Interior Designer - NYC Job at Jane Street in New York

About the PositionWe are looking for an Interior Designer to help us create beautiful, innovative, and functional spaces that reflect the culture of Jane Street.Jane Street's culture is open, collaborative, and intellectually curious. We love patterns, puzzles, and creative callouts to math and science concepts in our space, and we're looking for someone who can work with various teams across our firm to find inspiration and translate these types of concepts throughout our architecture and design.You'll work closely with our Creative Engagement team but sit full-time on Engineering, giving you the opportunity to shape creative ideas from the earliest stages of a project. A big part of success in this role will be understanding what shapes our culture and how we like to use our spaces. Your daily work will include:Collaborating with other internal teams to identify project goals and develop sketches, models, and/or renderingsCreating timelines, selecting vendors, reviewing proposals and estimates, tracking milestones, confirming materials, coordinating installations, and reviewing for errorsWayfinding to ensure that our spaces are intuitive and easy to navigateManaging space planning, layout, and the use of new and existing furniture, furnishings, and décor (based on our inventory and usage rates)Thinking about the nuances of our spaces and how things should be staged, both for our ongoing office environment and for special programs and recruiting eventsTracking what works best in what spaces and for what purposes, along with what does not work and should be avoided in the futureStaying at the cutting edge of furniture innovation and updating the team on what's new in the market and what showrooms and conventions we should be attendingOverseeing our furniture punch list and improving the process where possibleProducing furniture specification packages for distributors, reviewing procurement from the bids and leveling, and providing budget figures with lead times during the designHistorically these responsibilities were spread out across multiple people at the firm, but as our teams and spaces continue to grow, we need someone dedicated exclusively to these efforts.About You 5+ years of experience managing interior design projects in corporate spaces; experience with commercial interiors, hospitality, and/or retail architectureHave a personal network of trusted external contractors and industry contacts, including fabricators and furniture vendorsHighly organized with excellent time management skillsCan communicate clearly with colleagues and external partners; comfortable asking for feedback and moving projects in different creative directionsConfident working with brand elements, color, and materials and able to communicate a point of view about how they are appliedHave a portfolio that demonstrates strong concept development executed to completionProficient in AutoCAD, Illustrator, SketchUp, Rhino or similar softwareIf you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.