Soho Home...

Soho Home is a modern homewares brand designed for relaxed, sociable living. With more than 25 years of design heritage, our ranges are created to mirror the look and feel of our Soho Houses around the world. Soho Home is an interiors collection from Soho House that includes furniture, lighting, tableware, and accessories created for, and inspired by the Houses.

The Role…

Reporting to the Design Director, as Senior Designer, you will lead a team to manage and deliver the design and product development strategy for Soho Home's Furniture, Upholstery and Lighting categories. Bringing innovative, and aspirational product design to the retail marketplace and Soho House interiors projects.

With the guidance and support of the Design Director, you will be responsible for delivering market leading design output from your team in your categories. Optimising team performance and growing Soho Home's presence in the homeware and interiors market. You will strive for a high level of design ideation and effective execution of the product and development strategy. Contributing to the creative identity of your categories, whilst meeting key development deadlines throughout the product critical path timeline. Within the wider business, as Senior Designer, you are expected to establish and nurture stakeholder relationships, ensuring the department is operating in line with the objectives of the business, to add value and deliver a compelling, aspirational product assortment

Main Duties…

• Working alongside the Design Director and CCO, own and be responsible for the concept and design for the seasonal product collections. Striving to push Interiors by Soho House to the forefront of both homeware and interior design
• Beside the Design Director, co-own and manage the product design and development calendars for retail, collaborations and internal hospitality projects, ensuring key calendar milestone are always met
• Identify new supplier opportunities, working with NPD peers to target those aligned with Soho House's aesthetic, quality and price parameters
• Collaborate closely with the Soho Home NPD team to ensure briefs intents are executed to the highest standard, whilst meeting commercial expectations of price and margin
• Drive the development and execution of the ranging strategy, working alongside NPD to deliver both long term and short term gains, with both UK and US markets in mind
• Inspire your direct reports to deliver a compelling product offering, that enables all commercial product opportunities are potentialized, for both the UK and US retail markets
• Track commercial performance of your department in partnership with both NPD and Merchandising teams, to ensure brand sales and profits are maximised
• Work closely with interdepartmental peers to deliver successful seasonal presentations and reviews to leadership and wider teams
• Demonstrate exceptional awareness of competitors and external industry trends
• Lead and manage a high functioning team, providing guidance and direction to all levels of the team
• Promote a high-performance culture, ensuring every team member is supported and empowered to successfully contribute to the overall business objectives
• Lead and champion the sustainability focus within the product development life cycle

Requirements / Qualifications...

• Extensive product design and development experience
• Passionate about design and product development, ensuring the member and customer is at the heart of all key decision making
• Utilising key tools to clearly convey and deliver design ideas and technical brief packs that are suitable for factory use
• Greatly experienced in working directly with global suppliers to ensure best possible execution, understanding cultural nuances to ensure seamless development whilst meeting business financial expectations
• Highly organised individual, confident in working across multiple projects simultaneously, managing timelines and delivery dates; ensuring clear communication with key stakeholders throughout.
• A creative problem-solver, naturally curious with the confidence to challenge current practices to instigate positive change
• An excellent communicator, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Naturally collaborative with excellent stakeholder management skills
• A seasoned and conscientious leader, with experience of nurturing and developing teams
• A strategic thinker, highly analytical and results orientated
• Enjoys working in a changing environment, able to demonstrate agility when responding to industry trends and evolving demands as Soho Home expands into new markets
• SolidWorks and Keyshot rendering knowledge essential
• Retail product design experience preferred

Benefits…

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you're seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

• Discounts at Soho House globally, as well as Soho Home and Cowshed

• Every House Membership

• Enhanced Pension Scheme

• Private Health and Dental Care

• Cycle to Work Scheme/Season Ticket Loan

• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.

• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.

• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.