Senior Interior Designer

Required Qualifications Please review these requirements before applying. This is a senior professional interior design position. Applicants must have: Current Registered ARIDO membership. A degree or diploma in Interior Design. Significant professional experience leading interior design projects from concept through construction. Strong AutoCAD skills. Experience leading client presentations and meetings. Experience with construction documentation, contractors, consultants, site review, and construction administration. A valid driver’s licence and reliable access to a vehicle. The ability to work primarily from our Toronto studio and travel to project sites throughout the GTA and surrounding areas. A portfolio demonstrating professional interior design work. About the Role The Wiklém Group is looking for an experienced Senior Interior Designer to lead substantial renovation projects from initial concept through construction and final completion. We are an award-winning Toronto-based Interior Design and Design+BUILD firm specializing in condominium common-area refurbishment. Our projects range from targeted renovations to complex, multi-million-dollar transformations. This is a hands-on senior design and project leadership role. You will develop and present design concepts, manage client relationships, guide other designers, work directly with contractors and consultants, participate in budgeting and procurement, and remain involved throughout construction. We are looking for a strong designer who also enjoys making projects happen. What You’ll Do Lead major interior design projects from initial brief and concept through design development, documentation, construction, and completion. Develop and present strong design concepts, finish schemes, material selections, and design recommendations. Lead client and condominium Board meetings and presentations. Direct and mentor intermediate and junior designers and review their work. Review drawings, specifications, finish schedules, and construction documentation. Specify and oversee the procurement of furniture, art, accessories, finishes, and materials. Work directly with contractors, trades, suppliers, manufacturers, architects, engineers, and other consultants. Participate in preliminary budgeting, tendering, bid review, value engineering, and procurement. Lead site and contractor meetings and resolve design, material, installation, and construction issues. Manage projects through construction, deficiencies, installation, and final completion. What We’re Looking For You are an experienced professional interior designer with strong creative judgment and the confidence to lead both projects and client relationships. You can move comfortably between design concepts, presentations, drawings, materials, budgets, contractors, and active construction sites. You make sound decisions, identify issues early, and bring forward practical solutions. You also enjoy working as part of a small design studio where senior people have meaningful responsibility and direct influence. Experience in condominium refurbishment, multifamily residential, hospitality, retirement/seniors living, or Design+BUILD is particularly relevant, but direct condominium experience is not required. About The Wiklém Group The Wiklém Group has been transforming condominium common areas for more than 30 years. Through Wiklém Design inc. and Wiklém Design+BUILD inc., we provide both traditional Design, Tender + Build services and turnkey Design+BUILD project delivery. Our designers stay closely involved throughout the full life of a project, working directly with clients, property managers, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and trades. We are a small, experienced, collaborative studio. Senior designers have substantial ownership of their projects, direct access to clients and senior leadership, and the opportunity to help shape how the studio operates an…

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