Sr. Showhome Interior Designer

Brookfield Asset Management•Calgary, AB

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, is seeking a Sr. Showhome Interior Designer for their Calgary location. This role reports to the Interior Design Manager and is responsible for developing and delivering the vision for Calgary Homes’ showhome program. The designer will lead the development and execution of showhome interiors from concept through selections and merchandising, ensuring each showhome showcases product value, reflects target customer needs, and supports sales strategies. The role requires leveraging market insights, design trends, and competitive analysis to create differentiating showhomes and elevate the customer experience. The Interior Designer will also play a strategic role in crafting and evolving Calgary Homes’ product offering, ensuring it is consistent, competitive, and current, and accurately translated across showhomes and the Studio. This includes providing feedback to influence product development and selection strategies based on homeowner, sales, and market insights. The role also involves ensuring the integrity and accuracy of product-related data and documentation, and supporting an outstanding homeowner experience by assisting with interior selections. The designer will ensure all communication and documentation is timely, accurate, and customer-focused.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years experience in residential interior design.
Minimum 2-3 years merchandising or shomehome experience.
Extensive product knowledge in the latest design trends.
Solid grasp of residential construction.
Strong Computer/Microsoft Office Skills.
Highly organized and detail oriented with great communication skills.
Ability to build and foster solid relationships with team, trade partners, and customers.

Nice To Haves

Post-secondary education; specifically an Interior Design Degree/Diploma will be considered an asset.
Drafting, drawing skills including AutoCAD are recognized as advantageous.

Responsibilities

Develop showhome concepts from initial direction through final design checklist completion.
Coordinate Showhome interior selections alongside the Interior Build team and lead pre-construction through completion meetings with vendors and trades to ensure the build vision is delivered accurately.
Coordinate showhome timelines, including key milestones, site meetings, approvals, presentations, and stakeholder dependencies.
Participate in model home quality control walkthroughs and identify product or installation concerns, including electrical, framing, tile, paint, and flooring reviews.
Complete required updates due to modifications, revisions and quality control driven changes.
Oversee showhome merchandising and on site installation of furniture and decor. Includes scheduling and coordination of any day of trades, suppliers and internal team members.
Manage showhome budgets, including purchase orders, invoices, tracking, and reporting. Includes management of the Calgary ASM budget as related to showhome furniture expenses.
Maintain a strong understanding of current interior design trends and customer needs.
Build and maintain strong relationships with third-party interior designers, merchandisers, art providers, trades, suppliers, and vendors to deliver high-quality, trend-forward showhomes.
Respond promptly to requests for information and field issue resolution.
Represent the Brookfield Residential brand and culture positively at all times.
Create, update and enhance product offering selection in the Calgary Studio space in collaboration with entire Interior Design team.
Support maintenance of products in both NSE and DSM or equivalent experience with mentorship from the Interior Build Manager, Interior Build Lead and Estimating Team.
Maintain and manage any additional product catalogues, product samples and best practice outlines that affect interior design.
Support Interior Design Manager and Interior Design Lead by working collaboratively to ensure our offering is competitive, consistent and current (according to specification) in all segments.
Proactively source new product and partners to support an elevated selections offering.
Meet regularly with all trade partners affecting interior selections to ensure product offering includes the latest product is offered/considered.
Support development of spec palettes alongside the interior compose group.
Support spec and feature home selections as necessary based on business need, volume of sales and team capacity.
Ensure all homeowner Interior Selections are documented clearly.
Ensure all upgraded product is documented on a change order with applicable cost and that all documents are uploaded to the designated areas for processing.
Ensure proper notification is given to all pertinent departments when a homeowner change request is processed.
Attend all homeowner selection meetings in a timely manner to maintain construction timelines.
Document/photograph customer home walkthroughs and present to team to create inspirational discussions.