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

Benefits
Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

- Soho Friends Membership

- Free lunch at Store X Café in 180 Strand on Mondays

- 50% off Food & Drink at Soho Houses, 7 days a week

- Staff Bedroom Rates

- Private Health and Dental Care

- Life Assurance

- Birthday Day Off

- Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home

- Dog Policy on Fridays

- Season Ticket Loan

- Christmas Office Closure

- In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2-days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.

- Free Counselling Sessions

- Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.

- Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally

- Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more

- Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.