Associate Designer

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Interior Design or related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Experience in aircraft interior design or related field preferred..

Position Purpose:

Produce flexible, comprehensive, multi-media designs for GAC customers and prospective clients with supervision. Work directly with customers to capture design requirements and execute concepts that facilitate on time definition. Specify all interior components ensuring all FAA and GAC contractual guidelines are met.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

1. Communicate with Chairmen/CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and high net worth individuals to meet business objectives.
2. Represent the GAC Brand with professionalism and instill confidence within the customer.
3. Support Studio and Principal Designers to communicate comprehensive and detailed concepts that effectively satisfy client requirements throughout the sales and design definition process and delivery.
4. Assist with status of production of design drawings, material selections and product development to GACs engineering and production departments in a timely manner for completion of contracts to ensure that delivery schedules are met with accuracy.
5. Must be willing to travel extensively worldwide at times, possibly on short notice.
6. Initiate and develop quality relationships with clients, operations and engineering management, internal shops, and vendors, to keep clear lines of communication and execute on the client¿s expectations.
7. Support customer completions to produce, maintain, and archive the specification and design package with supervision.
8. Develop knowledge of design trends and global cultural influences.
9. Provide design support throughout the entire completion process to ensure design quality and fidelity of design execution.

Additional Functions:

1. Assist in maintaining design libraries and showrooms. .
2. Concept development of client presentations. .
3. Troubleshoot design related issues with other Designers and internal departments. .
4. Attend internal and external design reviews. .
5. Review all documents for accuracy prior to release. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

1. Understanding of design principles, color theory, and textile and leather production techniques required.
2. Possess working knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
3. Knowledge of FAA regulations relating to interior finish requirements preferred.

This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.