Interior Architectural Design Manager

Application Reference Number: 0277
Function: Technical
Location: Battersea, London
Position Type: Permanent
Application End Date: 01/03/2021
Job Purpose: To provide and develop the Interior Architectural design management service, providing an efficient service across Berkeley Homes St Edward developments for off plan sales and main scheme delivery in a detailed and creative form whilst facilitating the wider Design Departments requirements.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Scheme optimisation from planning to sales and production
• Collaborate with in house teams to develop innovative schemes, adhering to company standards, brand and industry guidelines
• Assist in the appointing and managing external design consultants to get the best possible result out of the design deliverables
• Constructively review and challenge consultant design proposals and specifications, offering design solutions to ensure the final proposals are innovative, of an exceptional quality, commercially feasible and buildable
• Collaborate with project teams throughout the design process to provide clear and concise design information, monitoring design development to ensure the concept integrity is maintained
• Produce presentation documents for presentation to the Management Team and the BSE Board
• Preparation of presentation material for Berkeley Group as and when required.
• Ensure the Design Director/ Head of Design are appraised of all current projects.
• Co-ordinate with Land, Planning, Technical, Production and S&M departments throughout the development process.
• Monitor and track constantly all production information and report any variances thereto.
• Lead, manage and motivate in house architectural assistants and co-ordinators.
• Ensure standards and specifications are met
• Ensure adherence is met to the design brief / scope through the optimisation and approval process
• Programme and manage design deliverables for the production of marketing brochures
• Co-ordinate change control and ensure changes are accounted for and authorised in accordance with Berkeley St Edward sign off processes 

 Post planning / Pre-start, Design & Sales

• Optimise planning schemes where required and action through appropriate Berkeley St Edward approval process
• Design and develop optimisation schemes to include spatial planning and furniture arrangements
• Design and development of optimisation and design concepts for apartments, houses, leisure facilities, sales and marketing suites and show homes
• Provide information for the production of detailed drawings and specifications to support the interior design concept, including layouts, RCPs, kitchens, bathrooms and joinery details to inform architectural packages
• Review finalised base build technical specifications to feed into development specification
• Provide joinery design details and ensure a comprehensive brief is provided to contractors including details on fitting, junctions and finishes
• Sign off for design shop fit drawings ensuring design, detailing of the materials and junctions are as per design concepts and fully understood.
• Produce / provide the project teams with key interior design drawings to coordinate with design detailing and / also FF&E layouts in conjunction with the Interior Design Managers within the Design Team
• Develop coordinated floor plans for sales brochure
• Assist marketing team to produce relevant information for sales brochure production including sales plans, CGI's etc.
• Preparation and co-ordination of brochure plans, conveyance plans and sales area drawings, models, CGI's etc in conjunction with appointed consultants.
• Assist marketing team and facilitate with the production of the sales model.
• Assist marketing with the production of design collateral such as sample boards, customer choices.
• Assist in the preparation of marketing Project Occupation Plans.
• Review finalised technical sales specification for brochure production

Design & Production 

• Produce design concept and detailed design packages to include joinery packages, in conjunction with Interior Design Mangers within the Design Team
• Develop and ensure co-ordination of interior design concepts has applied within production drawing information in conjunction with production team.
• Attendance, co-ordination and management of design workshops amongst production and design team.
• Action; in conjunction with development team, all optimisation layout exercises where required
• Continually develop and enhance product through life cycle of development particularly on multi-phased schemes.
• Respond to site queries and resolve planning/technical and construction problems.
• Development of the production information for common parts, any on site facilities, concierge etc
• Assist in seeking customer feedback on the product and design.
• Produce Customer Choices Forms and Customer Choices Matrix for unit types
• Assist CRM in facilitating customer changes and communication with production team.
• Produce Kitchen drawings and ensure design intent is co-ordinated with production teams in conjunction with Interiors
• Produce Bathroom drawings and ensure design intent is co-ordinated with production teams in conjunction with Interior Design Managers within the Design Team

Technical Competencies:

• Around 5 years' experience in residential Interior Architecture (either with a Develper or with an Interior Architectural Design consultancy / practice with Property Developer clients)
• Advanced proficientcy in CAD (Vectorworks or AutoCAD) / Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, etc.), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc.).
• Hand sketching capabilities in both 2D and 3D
• Current understanding of legislation and proposed changes to Build Regulations, NHBC legislation etc and understands principles of construction from design and technical management perspective.
• Proven creative and administrative skill set
• Proven ability to think creatively and provide creative design solutions
• Attention to detail focused

Person Specification:

• Proactive, self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
• Keen to deliver exceptional customer service
• An effective leader, motivator and mentor
• Flexible and reliable
• Credible, and comfortable in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Reliable, tolerant, and determined
• Team player
• Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view
• Well-presented and business like

Please note our standard working hours are 8am until 5:30pm Monday to Friday.

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