Senior Interior Designer/ Project Manager - Residential

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

SV Design is seeking a full-time Senior Interior Designer to join and help lead our residential interiors team in Beverly. We are looking for an experienced, creative, and highly organized designer with strong leadership abilities, excellent design judgment, and a passion for creating exceptional residential interiors.

Working under the direction of the Residential Studio Principal, the Senior Interior Designer will set the creative direction for interior design projects, oversee and mentor interiors staff, and manage the design process from initial concept through construction, furnishings, and installation. This person will play a key role in maintaining design quality and consistency while ensuring projects are thoughtfully managed, documented, coordinated, and delivered.

The ideal candidate combines sophisticated design sensibility with strong project and people management skills and is comfortable moving between big-picture creative direction and the details required to bring a project successfully to completion.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative direction for high-end residential interior design projects from concept through installation.
• Lead, mentor, and oversee the interiors team across multiple projects.
• Manage the interior design process, ensuring design quality, consistency, schedules, and budgets.
• Develop cohesive design concepts that respond to the architecture, client aesthetic, and project goals.
• Oversee interior layouts, elevations, details, materials, finishes, lighting, furnishings, and FFE selections.
• Review and redline drawings, specifications, schedules, presentations, and other design documentation.
• Lead client meetings, presentations, and design discussions.
• Coordinate with architects, contractors, consultants, vendors, fabricators, and craftspeople.
• Attend jobsite meetings and oversee implementation of the design intent through construction and installation.
• Manage project scopes, schedules, furnishings budgets, and deliverables.
• Prepare proposals, develop scopes of work, and estimate project fees.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional residential interior design experience, preferably in high-end custom residential work.
• Degree in Interior Architecture or Interior Design from an accredited program.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated residential design and creative leadership.
• Proven experience leading interior design teams and managing multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of interior architecture, construction, FFE, furnishings, materials, finishes, and custom design.
• Ability to read, review, and redline architectural and interior design drawings.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Studio Designer and Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
• Strong client-facing, presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and collaborative.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, budgets, schedules, and deadlines.
• Professional work ethic with strong judgment and follow-through.
• Must be within reasonable commuting distance of our Beverly, Massachusetts office.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Even if you do not meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply if you believe you can contribute meaningfully to our team. We value diverse perspectives and welcome candidates who bring thoughtfulness, dedication, and a long-term mindset.