Senior Interior Designer
Job Description
About Customs Bureau
\nCustoms Bureau is part of the 7C network. The 7C network is an integrated network of design and architecture companies that provides "Total Place Design," a holistic approach to creating transformative environments. It combines capabilities from its constituent brands - including Woods Bagot, ERA-co, Impact Futures, and Customs Bureau - to offer services in placemaking, sustainability, architecture and interior design, and luxury concepts.
\nCustoms Bureau is looking for an exceptional Senior Interior Designer to join our London studio.
\nWe are a design-led interiors studio creating distinctive hospitality and lifestyle experiences around the world. Our work is conceptually driven and rooted in narrative, place and brand, with a particular focus on atmosphere, materiality, custom furniture and the details that shape how a space feels.
\nLed by Founder and Creative Director Shida Salehi, Customs Bureau works as a close-knit studio where ideas are developed collaboratively and senior designers remain deeply involved from the first sketch through to delivery.
\nWe are looking for someone with a strong design point of view, a sophisticated understanding of luxury hospitality and the technical ability to turn an idea into a beautifully resolved space.
\nThe Role
\nYou will play a key role across projects from concept through construction, working closely with Shida and the wider design team.
\nYou should be equally comfortable developing a concept, interrogating a plan, building and developing a design in 3D, selecting materials and furniture, designing bespoke elements and resolving the technical details required to deliver the design.
\nKey Responsibilities
\n• Develop compelling concepts, narratives and spatial experiences
\n• Lead space planning, material and FF&E development
\n• Design bespoke furniture, millwork and architectural details
\n• Produce and oversee high-quality drawing and documentation packages
\n• Develop and communicate design ideas confidently through SketchUp and 3D
\n• Coordinate with lighting, architecture, MEP, kitchen, signage and other specialist consultants
\n• Review samples, finishes, shop drawings and prototypes with a critical design eye
\n• Participate in client and operator presentations
\n• Support projects through construction, installation and completion
\n• Mentor junior designers while remaining hands-on in the work
\nWe Are Looking For Someone Who Has
\n• 6+ years of professional interior design experience postgraduate
\n• Professional degree in interior design, and or architecture
\n• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional luxury hospitality, high-end F&B or residential work
\n• Strong conceptual and spatial design ability
\n• Excellent material, furniture and detailing sensibility
\n• Advanced SketchUp and AutoCAD skills
\n• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills
\n• Experience producing and reviewing detailed design documentation
\n• Rhino, Revit, Enscape or additional visualisation skills are an advantage
\n• Confidence communicating design ideas visually and verbally
\n• The ability to work independently and take ownership within a small, fast-moving studio
\nAbove all, we are interested in designers with curiosity, judgement and taste who care equally about the strength of the big idea and the resolution of the smallest detail.
\nLife at Customs Bureau
\nCustoms Bureau combines the intimacy and creative involvement of a boutique design studio with access to the resources and global reach of the wider 7C network.
\nOur team works closely together, and designers are given genuine exposure to clients, collaborators and projects across international hospitality and lifestyle markets.
\nBenefits include private healthcare and dental cover, pension, discretionary bonus, professional development and flexible working options.
\nHow to Apply
\nPlease submit your CV and portfolio through LinkedIn.
\nA portfolio is essential and will be a key part of our selection process. We are particularly interested in understanding your individual contribution to projects and seeing evidence of concept development, planning, sketches, 3D work, materiality and technical resolution.
\nWe do not accept unsolicited resumes or names from agencies.
\nMandatory requirement: It is an essential requirement that at the time of applying for this position applicants must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.
\nDue to the high volume of applications, we kindly ask that you refrain from following up on your CV submission, as this may slow down the process. We truly appreciate your interest in joining Customs Bureau, and should your application progress, we will be in touch directly. Thank you for your understanding.
\n7C - Total Place Design Network
\nCustoms Bureau is part of the 7C Total Place Design Network: A wholly owned network of leading place brands including Woods Bagot, ERA-co, Impact Futures, and Customs Bureau.
\n7C is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. At 7C, we are committed to creating an environment where difference is celebrated, valued and respected, practices are equitable, and our people feel like they belong. We accept that none of us is smarter than all of us. We believe building a diverse workforce is the foundation to creativity and innovative design – it is only by working together that we can realise the potential of our people, clients and communities around us. Through our inclusive leadership and our truly global studio network, you will find your voice and have the support and flexibility required to bring your whole self to work and build an exceptional career.
