Senior Interior Designer

Our client is a leading property development firm in Dubai who has been established for 10 years and develops private residential, leisure and commercial development projects across Dubai and the Middle East. The firm also has projects across North Africa, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They now seek a Senior Interior Designer for their Interior Fit Outs Division to work within the firm’s design team for major fit out projects specifically in the field of luxury hotels. These projects comprise luxury hotel, commercial and residential projects that require high end, high quality interiors and finishes.

The responsibilities of this role comprise:

1. Coordinate with Design Director and Senior/Project Designer following initial client briefing to interpret Design Brief and establish Mood boards
2. Working alongside Design Director to develop programming schedule/s
3. Production of full presentation boards and finishes for client presentation.
4. To maintain the Library in the approved RIBA Format established.
5. To continually upgrade the library with new up-to-date information and update schedules of suppliers and manufacturers and maintain this database.
6. To prepare Sample boards in conjunction with the design team.
7. Assist the Design Director/Project Designer in preparation of the initial presentations and subsequent design development presentations.
8. Working closely with the Project Designer in support of information required at Design Review meetings.
9. Creating full preliminary line item budgets and finishes schedules for all areas for submission to the client.
10. Production with the project designer full finishes, ironmongery and sanitary ware schedules.
11. Inspection, pre-qualification and approval of manufacturers and suppliers

The attributes we seek include the following:

• Degree qualification and at least 10 years’ experience in interior design with Concept Design Experience for luxury hotels
• Experience in the Hospitality design sector and have worked with leading hotel design consultancies.
• Detailed knowledge of suppliers, manufacturers and products available in the world marketplace
• Strong involvement in overall design concept and successful in reading what design goals a client requires from initial briefing
• Ability to develop good relationships with clients design team, suppliers and manufacturers
• Good understanding of operational requirements, which has been gained through exposure to many hotel operators.
• Ability to work on several projects concurrently
• Ability to work well in a team

A competitive salary package will be offered to attract exceptional candidates to this growth organization. Please apply now online.