Design Intern at Spacefinish

Spacefinish is one of Africa’s leading Design/Build company that specialises in office spaces. We have a core team of 20 professionals, and network of +40 consultant partners across multiple African countries.

At Spacefinish we do not see ourselves as just Project Managers and Designers, rather we see ourselves as influencers of work culture and brand identity for our clients. Our clients have undergone huge “internal” brand transformation as a result of the spaces we have delivered to them. We have gathered data that shows that our human centered approach to workspace design and construction has positively changed employee behavior.

Job Position: Design Intern (NYSC)

Job Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• The Designer will support the Lead Designer and design team in all aspects of the design process, from initial concept development to final installation.
• He/she must a strong portfolio of design work, and a passion for creating innovative and functional spaces.
• Communicating directly with managers, project managers, marketing personnel, and clients to discuss and organize projects from original conceptual design through construction.

Job Responsibilities
Design:

• Knowledge of principles of managing research for design creation and development, methods for managing stakeholders, design failures and defects, and preventive measures to address design failures and defects.
• Encourage the utilization of relevant design approaches and techniques to achieve design solutions
• Review progress and determine the adequacy of various phases in the design creation and development processes
• Communicate with internal and external parties to articulate design intentions and obtain feedback during the design process
• Assess gaps within the design processes and develop appropriate remedial strategies
• Oversee decisions regarding overall design creation and development
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary collaborations as well as brainstorming sessions
• Review, evaluate and modify designs to suit authority requirements and meet design intentions.

3D Modelling:

• Analyze 3D models and conduct scenario visualization to validate project plans and design quality
• Run simulations to test 3D models
• Test what-if scenarios
• Validate project plans
• Test feasibility of designs
• Identify problems with design quality
• Ensure project plans and designs are compliant with relevant and prevailing regulatory standards
• Explore and apply key animation principles and techniques to create 3D animation for VR optimization.

Design Standards and Specification:

• Support the establishment of design standards and specifications to facilitate designs’ fulfilment of regulatory requirements, and drive strategies to enhance quality of designs
• Keep track of the cost impact of changes to design standards and specifications for the organisation
• Support the lead designer in guiding the revision of procedures and standards for technical documentation.

Design and Aesthetic Sensibility:

• Establish overall conceptual frameworks to define the organisation’s sense of aesthetics and correlate aesthetics to overall organisational success
• Support the development of the overall brand identities of products, and ensuring coherence of brand elements across all product and service lines
• Define desired experiences that are associated with particular aesthetic styles
• Support the overall sense of aesthetic for the organisation’s creative design work
• Embed deeper brand identities and philosophies into product design aesthetics
• Support lead designer in driving the development of aesthetically pleasing products that make lasting impressions with audiences
• Support lead designer in driving the art direction for new aesthetics, expressions and forms for design projects and creative work.

Design for safety, sustainability and maintainability:

• Develop design plans to ensure compliance with Design Safety measures to eliminate or reduce the safety and health risks during the project lifecycle
• Implement and monitor risk control measures
• Verify that all information provided by the developer or contractor for the project has been accounted for
• Communicate residual risks to main stakeholders for further mitigation
• Review documentation of safety and health issues identified during the design review process and actions taken
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to develop maintainable and sustainable designs.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Interior Design or related field
• No work experience is needed.

Skills and Competency Requirements:

• Proficient in Sketchup,Vray or Enscape, Revit, Illustrator or other design programs
• Excellent portfolio of previous works
• Creative talent, imagination and eye for design
• Communication and presentation skills.

Other Behavioral Competency Requirements:

• Fosters team spirit and collaboration, encourages and creates mechanisms for sharing of expertise
• Championing results orientation and excellence
• Foster a culture that values creativity, innovation, and an openness to diverse perspectives
• Handles complex on-the-spot questions (e.g. from the public and other stakeholders).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online