Interior Design Studio Assistant

Overview

Direct message the job poster from Studio Munroe, Inc

Salary Range: $25-$34/hr. (salary equivalent: $52,000-$70,720)

Pay Rate: Hourly, with benefits. Commensurate with experience.

Benefits: Vacation and holidays, Health, Dental, Vision, 401K plan, profit sharing program, annual professional development stipend

Pay Period: 1 st and 15 th of the month

Position

Purpose:

This is a part-time, hourly position for a hands-on, positive, and reliable Studio Assistant to work directly with the Senior Designer and Design Team on all aspects of design process and studio administration.

• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Juggle multiple deadlines, project scopes and aesthetics simultaneously.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Manage Design Library maintenance & organization.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Enter accurate monthly client Design Time information.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Client Design and Financial binder filing and organization.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Assist with obtaining and entering timely Client Order and Purchase Order pricing data in Studio Designer system.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Assist with Purchase Order submissions to vendors.
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  Maintain accurate project action item lists using Asana.
• Business Development:
  Assist with photoshoot coordination, sourcing, styling, and onsite facilitation.
• Business Development:
  Utilize growing knowledge of trade resources and vendors.
• Business Development:
  Attend industry events, trade shows and openings.
• Business Development:
  Maintain and grow thoughtful professional relationships with clients and vendors.
• Business Development:
  Assist with social media updates.
• Client Management:
  Support the Design Team during client meetings, take meeting minutes, create task lists for distribution using Asana.
• Client Management:
  Coordinate project installations and assist as required under Studio Director direction.
• Client Management:
  Create solutions and communicate with vendors and colleagues in the spirit of the firm’s mission and values.
• Design:
  Create floor, space, and furniture plans & elevations (Auto-CAD and hand drafting).
• Design:
  Source furnishings, fixtures, fabrics, and accessories under direction of Design Team.
• Design:
  Create schematic client presentation drawings per Design Team instructions.
• Design:
  Work on custom furniture plans and technical drawings for construction.
• Design:
  Prepare client presentations.
• Design:
  Communicate with manufacturers and showrooms.
• Design:
  Create Construction Schedules with accurate product information for all furniture, plumbing, appliances, lighting and finishes for Design Team review and submission.
• Design:
  Maintain project Picture Book with all related item tear sheets, customization notes specifications, and drawings.
• Design:
  Work with Studio Director to coordinate expediting process (vendor to warehouse), adhere to project deadlines.
• Design:
  Works with Senior Designer to ensure all design hours are within billable quotes.

• Enrolled or recent graduate of accredited Interior Design program
• 3+ months prior work at an interior design firm
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, and hand-drafting
• Experience with Sketch-up, Photoshop
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Professional manner and appearance
• Social media savvy
• Familiar with San Francisco design showrooms
• Work under pressure, produce deliverables and meet deadlines
• Current driver’s license with access to car.

• Most work tasks are performed in a space where the environmental conditions vary widely.
• Must be able to stand for up to 8 hours per day.
• Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs.
• Must be able to move items weighing in excess of 50 lbs. routinely.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to perform daily tasks.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors, and subordinates.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near…