Junior Interior Stylist & Designer

David Phillips Group has a 24 year, expansive understanding of the UK property market.

We have greatly expanded our range of services and can now provide anything from a single armchair for a landlord or property manager to a bespoke interior design scheme.

See www.davidphillips.com and www.milcstyle.co.uk for more details.

Part of a large design studio within the Group, our Rental (Home Staging) and Show Home department is a fast growing and integral part of our business, always working on a varied number of high profile and interesting projects.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and creative individual to join our friendly and fun team as a junior designer.

The business continues to grow rapidly and the right candidate will quickly have the opportunity to take on additional responsibility and progress their career whilst learning from a team with a varying skill set.

The role will be split between our office in Holborn, warehouse in East London, and at the properties and show homes we stage throughout London and the Home Counties.

Requirements:

• Passion for Residential Interior design and styling
• Ability to apply skills to a wide range of briefs
• Understanding of Indesign, Photoshop and AutoCAD
• Very competent administration and organisational skills
• Proficient at working with Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to space plan from a floor plan
• A confident team player, with excellent communication skills for both internal and client related matters.
• Presentation and client facing experience
• Driving License & own car preferable

Duties & detail:

• This is a hands-on and fast paced role – we are looking for someone who enjoys being on site and seeing their projects come to fruition.
• Dressing and finishing properties. This will involve selecting and collating the furniture and decorative accessories from our warehouse ensuring the correct items are used in each installation. It will also include sourcing and purchasing furniture and accessories for our projects.
• Specifying Window Treatments and Decoration for our Show Home projects and liaising with contractors to obtain quotes.
• Producing tailored furniture design schemes, floor plans and mood-boards as and when required for show homes, and presenting the scheme to clients and following through to fruition.
• Carrying out accurate site visits in order to compile/check the inventories and to assist with styling and dressing, ensuring they are finished to the required level.
• Supervising our installers on-site, and project managing the installation to ensure completion to a high standard.
• Identifying and resolving issues on-site and reporting back to the operations team so that amendments where needed can be made as quickly as possible.

Working Relationships:

Effective working relationships are an essential part of daily working life. The focus in this role is both:

• Internal: Colleagues within the design departments, business development operations, warehouse & deliverable teams, the principle directors of the Company.
• External: Suppliers, agents, developers, landlords and private clients.

Reporting to: Tali Leggett (Design Director – Rental & Show Homes)

Location

Hybrid working with 2-3 days based on our offices in Holborn – Central London.

What will you get:

Employee discounts platform, discounted gym memberships, life assurance policy, health cash plan, 24/7 access to a GP, cycle to work scheme, SMART Pension scheme, employee assistance program, 2 paid volunteer days and of course staff discount on David Phillips Furniture.

In addition to the above we offer 33 days annual leave rising with service to 38 days, alongside enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave, paid leave for IVF, Miscarriage and Menopause.

David Phillips is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at David Phillips allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.

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