Associate Designer, Interior Design

About the Role

Associate Designer - Interior Design

Key Responsibilities

• Produce flexible, comprehensive, multi-media designs for GAC customers and prospective clients with minimal supervision.
• Work directly with customers to capture design requirements and execute concepts that facilitate on-time definition.
• Specify all interior components, ensuring all FAA and GAC contractual guidelines are met.
• Communicate with Chairmen/CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and high net worth individuals to meet business objectives.
• Represent the GAC Brand with professionalism and instill confidence within the customer.
• Support Studio and Principal Designers to communicate comprehensive and detailed concepts that effectively satisfy client requirements throughout the sales and design definition process and delivery.
• Assist with the status of production of design drawings, material selections, and product development to GAC's engineering and production departments in a timely manner for completion of contracts to ensure that delivery schedules are met with accuracy.
• Initiate and develop quality relationships with clients, operations and engineering management, internal shops, and vendors, to keep clear lines of communication and execute on the client's expectations.
• Support customer completions to produce, maintain, and archive the specification and design package with supervision.
• Develop knowledge of design trends and global cultural influences.
• Provide design support throughout the entire completion process to ensure design quality and fidelity of design execution.
• Assist in maintaining design libraries and showrooms.
• Concept development of client presentations.
• Troubleshoot design-related issues with other Designers and internal departments.
• Attend internal and external design reviews.
• Review all documents for accuracy prior to release.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Willingness to travel extensively worldwide, at times possibly on short notice.
• Understanding of design principles, color theory, and textile and leather production techniques required.
• Possess working knowledge of Microsoft Office software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design or related curriculum, or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• Experience in aircraft interior design or a related field is preferred.
• Knowledge of FAA regulations relating to interior finish requirements is preferred.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.