Junior Interior Designer

JUNIOR INTERIOR DESIGNER We all want to enjoy work-life balance! Our leadership team understands the importance of freedom and having a flexible work environment. We offer workplace positions and potential hybrid positions... A company’s most valuable assets are its employees. NFD welcomes more of those valuable people, and we are looking for designers who want to grow within our firm. Become an essential part of a smaller studio team and shine! NFD has a great team environment! We collaborate at our touchdown meetings, gather for weekly product lunch presentations, and casual coffee talks just for fun. It’s key to NFD to have an exceptional team that values each other professionally and personally. We are a commercial interior architectural planning + design firm located just north of Baltimore in Hunt Valley, Maryland. With over 45 years of experience, we design creative environments for workplace, retail, restaurant, hospitality, educational facilities, healthcare, and assisted living facilities. Dedicated to creating interior spaces that are innovative, highly functional, and accurately reflect each client’s culture, we measure our success by the fact that over 95% of our business is generated from client referrals and repeat customers. We view this as a testament to our stability, unique approach, creative designs, and client confidence. An ideal candidate would have the ability to: serve on a team alongside a senior designer/project manager; work on multiple project types; work independently on appropriate projects; demonstrate knowledge of all design phases; have creative vision while collaborating to elevate designs to the next level. Responsibilities: · Produce construction documentation for accuracy, code-compliance, design intent, coordination, and proper construction detailing/design · Work within the parameters of the project time constraints · Generate and develop overall interior design concepts, color/material selections, and specifications · Prepare design presentation materials and participate in presentations as necessary · Team and client interaction and coordination throughout the project · Ability to review construction administration RFI’s and submittals · Participate in team meetings – weekly design team touchdowns, educational learning, new products and trends, design critiques, etc · Attend professional organization/networking events with leadership team members as necessary Preferred Qualifications: · BFA or BS in Interior Design or Interior Architecture from a CIDA-accredited program · Creative, self-motivated, and driven · Collaborative with ability to communicate ideas and information · Positive relationship skills with team and clients · Excellent attention to detail and great organizational skills Technical Skills: · AutoCAD Architecture experience · REVIT experience · Adobe Creative Suite (specifically InDesign and Photoshop) · Microsoft Office Suite Benefits: · Insurance - health, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability · Wellness Bonus · 401K plan with employer match · Hybrid work model potentially · Reimbursement of qualifying professional licenses/dues Paid Leave: · Paid Holidays · Paid Annual Leave · Paid Personal Leave · Paid Birthday Why NFD: · We have the friendliest, most down-to-earth team around · We are a small firm dedicated to developing each employee · There is the opportunity for growth and potential partnership · We have frequent outings for fun – Oriole games, happy hours, movies, rock climbing, etc., even trips just for fun, ie. New York City and Disney World