Intermediate Interior Designer

Job Description

Job Description

Intermediate Interior Designer

Department: Furniture
Location: Minneapolis, MN — based out of our brand-new, showroom at International Market Square
Status: Full Time | Exempt
Reports To: Furniture Manager

Design That Makes Work Better

As an Interior Designer at Innovative, you’re more than a designer, you’re a creative partner, problem solver, and trusted advisor. You bring ideas to life, guide clients to smart, beautiful solutions, and help shape workplaces where people can truly thrive.

You’ll work from our exciting new space at International Market Square, a bright, inspiring environment that shows off the best in workplace design and fuels creativity every day.

Our clients rely on your design insight, product knowledge, and ability to connect the dots between vision, budget, and function. If you love collaboration, enjoy variety, and thrive where creativity meets strategy, this role was made for you.

What You’ll Do

Discovery

• Partner with Account Executives on projects of all sizes from quick wins to complex, large-scale installs
• Actively engage with customers and influencers to identify project needs and solutions
• Support client meetings, showroom tours, and on-site visits
• Assist with site measurements, inventories, and space assessment
• Confidently explain product benefits and guide clients toward the best solutions
• Create preliminary budget pricing
• Stay current with trends, vendors, and CEU opportunities
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with vendor partners

Design & Solutions

• Solve real client challenges through thoughtful design and product selection
• Create space plans, layouts, and renderings
• Develop engaging customer presentations
• Produce finish packages and detailed product specifications
• Maintain proactive communication with project team
• Source installation quotes and navigate contracts to deliver best-value pricing
• Support RFP responses with professional documentation
• Finalize pricing and installation documents

Team & Showroom Experience

• Collaborate with the Design Manager to develop design solutions, contributing ideas that support both the client vision and team goals

• Engage with teammates sharing ideas, asking questions, and supporting one another
• Assist walk-in customers in selecting furniture solutions
• Manage priorities with a customer-first mindset
• Contribute to a positive, energized, and solution-driven work environment
• Step in where needed, knowing the best work happens when teams work together

What You Bring

Education & Experience

• 2–4 year Interior Design degree
• 4+ years of relevant interior design or contract furniture experience

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in:
  • Core
  • Microsoft Office
  • CET
  • Cyncly Worksheet

Professional Strengths

• Able to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills
• Comfortable managing deadlines and competing priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Persuasive, professional, and client-focused
• Detail-oriented, reliable, and punctual
• Open to occasional travel in support of projects

Why Innovative Office Solutions?

• Work from a brand-new, beautifully designed showroom at International Market Square
• Be part of a collaborative, creative, and supportive team
• Design spaces that truly impact how and where people work
• Grow your skills alongside experienced professionals and industry partners

As an Innovative Office Solutions employee, you are eligible for medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life and AD&D Insurance, Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance, Voluntary Benefits and 401(k) if you work 30 or more hours per week. Benefits are effective on the first day of the month following or coinciding with 30 days of employment. Innovative also provides a discretionary yearly bonus based on company profitability.

Innovative Office Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
May 2025