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Senior Designer
Job Code: SUR521
Location: London
Salary: £48,000
Employment Type: Full-time
Posted Date: 15/01/2026
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading high-end furniture company as a Senior Designer. You will be at the forefront of crafting innovative and commercially viable workplace environments using office furniture solutions. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, space planning expertise, and a strong understanding of furniture systems and workplace trends. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the company's workplace design offering and delivering exceptional solutions to clients.
Requirements
- Lead the design of workplace environments aligned with client briefs, brand identity, and business objectives
- Develop space planning, test fits, and detailed furniture layouts across a range of workplace typologies (corporate, co-working, education, public sector, etc.)
- Translate workplace strategy, change management insights, and user needs into effective design solutions
- Stay informed on workplace trends, sustainability standards, and emerging ways of working
- Workplace consultancy – NextOffice workplace analysis
- Support tender submissions
- Specify office furniture, systems furniture, seating, storage, and ancillary products accurately and creatively
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of furniture standards, ergonomics, sustainability credentials, and compliance requirements
- Produce high-quality design documentation including plans, elevations, 3D visuals, schedules, and specifications
- Present design concepts confidently to clients and stakeholders, both visually and verbally
- Present at knowledge seminars at our Showroom and Client site
- Work closely with sales teams to support bids, tenders, and pitches with compelling design solutions
- Build trusted relationships with clients, understanding both their functional and commercial drivers
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, from concept through to installation support
- Provide design leadership on projects, coordinating with project managers, installers, and external consultants
- 5+ years’ experience in workplace design within the office furniture, commercial interiors, or workplace consultancy sector
- Strong space planning and workplace design expertise
- In-depth knowledge of office furniture systems and workplace products
- Proficiency in design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite (or similar)
- 3D max/or similar rendering software
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Commercial awareness and ability to design within budget and programme constraints
- Willingness to try something new
- Highly creative with strong attention to detail
- Confident design leader with a collaborative mindset
- Client-focused and commercially aware
- Proactive, organised, and able to work under pressure
- Passionate about workplace design and the future of work
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Benefits
- Pension: 8%
- 25 Days annual leave
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
Company
High-end furniture company
This position is being recruited for by Surtio, specialists in furniture industry recruitment.
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