What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Interior Designer position at Kiln?
About Kiln:
Kiln is a flex office and lifestyle brand. We deliver an exceptional experience that elevates the performance and lifestyle of our members through an ecosystem of people, products, places and spaces.
Kiln opened its first 2 locations in 2018 in Salt Lake City and Lehi Utah. Today we have 12 locations across Utah, California, Colorado, Oregon and Idaho with plans of rapid expansion throughout the U.S. Kiln is pioneering the future of hybrid work within the niche of ‘flex office’ in the broader commercial real estate sector.
Our Core Values:
1: Human at the core:
2: Achieve & Celebrate Together:
3: Thoughtful and with Purpose:
4: Always Evolving:
5: Nothing short of Extraordinary:
6: Scrappy & Ingenious
Role Summary:
The Senior Interior Designer is expected to deliver world class co working environments. This is a technical and creative role that requires a passion for design. The key objective is to deliver exemplary projects of the highest possible design quality on time and on budget.
Key Relationships:
- Kiln Build and Procurement team
- External architecture, construction, and manufacturing partners
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the Creative Director to deliver new site designs for Kiln.
- Concept design development of new concepts and ideas.
- Space planning and test-fit concepts into new sites.
- Manage and produce detailed drawing packages for each new site.
- Work closely with the build and procurement team to ensure the designs are delivered on time and on budget.
- Work alongside external architectural partners to deliver construction design sets, visit new sites, attend regular site meetings and be part of the final installation and fit outs.
- Work to develop our Kiln Series furniture and componentry: create shop drawings, review engineering specs, and review prototypes; and work with manufacturing partners, furniture makers, workshops and other contractors to deliver a high level of finish.
- Develop styling concepts for Kiln sites, help manage the interior styling team.
- Integrate our graphic brand into the concepts and our spaces.
- Develop a deep understanding of ‘coworking’ and an even deeper understanding of how our members interact and behave in our spaces.
- Be active on the Kiln member network and contribute to social media content.
- Any other tasks as deemed appropriate by the Creative Director
Requirements:
- 5 years experience in commercial interior design.
- Strong design portfolio in commercial interior design.
- Experience designing Hospitality focused projects preferred, but not required.
- College graduate with a four-year degree preferred, but not required.
- Highly Proficient in the use of CAD packages, preferably Vector works.
- Computer visualization and rendering, and hand sketching for presentations.
- Google and Adobe Suite, Slack, Asana, and ready and able to learn to manage additional SaaS platforms.
- Understanding of ADA and office code requirements.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills.
- Demonstrates integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic, and empathy.
- Passion and understanding for Kiln’s mission and values.
- Willingness to travel. Must hold a valid passport.
Benefits:
- Supplemented Medical, Dental and Vision health benefits.
- Flexible PTO
- 10 paid federal holidays
- Complimentary gym membership at Kiln and partner locations
- 50% discount at Kiln Cafes (location dependent)
