Intern - Interior Design

Company Description

WORQ is a flexible-office and community company, with products in coworking spaces, community app, enterprise solutions and looking to grow its offerings to better service and innovate the real estate market. As an innovation firm in this industry, WORQ is a venture capital-backed startup invested by Cradle, 500 Start-Ups, Phillip Capital, Space Matrix ( a sister company of Jungle Ventures ), as well as private investors from Goldman Sachs and Temasek. Winning 5 awards including, Voted the Best Coworking Space of Malaysia by the Malaysia Rice Bowl Startup Awards in 2017, Coworker Member's Choice Award winner in 2018, Outstanding Incubator / Coworking Space Winner in 2018, Coworker Member's Choice Award winner for Kuala Lumpur category in 2019 and Coworker Member's Choice Awards winner with 100,000 sqft of space and growing, housing over 281 companies, we have been able to fuel collaboration on a scale never seen before in Malaysian entrepreneurship history.

WORQ's fast growth in a sustainable manner has garnered the continued support and investment from the VC world including its latest third round of financing completed amidst COVID-19 with backing from seven follow-on investors, signifying investor confidence in its potential. Its sustainability and risk management is bar none and endorsed by six of the major banks in Malaysia extending loan offers to WORQ, passing the stringent risk test of traditional banks. With a strong base, WORQ is poised to capitalize on the fast-growing flexible office market to reach its vision of making people prosper by working together. It's a massive dream, and we're working passionately to fulfill it. We can't do it alone though - this is where you come in.

Job Description

The Interior Sales Designer will collaborate with internal teams and clients to design and execute workplace and corporate interior projects. The role combines design, project management, and sales support, ensuring creative and functional spaces that align with client needs and company standards.

Job descriptions:

I) Collaboration and coordination:

• To work with the internal real estate team to conceptualize space planning for new outlets.
• To work closely with the Business Development team to support new opportunities and complete RFPs.
• To collaborate with external consultants, including outsourced interior designers, through the design phase to project completion.
• To align with clients regularly during the detailed design phase.

II) Design and presentation:

• To prepare and present design concepts, space planning, and costing proposals.
• To create material boards, sample boards, mock-ups, and material/product libraries.
• To develop client presentation decks and act as a workplace strategist to consult and offer office solutions.

III) Project management and documentation:

• To assist the Project Manager with overall project management of new outlets.
• To maintain organized project files and documentation to ensure accuracy, consistency and compliance.
• To ensure design deliverables adhere to product standards and quality assurance policies and procedures.
• To communicate project updates to management and cross-functional teams, including project status, potential issues and risks.
• To host project meetings and client presentations as needed.
• To conduct site supervision and manage project costing from inception to completion.

IV) Research and process improvement:

• To research design best practices.
• To incorporate learnings into design SOPs/playbook.

V) Miscellaneous:

• To perform other additional tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Interior Design, Architecture, Real Estate, Project Management or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in corporate/workplace interior design (residential experience not considered).
• Strong client-facing, communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in coordinating design documentation, budgeting and managing deliverables.

Additional Information

• An entrepreneurial mindset.
• Proficient in the following programs: Powerpoint, AutoCAD, 3DMax, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suites.
• A sharp mind and a positive attitude.