ZGF - Mid-level Interior Designer

Written By Erin Pellegrino

ZGF is seeking a Mid-level Interior Designer to join the team in our New York City office. We are looking for someone creative, motivated and curious with a passion for high-performance workplace, education and healthcare facilities.

As an Interior Designer, you will…

  • Produce design drawings, presentation drawings, and digital and physical models in support of projects and marketing pursuits.

  • Perform design assignments with general direction and guidance.

  • Work independently and collaboratively towards design solutions.

  • Assist in developing design and technical solutions for projects in all phases from concepts through construction administration.

  • Maintain and foster relationships with clients and consultants.

  • Demonstrate motivation in seeking out new responsibilities and challenges.

Qualifications

  • Strong verbal, written, and graphical communication skills, tasks include space planning, material selection, and furniture selection

  • Contribute to storytelling-both graphically and in content

  • Proficient in modeling and documenting projects in Revit

  • Proficient in design communication software including Rhino, Adobe CS, Microsoft Excel, and rendering software (V-Ray/3D Studio Max/Enscape)

  • Experience with commercial workplace projects is preferred. Experience in education and/or healthcare projects is also desired

  • A bachelor or higher degree in Interior Design and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field

  • NCIDQ Certification or Architectural Licensure strongly preferred

  • LEED and/or WELL accreditation valued

Apply With

  • Cover Letter

  • Resume

  • Portfolio

Erin Pellegrino

Erin Pellegrino is a strategist, educator, and registered architect who believes design is a powerful catalyst for change—a process of engaging with problems, opportunities, hopes, and world-shaping ideas. Through Matter, her design and fabrication studio, she transforms visionary concepts into extraordinary spaces, objects, and experiences that push standards and boundaries.

She is the co-founder of Out of Architecture, a career resource community and talent services agency, and co-author of ‘Out of Architecture: The Value of Architects Beyond Traditional Practice’ (Routledge, 2022). Her commitment to expanding design’s impact extends to academia, where she has taught at Harvard, Cornell, The New School, CUNY, and The New Jersey Institute of Technology. At NJIT she co-leads the design/build program focusing on public interest design.

Her work has earned global recognition, including an Autodesk BuildSpace Fellowship, AIA New England Design Honor Award, Core77 Design Award in Built Environment, two Architizer A-plus awards, a Paul M. Heffernan International Fellowship, and a nomination for the EU Mies Van der Rohe Award. She holds an M.Arch II from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a B.Arch from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.

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