Studio Designer

Position Purpose:

Produce flexible, comprehensive, multi-media designs for GAC customers and prospective clients with minimal 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.

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 the Principal Designer to communicate comprehensive and detailed concepts that effectively satisfy client requirements throughout the sales and design definition process and delivery.
4. Request and maintain status of production of design drawings, material selections and concepts, 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 world wide and at times on short notice.
6. Maintain strong relationships with clients, operations and engineering management, internal shops, and vendors, to keep clear lines of communication and execute on the client&191;s expectations.
7. Work collaboratively with customer completions to produce, maintain, and archive the specification and design package with no supervision.
8. Exhibits knowledge and confidence in design trends and global cultural influences.
9. Provide design support throughout the entire completion process to ensure design quality and fidelity of design execution.
10. Maintain current knowledge of all FAA regulations related to aircraft interiors.
11. Execute material finish schedule and other internal documents required. for accurate definition.

Additional Functions:

1. Assist in maintaining design libraries and showrooms. .
2. Concept development of client presentations. .
3. Provide guidance to Associate Designers .
4. Troubleshoot design related issues with clients and internal departments. .
5. Provide input to design budget for each account. .
6. Attend internal and external design reviews. .
7. Review all documents for accuracy prior to release. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

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