Junior Interior Designer

The Modern Vic is a San Francisco-based boutique residential interior design studio creating thoughtful, highly personalized interiors throughout the Bay Area. With a particular appreciation for historic homes, the studio is known for honoring the character and architecture of a space while thoughtfully adapting it for modern life.

Rather than designing around a prescribed aesthetic, The Modern Vic takes a collaborative, client-centered approach, creating layered, collected spaces that reflect the people who live in them. The studio’s work spans whole-home renovations and furnishings projects, as well as select kitchen, bath, and smaller-scale residential projects.

The Modern Vic is a small, collaborative team where every person plays an important role. The studio values thoughtful design, attention to detail, open communication, accountability, and a solutions-oriented approach to both design and project work.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The Modern Vic is seeking a Junior Designer to join its busy and growing San Francisco studio. This is an opportunity for an early-career designer with a strong technical foundation and some hands-on studio experience to contribute across all phases of residential interior design while continuing to develop their skills.

The Junior Designer will support multiple active projects through AutoCAD drafting, sourcing, design presentations, specifications and schedules, site visits, and general project coordination. The role will also work collaboratively with the Operations Coordinator as projects transition from design approval into procurement.

The ideal candidate is eager to learn, highly detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can shift. You don't need to know everything coming in, but you should have enough experience to take direction, ask thoughtful questions, and increasingly anticipate what comes next.

As skills and confidence grow, there is meaningful opportunity to take on greater design responsibility and eventually manage smaller projects with support from the team.

This is a full-time, primarily onsite position based in Downtown San Francisco.

ABOUT YOU

• You are highly detail-oriented and take the time to review your work for accuracy before considering it complete.
• You take initiative and are comfortable looking for solutions before immediately turning to someone else for the answer.
• You are accountable. When something goes wrong, you communicate it, take responsibility, and focus on how to move it forward.
• You are adaptable and can shift priorities when project needs change without losing track of the bigger picture.
• You are organized and able to manage multiple projects, tasks, deadlines, and errands while prioritizing what needs your attention first.
• You communicate proactively, keeping the team informed of progress, questions, deadlines, and potential roadblocks.
• You have a genuine interest in interior design and are excited to continue learning and developing your technical and creative skills.
• You enjoy contributing ideas and having a voice while also taking direction and working collaboratively toward a shared design vision.
• You thrive in a small, hands-on team where everyone pitches in and works toward the same goal.
• You are positive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to think on your feet.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:

• Support the team across all phases of residential interior design projects, from initial design development through installation
• Create and update AutoCAD plans, elevations, furniture plans, and other design documentation using established studio standards
• Conduct initial sourcing of furnishings, finishes, fabrics, materials, fixtures, and other design elements based on established project direction
• Create and maintain design boards and client presentation materials using Canva and other studio tools
• Support the preparation and maintenance of specifications, finish schedules, furniture schedules, and other project documentation
• Enter and maintain accurate client selections and project information within Studio Designer
• Assist with site measurements,…