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interior designer

Educational Environments (Frank Cooney Company) is a market-leading furniture dealer specializing in 21st-century learning spaces, with over 55 years of experience. We bring furniture and design solutions that embrace movement, flexibility, and collaboration—partnering with leading manufacturers and the A&D community to create innovative and high-performing learning environments.

Our office and showroom are located in the Chicago Metro Area, but we serve clients throughout Illinois & the Midwest.

Your Role

We are seeking a passionate Interior Designer to join our growing team.

You’ll work with our account management team to identify clients’ needs, recommend space, furniture and material requirements, and ensure our solutions exceed clients’ expectations. Whether you are managing the design alone or working with A&D, projects can range from one classroom, library or media center to re-imaging various rooms for an entire school district, or even designing first-of-its kind learning environments. Your design work will also support administrative and workplace environments within school districts, municipal offices, and civic organizations. Your creativity and product knowledge are critical to our business’s success.

Responsibilities

• Develop thoughtful and actionable design solutions based on client needs, leading space planning, layouts, and product specification.

• Create and develop drawings using AutoCAD, CET, or similar design software.

• Support the account management team with creative design thinking, visualizations, and multimedia client presentations.

• Participate in client meetings, programming discussions, and site visits to ensure needs and feedback are captured and incorporated into design solutions.

• Serve as a product and materials expert across multiple furniture manufacturers, supporting both the internal account team and A&D partners.

• Collaborate with architects, designers, and facility leaders to ensure cohesive design solutions across workplace and educational environments.

• Research and stay current on industry trends, workplace design strategies, and evolving educational environments.

• Participate in industry organizations such as IIDA, EDmarket, and A4LE.

Qualifications

·       Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design, Architecture or a related field

·       1-4 years of interior design experience

·       Experience in AutoCAD, CET, InDesign and Project Matrix is a plus

·       Strong attention to detail and well-organized

·       Excellent time & project management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at a time

·       Excellent written & verbal communication skills for teamwork & client communication  

·       Portfolio of work preferred

·       Knowledge of designing educational environments a plus, but not required

Benefits

·       Competitive salary based on experience

·       Benefits available including health & dental insurance options, paid holidays and vacation, 401K options and more

·       Travel and event opportunities

·       A flexible work schedule is offered with time in the office required 

Interested in this role? Send your resume to contactus@edu-env.com