Studio Designer (Associate Level)

Fonde Interiors is seeking a creative, technically strong Studio Designer (Associate Level) to join our Dallas studio. This is a full-time, in-person role working directly alongside the Principal on high-end residential and select boutique hospitality projects from early concept through final installation. You will be involved in every phase of the process—helping shape initial ideas, refining layouts and millwork details, developing material palettes and furnishing schemes, and carrying those decisions through construction documentation and install day. You will participate in client meetings and presentations, collaborate with architects and builders, and help ensure design intent remains clear from concept through execution. This role requires both creative discernment and technical rigor—someone who enjoys developing the big idea and resolving the smallest details. In a small, high-ownership studio, your impact will be visible. You will take meaningful responsibility across multiple phases of a project while continuing to develop your technical expertise and design voice. The ideal candidate has 3–5+ years of experience in a full-service design firm and is highly proficient in AutoCAD and SketchUp. You should be comfortable producing construction drawing sets (plans, elevations, millwork details), building SketchUp models to resolve design decisions, preparing presentations, and coordinating with architects, builders, and trades during construction. You care deeply about proportion, materiality, and detail, communicate clearly and professionally, and take ownership of your work. A passion for layered, historically informed interiors and an appreciation for antiques, craftsmanship, and enduring design is essential. This role is based in our Dallas studio and requires in-person collaboration.