Role Overview

We are looking for an Intermediate Designer with an Interior Design or Architectural degree, to join the ICRAVE team at our studio in New York. In this role, you will bring your creativity, refined judgment, discipline, and genuine passion to every stage of the design process, from initial concept through full project development. 

You will partner with clients to thoughtfully shape and deliver architectural interior projects that are both highly functional and beautifully detailed. Drawing on your hospitality design experience, you will contribute fresh ideas while collaborating with your team to guide each project seamlessly through every design phase.

Key Responsibilities 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Participating in client meetings and crafting compelling client presentations in InDesign, Google slides and Power Point 

• Creating, producing and managing detailed design drawings using Revit or AutoCad   

• Communication and cross collaboration to drive conceptual thinking on your projects   

• Producing 3D models, sketches and boards to support your ideas  

• Selecting, specifying and designing FF&E as well as architectural finishes   

Candidate Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• Professional degree from an accredited architecture or interior design program
• 4+ years of Post-graduate experience in an architectural and/or interior design studio
• Excellent visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
• Proficient in AutoCad and Revit   
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite   
• Possess the ability to model in 3D Max, Rhino or Revit
• AIA or NCIDQ Preferred

Desirable:

• Direct experience in the Hospitality industry
• Experience working beyond interior design in one or more of Journey's portfolio areas such as live performance, immersive installations and/or fabrication

Location: Our Broadway Studio is a hybrid design Studio. This role is based in our New York Studio with regular in-person studio hours working with the wider team. On this occasion we can only consider applications from those fully authorized to work in the U.S.

Application: Please submit a resume and portfolio demonstrating your experience as an interior or architectural designer along with a cover letter explaining how your experience meets the required criteria of this role. Due to the clear design experience required for this role applications without portfolios cannot be considered.

Journey Open Call 

As our portfolio of multidimensional experience design projects continues to grow globally, we're always looking to build our network, connect, and collaborate with new collaborators across our studios. Both those working freelance and looking for employment contracts.

If you're interested in multidimensional design & storytelling, we'd love to hear from you.

Particularly those who work within the following disciplines:

• Creatives
• Art Directors
• 3D Artists
• UX/UI Designers
• Filmmakers/Directors
• Producers
• Experience Design Strategists
• Copywriters
• Creative Technologists
• Technical Designers
• Spatial Designers
• Interior Designers
• Lighting Designers
• Architects
• Immersive Designers and Storytellers

How to connect:

Fill out the following application, and be sure to indicate the types of roles you're interested in and if you're open to freelance, permanent, or both.

What happens next?  

Our Talent Team will include your details in our ever-growing network. Although we aim to respond to each person, regrettably we can't always do this due to the volume we receive. Our Talent team will be in touch to begin a conversations if a project opportunity or role arises.

About the Role

Role Details

We are looking to meet Architectural & Spatial Designers specifically working freelance or in fixed term contracts, at all levels. This area of design practice is a key pillar in our multidimensional design work and we have some great long-term relationships, but as our portfolio grows we're looking to build our networks and meet new collaborators that can co-deliver our next stage of projects.

To manage expectations, this is not an opportunity for those interested in full time, permanent positions -  we are only looking, at this stage, to connect with people on a freelance or fixed-term project specific basis.

Key Responsibilities 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: 

Project Teams  

• Working with multidisciplinary design teams to lead and execute the creative process on a project having an awareness for the details on all aspects of the project 
• Lead and coordinate the design process on multiple, varying scale projects with substantial budgets 
• Attending client-facing design meetings in order to assimilate and understand a creative brief  
• Engaging in internal design discussions, reviews and critical feedback  
• Supporting the delivery of internal and client-facing design presentations   

Creative  

• Demonstrating an understanding and an overview of the project as a whole  
• Personally, undertaking design work at a number of different stages, which depending on your specialism could include:  
• Conceptual design and research  
• Sketching and Storyboarding  
• Visualisation of ideas and communication to external parties  
• Preparation of design presentations  
• Building reusable design templates and workflows in various software packages related to your specialism and design approach  
• Maintaining project files and design assets  
• Archiving projects  
• Working with a Director to lead and execute the creative and managerial process on a project having an awareness for the details on all aspects of the project  
• Leading and coordinating the design process on multiple, varying scale projects with substantial budgets, taking them to completion

Other  

• Managing your own time confidently and meeting deadlines  
• Support training for junior or new members of the team both during onboarding and as part of their ongoing practice  
• Contributing to the ongoing work to generate a wider network of freelance/external company relationships  
• Understanding and contributing to the interdisciplinary nature of Journey
• Investigating new ways of engaging audiences through the application of technology to narrative challenges  
• Contributing to our work around Sustainability in Design

Candidate Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• A number of years direct experience as a spatial designer working in an interdisciplinary context:
  • Assistant Roles  - approximately 1-3 years professional experience
  • Designer Roles - approximately 3-7 years professional experience
  • Senior Designer Roles - approximately 7-12 years professional experience
  • Design Director Roles - approximately 12+ years professional experience
• Training and/or a qualification in spatial or set design, product design and/or architecture
• Demonstrable experience designing projects from pre-concept through to delivery on site   
• Demonstrable interest in a story driven design approach   
• Evidence of a lateral thinking design ability to take a concept / brief and develop it into a specific form    
• Excellent spatial design skills illustrated across a range of analogue means and digital software - hand sketching, visualising, 2d drafting, 3d modelling and physical modelling skills   
• A good communicator who can convey creative ideas with passion as well as manage expectations   
• A true interest in and ability to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment  
• Knowledge of creating work in different territories, with a design portfolio that demonstrates a range of work in different mediums and storytelling formats (i.e. theatrical, exhibition, design for VR, audience experience, interior design etc)    
• A thorough working knowledge of designing with a wide range of materials – alongside a deep engagement with the practical and technical realisation of design ideas through careful material use   
• An ability to multitask effectively and handle multiple project workflows at any one time  
• An ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines   
• A high degree of knowledge of design phases (RIBA or equivalent) and ability to deliver at all phases of a design process   

Desirable:  

• An understanding of recent key themes and industry shifts within live events, performances and exhibitions  
• Computational design skills (such as Grasshopper)  
• An understanding of other disciplines workflows and technical requirements - e.g. lighting, video, sound, costume design  
• Knowledge of procurement methods, construction contracts and designer appointment terms 

Application: Please share a CV of your experience, softwares and any training, a cover letter outlining how your experience would transfer to our projects, which level of seniority you'd like to be considered for and a portfolio of your work.

Location: London - we offer hybrid working, with regular in-person collaboration at our London studios through the week

Contract: Opportunities will be project specific, and contracted as freelance or fixed-term employment based on the specific task. Fixed Term Contract Salaries vary based on the role, with the below as a guide. Freelance rates discussed on a case by case basis.

• Assistant Designer: £31,000-£36,000
• Designer: £35,000-£44,000
• Senior Designer: £48,000-£60,000
• Design Director: £65,000-£95,000