Designer

Pivot•Costa Mesa, CA

13d

About The Position

As a Designer at Pivot Interiors, you will apply the company’s creative expertise and design services to support new and existing clients. You will work with workplace designers and a cross-functional project team that includes sales, project management, and procurement, maintaining high design standards and customer satisfaction. The role leads project design and also supports business development by contributing to pitch strategies and presentation materials and participating in client meetings. You will engage customers and industry influencers in discussions and workshops to address organizational challenges and communicate how physical spaces can improve people’s lives. The Designer is responsible for projects of varying complexity, from programming and strategic planning through conceptual design, space planning, presentations, design development, and production. The position establishes project solutions and customer experiences, coordinates internal and outsourced resources, and manages project scope, budgets, contracts, and deliverables. It also includes proactively addressing project risks, maintaining design processes and documentation, tracking billable hours, managing competing priorities, staying current on relevant products and technologies, and mentoring or training design team members. The role may require supervising junior design staff and contractors as project needs dictate, but has no direct supervisory responsibilities. Other duties and special projects may be assigned. Employees are expected to demonstrate Pivot’s values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Initiative, Curiosity, and Accountability. The work environment is consistent with most professional service organizations and is usually quiet. The role regularly requires talking or hearing; frequently requires sitting, using hands to handle or feel objects, and reaching; and occasionally requires standing and lifting or moving up to 25 pounds. Required vision abilities include close and color vision, depth perception, and adjusting focus.

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional experience.
Bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design from an accredited four-year university, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience with a proven track record of leading projects.
Certified Interior Designer or working toward certification, or equivalent.
Active membership in a professional organization.
Experience developing design concepts and presentation strategies, with an understanding of design history and trends.
High proficiency in selecting solutions from a broad product portfolio, including furniture systems, ancillary products, accessories, and bespoke products.
Proficiency in building systems, building codes, electrical, and cabling.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Outstanding graphic presentation skills.
Strong mentoring skills and ability to lead, train, and direct the work of others.
Proven success maintaining and growing client relationships, with business acumen to advise and guide clients.
Strong persuasive communication and verbal presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex design concepts to clients.
High proficiency with 2D/3D software, CET Designer, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
Knowledge of the total project process, including fee and project team management, schedules, and budgets.
Ability to respond to complex customer or business-community inquiries or complaints and present information effectively to client-organization management, public groups, and other outside entities.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and work with abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

Revit proficiency is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead design projects of varying complexity, including programming, strategic planning, conceptual designs, space planning, presentations, design development, and production.
Delegate and oversee design deliverables as needed.
Develop innovative, tailored project solutions and advance the customer experience and business development efforts.
Partner with sales executives on early-stage client engagement, providing creative direction and design input for proposals and RFP responses and representing design strategy in presentations and discovery meetings.
Develop and execute creative design strategies.
Establish and manage design project budgets, scope, and contracts, and coordinate deliverables with internal and outsourced design resources.
Communicate design ideas and the rationale behind decisions and outcomes to customers and industry partners.
Identify project risks, propose creative solutions and alternatives, execute next steps independently, and evaluate results.
Participate in ongoing learning on partner products and solutions, sustainable design, design tools and technology, and workplace strategy.
Implement established design processes and documentation standards; manage and record billable hours, improve efficiencies, and reduce errors.
Manage time and competing priorities effectively and make sound decisions in urgent situations.
Mentor and train design team members; supervise junior design staff and contractors when project requirements dictate.
Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.
Demonstrate Pivot’s values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Initiative, Curiosity, and Accountability.