Senior Workplace Designer

LOTH•Columbus, OH

About The Position

LOTH is a leader in the workplace product industry with over 130 years of history. As the exclusive Steelcase dealer in Columbus, LOTH supports its customer with the widest range of workplace knowledge, products and services. LOTH competitive advantage is creating workplace solutions that address and solve customer’s specific business needs. Job Function Senior Workplace Designers work on creating Human Centered designs for the corporate, higher education and healthcare environments. The person in this position will partner with our Sales, Coordination, and Installation teams to create the best solutions for our clients. The person in a senior role has successfully executed design work on a variety of different project types including: small scale 20K and under, large 250K or larger, bid experience, fast paced timelines, reconfigures, and phased installations.

Requirements

Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team with internal departments, external vendors, suppliers and customers.
Professional demeanor and appearance.
Must be honest and reliable.
Highly personable with the ability to quickly connect with customers.
Self-motivated and able to make decisions and exercise prudent judgement with minimal guidance.
Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize workload, adapt to changing priorities, and meet aggressive deadlines.
Ability to see the big picture.
Ability to create and manage small to large design requests.
Ability and willingness to learn in house programs.
Interior Design Degree from 4-5yr Accredited Interior Design Program.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to travel outside of the office, including occasional overnight travel.
Personal character in accordance with company’s core values and beliefs.
Required to pass a drug and background check.

Nice To Haves

CET Configura experience
5+ years of design experience

Responsibilities

Through meetings with the client our Designers are responsible for discovering a customer’s “why” and the business issues they need us to solve for.
Our Designers work passionately to put the best design concepts out into our market while creating an inspiring customer experience.
We place our Designers at the beginning of the sales process. Giving them the responsibility, along with Sales, to demonstrate why space matters and how through thoughtful design we can creating inspiring spaces.
Collecting design intent, programming information, and overall project end goal.
Creating layouts and applications customized to each customer needs.
Creating Furniture and Design Intent packages.
Selecting and specifying furniture, architectural products, and finishes.
Occasionally, selecting and specifying interior finish packages (including flooring, paint, and lighting).
Creating detailed furniture plan documentation for client approval and installation.
Ability to create and manage small to large design requests.
Ability and willingness to learn in house programs.
Assume more responsibility in training new designers.
Participate in specialty training courses for product or application.