Mid-Weight Designer

The Role...
A Mid-Weight Designer at Soho House is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to both FF&E specification and construction documents.
They work on one large, or multiple smaller projects simultaneously overseen by the Senior Designer / Lead Designer on  tasks and deliverables to ensure the facilitation of a project’s completion.

Key Responsibilities:

Project based:

• Producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages
• Works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives
• Ensures project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of Senior/ Lead Designer where appropriate
• Creates project schedules, design drawings and facilitates the protoype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers
• Responsible for the project timetable and interior design budget and works closely with Procurement Agent to ensure smooth delivery of his/her projects
• Ensures that the integrity of the agreed design solutions are maintained by taking responsibility for the  development of the design and the project
• Undertakes an ongoing review of subsequent stages with the input from the Lead Designer & Design Director  for key project stages
• Assigns project hours to Harvest on a daily level

Team Management:

• Monitors resources on his/her projects
• Helps maintaining a general staff well being and a happy and positive work environment

Standards/ Project Running:

• Ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keeping standards up to date with project info, project admin, maintaining design programme

Project Responsibilities:

Stage 1: Initial Concept

• Familiarizes his/herself with internal project programme/ deadlines/budget
• Responsible for overall concept direction with the overview of Senior Designer/Lead Designer
• Responsible for organizing regular reviews with Lead Designer/ Design Director

Stage 2: Detailed Concept

• Responsible for final layout plan, ensuring that it meets all client/operational requirements
• Creates FF&E proposals, schedules with the review of Senior Designer/Lead Designer
• Review of FF&E Budget with Procurement Manager
• Responsible for ensuring all Finishes meet Technical, Financial and Operations Requirements

Stage 3: Detailed Design Package

• Creates Tender Packages
• Liaises with Project Design Team to ensure Co-ordination between Drawings
• Involvement in V.E Workshops
• Liaising with Procurement Manager to ensure their understanding of Design Intent
• Manages RFI’s
• Creates construction drawings
• Collates and coordinates Workshop Drawings with the overview of Senior Designer / Lead Designer
• Organizes prototype development and reviews with the overview of Lead Designer/ Design Director

Stage 4: Site attendance

• Attends site meetings
• Attends all Design Team Meetings
• Works with Procurement Team to Co-ordinate Delivery / Installation

Stage 5: Installation & handover

• Management and Co-Ordination of Site Installation
• Creates detailed and user friendly Handover document
• Responsible for Snagging and follow-up process