Residential Interior Designer | Design Build Remodeling

About this role

The Opportunity
At IHR, our Interior Designers are more than designers. They are thoughtful guides who help homeowners turn the way they want to live into beautiful, functional, and buildable homes.
We are looking for a Residential Interior Designer with a strong foundation in residential design who is ready to take meaningful ownership of the design process. You may have developed your experience primarily in a traditional design studio, architecture firm, or the design phase of projects. You do not need to have already managed every aspect of a design-build project from early programming through construction completion. What matters is that you are excited to learn how thoughtful design decisions connect to planning, construction, investment, schedule, and the finished client experience.
You will work closely with homeowners to understand their goals, develop cohesive design solutions, guide them through key decisions, and help move each project from concept into clear, buildable documentation. You will collaborate with IHR’s Project Coordinator, Drafter, Site Superintendent, suppliers, and trade partners, gaining direct exposure to the integrated design-build process.
This is an opportunity for a capable designer who loves creating exceptional residential spaces and wants to deepen their project leadership, construction collaboration, and client-guidance skills within an established team.

About Us
Innovative Home Renovations is a residential design build remodeling firm serving homeowners throughout Northeast Seattle. We reimagine existing homes around the way our clients want to live, combining thoughtful design, detailed planning, and exceptional construction in one integrated process.
A successful remodel is about more than the finished home. We are equally focused on creating an exceptional remodeling experience where homeowners feel understood, informed, confident, and in control throughout their project.
At IHR, we believe the homeowner is the hero of the remodeling story. Our role is to understand where they want to go, guide the decisions along the way, and bring that vision to life.

What You Will Do
Understand the Client and Their Home

• Participate in client discovery meetings, site visits, and design conversations to understand homeowners’ goals, lifestyle, aesthetic preferences, priorities, and how they want their home to function.

• Ask thoughtful questions and listen carefully so design recommendations reflect what matters most to the client.

• Study the existing home’s architecture, layout, constraints, and opportunities with guidance from the project team.
Develop Thoughtful Design Solutions

• Create cohesive design concepts that balance beauty, function, architecture, lifestyle, investment priorities, and buildability.

• Develop space plans, layouts, material palettes, finish selections, cabinetry concepts, millwork details, lighting intent, fixtures, furnishings, renderings, and visual presentations appropriate to the project.

• Prepare and present design recommendations that help homeowners understand the possibilities for their home.

• Refine designs in response to client feedback, existing conditions, and input from the project team.
Guide Client Decisions

• Build trusted relationships with clients by being prepared, responsive, curious, and clear.

• Lead or co-lead design presentations, showroom visits, material and finish selections, and site walkthroughs.

• Explain the reasoning behind recommendations in an accessible, confident manner.

• Help clients navigate options and tradeoffs while seeking support on complex investment, schedule, or construction decisions.
Create Clear, Buildable Documentation

• Develop or coordinate floor plans, interior elevations, cabinetry layouts, finish plans, specifications, visual presentations, and other design documentation required for planning and construction.

• Work closely with IHR’s Drafter and project team so design intent is translated into accurate, usable construction information.

• Maintain organized selections, specifications, and design decisions so the team can find the right information when needed.

• Identify unanswered questions, potential conflicts, or incomplete decisions early and bring them forward for resolution.
Collaborate Through Planning and Build

• Work closely with the Project Coordinator, Drafter, Site Superintendent, clients, suppliers, and trade partners.

• Participate in project meetings and site walkthroughs when design input, clarification, or client decisions are needed.

• Learn how design decisions affect construction feasibility, existing conditions, material availability, lead times, cost, and schedule.

• Assist in responding to design questions during construction and help evaluate alternatives when field conditions or product availability require a change.

• Stay connected to the project through completion and help protect the overall design vision.
Grow With IHR

• Bring curiosity and ideas to the continued development of IHR’s design capabilities.

• Seek feedback, build fluency in the design-build process, and take on increasing responsibility over time.

• Contribute to improvements in design standards, presentations, documentation, client communication, tools, and workflows.

• Stay informed about residential design trends, materials, products, and best practices.

What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who combines strong design ability with the interpersonal skills, judgment, organization, and ownership required to lead residential remodeling projects.

• Residential Design Experience. Experience as a professional interior designer in residential remodeling, high-end residential design, architecture, hospitality, or a comparable design environment is valuable. Traditional design-phase experience is welcome.

• Design Judgment. The ability to create thoughtful, beautiful, functional spaces that respond to a client’s lifestyle, the home’s…