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Designer Assistant Internship

Full-time (M-F)
Starting Salary: $41,600

Role: Assist with creating design concepts. Ensure client satisfaction with the design project. Provide design support during construction. Generate design content & documents for the company’s internal projects.


Duties & Responsibilities

Assist the designer with the following objectives & tasks.

Internal Projects

The purpose of internal projects is to create pre-set design templates for further selling & marketing.

  • Utilize Chief Architect design software (or other software approved by management) to complete internal projects.
  • Create design concepts for a variety of projects.
  • Complete detailed designs & provide specifications (materials, measurements, proper documentation).
  • Create design visualizations & 3D renders.
  • Compose blog posts about various design projects and publicize them on the company’s websites and social media platforms.

Design Phase

Establish contact & conduct consistent communication with the client as necessary to achieve the following objectives & tasks.

  • Project onboarding
  • Understand the scope of work for a new project.
  • Understand the utility the client expects from the updated space.
  • Determine style preferences.
  • Set up digital project information.
  • Draw as-built plans of the area requiring work when necessary.
  • Produce conceptual designs.
  • Expand on client’s requests by educating them on various possible design options.
  • Utilize digital software approved by management to produce sketches, drawings & schematic design.
  • Produce detailed designs.
  • Utilize Chief Architect design software (or other software approved by management) to complete detailed designs.
  • Complete detailed design plans, elevations & layouts.
  • Search for material selection options for the individual projects.
  • Provide project specifications (materials & measurements).
  • Create design visualizations, cross-sections, & 3D renders.
  • Obtain approval from the Project Manager & Designer for proposed designs before submitting them to a client for final review.
  • Utilize company CRM platform BuilderTrend (or other platform approved by management) to present material selection options based on the general design concept and agreed-upon budget for homeowner approval.
  • Ensure client’s satisfaction with the proposed designs.

  • Budgeting & Purchasing
  • Communicate with company approved vendors to obtain information on material specifications and pricing.
  • Prepare detailed purchase orders and send them to the accounting department for processing and or complete purchases, as necessary.
  • Adjust the job estimate line items in BuilderTrend (or other platform approved by management) to reflect ongoing design solutions and material selections.
  • Send updates estimates to the client for approval.

Project Phase

  • Design Support
  • Communicate with the Project Manager on design specifics throughout the project.
  • Communicate with subcontractors on design specifics throughout the project when requested by the Project Manager.
  • Make changes to the design throughout the project when requested by the Project Manager or the client.
  • Submit the design changes to the Project Manager for approval before sending them to the client.
  • Ensure that the client is informed and satisfied with the executed design throughout the project.

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