Careers
Are you excited by a profession that lets you contribute to the most influential building in someone’s life? We’d love to meet you! We’re an ever-growing team of creative, collaborative, and compassionate individuals committed to providing exceptional service and passionate about creating beautiful, functional custom family homes.
Current Opportunities
We’re always looking for exciting new talent across all departments, including university and college co-op opportunities. If you think you’d be a great addition, please submit your resume, cover letter, and portfolio (if applicable) to: resumes@davidsmalldesigns.com
Available Positions
Intermediate Interior Designer
David Small Designs is a mid-size architecture and interior design firm seeking to hire an Intermediate Interior Designer to join in our vibrant and growing residential design team. Reporting to the Design Lead, the Intermediate Interior Designer will generate exciting, forward thinking, project appropriate interiors in alignment with clients’ budget and schedule.
This will be a hybrid position with a combination of work performed remotely and in person at our Oakville, ON office.
Key Duties
- In collaboration with the Lead Designer, develop conceptual designs for clients
- Meet with clients to discuss requirements, through each phase of the project
- Create and review design packages during various stages of the project
- Determine cost of completion and project requirements in the budgeting phase
- Source materials and products included in plans
- Visit job sites as required
- Inspect design after completion to ensure client goals have been met
Required Experience and Skills
- Degree or Diploma of Interior Design from a CIDA accredited program
- 5 years’ experience working in a residential interior design, including site visits and client meetings
- Experience working with millwork/shop drawings, lighting and ceiling plans, electrical plans, product and material specifications
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, MS Office Suite
- Experience with Interior Design drawing package coordination and production
- Familiarity with local Building Codes
- Excellent communication skills; able to articulate design ideas
- Self Starter and able to work efficiently in a fast past environment
- Professional and polite
- Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation
If you meet the above qualifications, and are interested in joining a high performance team, please submit your resume and portfolio. We thank all applicants; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
David Small Designs provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities, available on request during all aspects of the recruitment process.
Architectural Technologist
David Small Designs is an award-winning custom home design firm. With strong client relationships and solid industry connections, we help our clients seize opportunities, understand and address challenges, navigate relevant regulatory systems, and provide an outstanding team to execute the plan. This entrepreneurial and comprehensive approach benefits our clients and positions us as industry leaders in the field of custom home design.
David Small Designs is searching for a talented Architectural Technologist with exceptional CAD skills to join our team. The ideal candidate has above average skills in CAD, Sketchup and Photoshop. A keen eye for detail will help you to translate the designer’s vision into sophisticated, detailed drawings.
The ideal candidate must have:
- 5+ years of Canadian work experience completing technical working drawings used in wood frame construction.
- Completed an Architectural Technology program
- Excellent knowledge of AutoCAD, Sketchup, and Photoshop
- Excellent communication skills to articulate creative and aesthetic choices with team members
- Creativity, combined with attention detail
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements, client requests and tight deadlines
Please submit resume + portfolio of detailed technical drawings
Job Type: Full-time
Role and responsibilities of this position to be discussed during initial interview.
Group life/Health/Dental after 90 days.
Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview
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