Interior Designer Manager
Ukio, France
Job Description
We are one of the most promising startups of 2023 with headquarters in Spain. We were founded in Barcelona, and since then, we've expanded to include offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Berlin, and Paris. This is only the beginning as we've got our sights set on spreading to the rest of Europe and later to include other continents as well .
Ukio's mission is to empower individuals to live where they want, when they want . We do this by disrupting the traditional residential real estate market, providing fully furnished and artfully designed apartments for stays starting at one month. We remove all the hassle around finding a rental with no long-term contracts, security deposits, broker fees, moving/buying furniture, etc., giving choice and flexibility to allow people to plant their roots anywhere .
Backed by Europe's best Venture Capital firms, this year will be vital in our growth as we look to further build out our team, further establish ourselves in our current markets, and expand our reach into multiple new markets . We are currently ranked in the top 10 startups in Spain by Linkedin, and we have successfully raised a Series A investment round of 27 million that will help propel our growth throughout Western Europe and bring us closer to reaching our goals.
We honor diversity, compassion, and honesty above all else in our team. We’ve already got a great mix of dedicated, collaborative, and results-driven people and are looking for more like minded folks to join our team. In true startup fashion, we always embrace the unknown and grant full autonomy to our team members to act as the owners of their projects and tasks. We are creators who embrace dynamic environments and take on and build up projects from scratch.
Our team is composed of everyone from foodies to athletes, adventure seekers to art buffs. We know fun, and we always have a team event on our calendars, so are you ready to join us?
Role |We are looking for a talented Interior Designer with experience leading teams and managing complex projects to lead our creative team in Paris.
You will ensure Ukio brand is followed consistently and cascaded into our designs for all of our guests. As a Lead Interior Designer your responsibilities will be to manage our team of designers and ensure that each Ukio apartment meets our required design quality and standards. We are a new start-up, so you’ll be given a high degree of autonomy and expected to deal with numerous challenges and opportunities along the way.
Responsibilities |- Manage all stages of our design projects and lead our interior designers
- Ensure all design changes and solutions are well implemented
- Develop and oversee creative and well thought through design solutions
- Lead and mentor the junior designers
- Manage 1:2:1 and performance reviews of interior designers
- Design standards, visualization, and guidelines
- You have 5+ years of interior design experience in hospitality or residential services
- 2+ years experience leading a team of interior designers
- Deep organizational skills to maintain timelines and budgets
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with short turnaround in a fast paced environment
- Proficiency in leading Design Software tools (e.g. Autocad, Photoshop, etc.)
- Fluent in English and French
- Flexible, resilient and content with ambiguity and changes
- Confident with working in cross-functional teams
- Comfortable performing in a start-up environment.
- A challenging job at one of the fastest growing companies in Europe
- Competitive annual gross salary, to be determined in line with your knowledge and experience
- Bonus Scheme
- Private Insurance
- International working environment with many different nationalities
- Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates
- Flexible schedule and no dress code!
- Team events and an amazing internal culture
- Breakfast in the office, fruits, nutrition bars, free coffee and popcorn for whenever you feel like it!
Ukio's culture promotes and values each individual's contribution. Diversity and inclusion, it’s a big topic for us, as such we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Sky's the limit for us. We're here to revolutionize your life. Be part of this revolution
We look forward to receiving your application!
For more information about Ukio, visit us at www.ukio.com and to keep up to date with UKIO’s news, follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram!