Interior Designer - Model Home Merchandising & Project Management

FS Builder Resources Design Gallery is a full-service design studio specializing in the art of model home merchandising and interior finishes. We partner with homebuilders to transform houses into beautifully curated model homes that inspire buyers, showcase the builder’s vision, and elevate the overall brand experience.

About The Position:

We are seeking an experienced, highly organized, and creative Interior Designer to lead large-scale model home design and merchandising projects from concept through completion. The position requires more than a strong design eye. We are looking for someone who can balance creative vision with exceptional project management skills, oversee multiple projects simultaneously, manage budgets and timelines, coordinate vendors and installation teams, and ensure every project is executed to the highest standard.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Management & Leadership

Proven experience managing multiple large-scale model home projects simultaneously
Expertise in construction documentation and administration
Lead project kickoff and milestone planning, ensuring clear timelines, deliverables, and ownership are established for all phases of projects.
Oversee day-to-day project management, maintaining momentum and proactively addressing obstacles to protect schedule and budget.
Conduct construction meeting and walk-thrus with the Builder, providing expert insight, documenting findings, and translating operational needs into actionable design direction.
Drive communication across all project with clients, vendors, contractors, and internal teams, ensuring questions, updates, and deliverables flow clearly and promptly.
Manage project billing cycles, forecasting, and progress billing in coordination with the Director of Design, ensuring accuracy and alignment to project progress.

Design Process & Creative Direction

Curate new construction model homes furniture and accessories
Interpret Builders goals and brand standards into practical, experiential, high-impact interior environments aligned with project budgets and schedules.
Develop and review design documentation
Produce drawings, 3D views, design presentations, and physical material samples for internal reviews and client presentations. AutoCAD/SketchUp/ Revit/Bluebeam/ Microsoft 365 required
Review and guide furniture selections, specifications, and budgets while collaborating with the team.

Team Mentorship & Studio Support

Grow, mentor, and train team and interns, offering constructive feedback on design thinking, documentation, and space planning.
Demonstrate design leadership by challenging design decisions, process improvement, ensuring constant desire for efficiency and growth.
Foster team alignment through consistent communication, transparency, and supportive leadership.

Qualifications & Skills

Experience: 5+ years of professional interior design experience with a focus on model home merchandising, from concept through installation.
Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in interior design is a plus, or related experience
Project Management Expertise: Track record of driving design schedules, managing deliverables across multiple active projects, tracking budgets, and balancing creative intent with real-world deadlines.
Technical & Documentation Skills: Strong command of AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite, along with proficiency in project management and specification software.
Team & Workflow Leadership: Experience guiding, delegating, and mentoring project designers and junior designers—monitoring workflow, maintaining documentation quality, and ensuring design output remains consistent and precise.

Salary:

$75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Flooring Services and our affiliated entities are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned as needed by the business.

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