Senior Interior Designer

About Blank Street

At Blank Street, we believe that rituals matter and that great rituals make your life better. With coffee shops across the US and UK, we are working to transform the high street grab-and-go coffee transaction into an experience that is higher in quality, hospitality, and joy. 

What’s Brewing?

This is a great opportunity for someone who is excited by the prospect of being responsible for creating amazing spaces and is ready to revolutionise the future of the coffee experience. We are searching for an Interior Designer who can engage with all phases of the design and construction process from test fits and design through the bid process and construction administration. In this role, you will be cross-collaborating with our Design, Expansion, Product and Operations teams, just to name a few. Externally, you will interface with contracted consultants, such as; MEP, Structural, local Architect of Record, General Contractor and expeditors. A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess strong collaboration skills, and encourage creative thinking while ensuring timely deadlines.

This role is based in London, UK. Periodic travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and execute multiple high-quality projects simultaneously by collaborating with all internal and external teams
• Support key initiatives from creation to implementation
• Participate in ideating the conceptual framework for the project
• Coordinate with the Design Director and wider global team to define and maintain an on-brand project aesthetic appropriate to the market
• Communicate regularly to management and the project team with project updates and work alongside and receive mentorship from Design Director
• Coordinate with external consultants throughout the design process
• Communicate to real estate, and operations teams with updates and flag any issues that may arise during the entire project, from deal release to opening, take ownership of them and work together with your team internally to resolve them
• Be responsible for determining and organizing functional requirements, providing programming, space planning, and code analysis
• Ensure design deliverables follow brand standards including: any quality assurance policies and procedures for design, documentation and project management (hand-off packages, including programming, layout, AoR hand-off, operations, etc)
• Support the Real Estate team in the due diligence process as needed
• Portfolios must be submitted for consideration

Who you are

• BArch / MArch degree in a design or design-related field, including but not limited to Interior Design or Architecture
• 8+ years of professional design, and construction in high-quality commercial or hospitality projects. Mixed-use residential, cultural, and institutional experiences also will be considered.
• A commitment to delivering outstanding high-quality design
• Ambitious, out-of-the-box thinker
• Interest in rule-based design refined over multiple iterations
• Reliable, focused, and detail-oriented
• Some demonstrable experience in design documentation
• Interest in learning building and accessibility codes, and zoning
• Interest in learning about building materials and construction details
• Excellent oral, written, and graphic communication skills
• Excellent decision-making skills
• Self-directed with a high level of initiative and a ‘can do’ attitude, but open to feedback
• Highly resourceful problem solver and quick learner
• Strong time management skills
• Excellent organisational and ‘people’ skills
• Proficient in the following programs: BIM (Revit), all things Google, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite

Perks

• Equity offering
• Private medical care
• Blank Street Regulars Membership
• A whole lot of Blank Street swag & coffee