosphere Commercial Interiors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Atmosphere Commercial Interiors complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.