Junior Interior Designer

Premier Project Management provides design, procurement, engineering development and project management services to hotels. This includes implementing the majority of capital improvements for properties owned by Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) and Braemar Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: BHR), and other hotel ownership groups.
As a Junior Interior Designer, you will have the opportunity to work on both select and full service hotels and have the chance to work with multiple brands. You will receive direction from both mid-level and senior staff on a variety of projects through all phases of design.

Essential Functions:

• Learn the basics of the hospitality industry and apply them to projects
• Become familiar with local and national vendors for furniture, fabrics and architectural materials, and participate in the selection of these
• Work with senior staff to understand the scope of work and develop designs appropriate to the budget
• Work with project managers, hotel engineers and others to gain information needed for documentation of a project.
• Learn to space plan by hand sketching or using CAD
• Prepare design presentations for Ownership and the hotel brands using a combination of sketches, PowerPoint and Photoshop
• Learn to prepare construction documents, understand interior construction and installation techniques
• Assist in quantity take-offs and budgets
• Generate specifications using the SPEXX program for review by senior staff
• Develop organization and time management skills and have the ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Respond to questions requests by senior staff and outside consultants in a timely, informative manner
• Perform field verification
• Attend project pre-bid and or installations with senior staff Develop basic knowledge of Spitfire
• Perform other projects and job duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree for interior design or architecture
• Be comfortable with personal responsibility and accountability and embrace open communication and collaboration
• Possess professional poise and polish, and demonstrate flexibility and the ability to communicate both verbally and graphically to many personality types
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Adobe, PowerPoint and Photoshop)
• Plans to work towards NCIDQ certification