Interior Designer - L3 - SIOB-ID-0001

PD 7: Interior Designer – Skill Level 3 – SIOB office (NGA-W) 

Duties Include: 

• Provide detailed planning and execution of interior design, furniture, and art & branding projects 
• Maintain NGA furniture, art, graphics, branding, and building signage inventory and finish standards to ensure any newly specified items mesh with the existing facility’s décor. Do not allow customers or individual employees to compromise the NGA aesthetic 
• Carefully coordinate with customers to understand their needs, and thoughtfully select furniture, fixtures, and equipment that ensure maximum durability for longevity, aesthetic value, life expectancy, functional space layouts, and flow planning to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the workforce 
• Prepare detailed drawings using Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) and 3D-BIM related software showing color schemes, furniture, furnishings and wall décor for all projects requiring interior design services 
• Perform architectural surveys, collect requirements, and interface with government project managers, building maintenance contractors, general contractors, or other personnel 
• Maintain an up-to-date facility department material library with trending commercial design industry product categories including furniture, fabrics, flooring, interior building products, interior finishes 
• Maintain a physical and digital inventory of existing materials, products, and finishes for Operational & Maintenance (O&M) purposes 
• Develop and maintain NGA interior design standards, processes, procedures, forms and documentation, to improve quality and efficiency 
• Produce furniture documentation, drawings, specifications, criteria and cost estimates. Utilize NGA IWMS platform to define and maintain NGA furniture standard 

Required/Desired Skills and Experience: 

• Working towards NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer 
• MS or MA in Interior Design, or BS or BA In Interior Design with 2 years of Commercial Design Experience 
• Demonstrated experience in understanding/interpreting construction drawings in Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and IT trades 
• Demonstrated experience utilizing AutoCAD and Revit 
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud software (Photoshop, Indesign, & Illustrator) 
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite such as building spreadsheets, consolidating input across various offices, and edit/update as needed