Senior Workplace Designer

Senior Workplace Designer

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LOTH is a leader in the workplace product industry with over 130 years of history. As the exclusive Steelcase dealer in Columbus, LOTH supports its customers with the widest range of workplace knowledge, products and services. LOTH's competitive advantage is creating workplace solutions that address and solve customers’ specific business needs.

Senior Workplace Designers work on creating Human Centered designs for corporate, higher education, and healthcare environments. The person in this position will partner with Sales, Coordination, and Installation teams to create the best solutions for clients. The senior role has successfully executed design work on a variety of project types including small scale (under $20K), large ($250K or more), bid experience, fast‑paced timelines, reconfiguration, and phased installations.

• Meet with clients to discover their “why” and the business issues they need solved.
• Develop design concepts that create an inspiring customer experience.
• Participate from the beginning of the sales process, demonstrating why space matters and how thoughtful design creates inspiring spaces.
• Collect design intent, programming information, and overall project end goals.
• Create custom layouts and applications for each client.
• Produce Furniture and Design Intent packages.
• Select and specify furniture, architectural products, and finishes.
• Occasionally select and specify interior finish packages (flooring, paint, lighting).
• Prepare detailed furniture plan documentation for client approval and installation.
• Manage design requests from small to large scale.
• Learn in‑house programs.
• Train new designers.
• Participate in specialty training courses for products or applications.

• Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work as a team with internal departments, external vendors, suppliers and customers.
• Professional demeanor and appearance, honesty, and reliability.
• Highly personable and able to quickly connect with customers.
• Self‑motivated with ability to make decisions and exercise prudent judgment with minimal guidance.
• Work under pressure, prioritize workload, adapt to changing priorities, meet aggressive deadlines; see the big picture.
• Manage design requests from small to large scale.
• Learn in‑house programs.

• Interior Design Degree from a 4-5 year accredited program.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Willingness to travel outside the office, including occasional overnight travel.
• Consistent personal character in accordance with company’s core values and beliefs; required to pass a drug and background check.

• CET Configura experience.
• 5+ years of design experience.

This job description is to serve as an outline for the main responsibilities of the position. It includes, but is not limited to, the above outline.

LOTH is AAP/EEO M/F/H/V/D, Drug Free workplace.