Interior Design Coordinator

As the Interior Design Coordinator, you will support and collaborate with the Senior Interior Design Project Manager on capital improvement projects at various owned and managed student and conventional multi-family housing communities. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to impact multiple assets across our portfolio of communities, nationwide.

Located in downtown Columbus, Ohio, our corporate offices overlook the Columbus Commons which plays hosts to over 200 events throughout the year. Enjoy the building’s fitness center and rooftop terrace with adjoining clubroom, and walk to some of the city’s best restaurants and downtown amenities. As an Interior Design Coordinator, you’ll have the opportunity to visit some of our sites across the nation, depending on projects assigned (up to 25% travel to our site locations).

• Provide direct administrative support to the Senior Interior Design Project Manager in the design, development, and execution of projects.
• Assist in researching and specification of finishes, furnishings, lighting, plumbing, appliances, and other design elements.
• Research, source, and obtain quotes for materials, furniture, and fixtures.
• Prepare accurate product specifications, purchase orders, and proposals.
• Create detailed interior drawings including floor plans, elevations, renderings, and mood board presentations.
• Establish and maintain organization within the product library, ensuring easy access to materials and samples.
• Manage vendor relationships and process sample ordering.
• Support on-site project activities such as conducting site surveys, taking measurements, and documenting project progress through notes and photos.
• Collaborate in project scheduling and budgeting efforts.
• Coordinate furniture delivery and installation in collaboration with vendors and on-site teams.
• Assist in the installation of furniture and decor for amenity renovations.
• Other duties and projects as directed and assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from a CIDA accredited institution.
• 1-3 years of relevant design experience, either as an intern or design assistant within a design firm or related field.
• Familiarity with the furniture manufacturing industry and/or previous purchasing experience a plus.
• Demonstrates a high level of creativity and possesses a strong artistic sensibility.
• Exceptional verbal, visual, and written communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating attentiveness to urgency, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and effective time management.
• Outstanding organizational abilities, with the capacity to adapt quickly to shifting priorities.
• Proven self-starter who excels both independently and collaboratively within a team environment, with a track record of driving projects to completion.
• Demonstrated passion for success, displaying a strong willingness to learn and grow.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (ex: InDesign and Photoshop) and Microsoft Office required, Proficiency in AutoCAD, Sketch Up, or Revit preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30%.

• A supportive team player. You work effectively with others and go above and beyond to support the needs of your fellow coworkers in both a traditional corporate and entrepreneurial environment. You are reliable and flexible, communicate issues and challenges up, down and across the organization, while listening, compromising, and seeking feedback.
• A masterful executor. You get things done. You fervently plan to meet deadlines and achieve goals. You manage tasks in a fast-paced environment with many moving pieces and stakeholders and ensure goals reach or surpass the finish line. You shift priorities and objectives as the business needs change. You possess internal motivation and drive with a track record of delivering results.
• A strategic, creative thinker. You have a track record of using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• An analytical problem solver. You visualize, articulate, conceptualize, or solve both complex and uncomplicated…