Design Applications Specialist
Description
HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others, upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
What We Need:
We are looking for a Design Applications Specialist to join our HNI Workplace Furnishings team.
As a Design Application Specialist, you will be responsible for providing design and specification services to our internal and external customers and end users. You will apply product knowledge and offer creative design solutions while providing product applications, layouts, and specifications. Services provided on the team include project typical specification, audit services, and design consultations.
What You Will Do:
- Design/space plan and specify creative solutions with systems, freestanding, and architectural product solutions.
- Support technical design requirements such as space planning, typical development, product specifications, and finish selection.
- Utilize CET, AutoCAD, Sketchup, and 2020 Worksheet.
- Interpret customer criteria, understand product objective to translate and develop designs that support, illustrate, and visualize furniture and architectural product solutions.
- Develop designs that support, illustrate, and visualize furniture and architectural product solutions.
- Impact the selling process by providing unique design applications, color, and finish schemes, to provide a valued final solution that will improve our customer experience and win rate.
- Interpret sketches and construction document sets best apply product recommendations solve customer problems.
- Provide consultative selling support that promotes relevant and impactful solutions to internal and external customers through in person discussions, CET LIVE design, and virtual experiences.
- Review, interpret, and respond to RFI, RFQ, and RFP documents to provide product recommendations and specifications for bid responses.
- Utilize value-engineering principles and incorporate information from Tailored Products and Product Development to create and recommend cost-effective, comprehensive design solutions.
- Provide details and information in a quick, clean, effective manner and demonstrate team services and processes with competency and professionalism.
- Submit and manage tailored product options for engineer-to-order applications.
- Provide sketches, notes, and illustrations/renderings to recommend product applications and visually communicate design intent or product recommendations.
- Complete on-going product training and demonstrate planning directives for Allsteel/Gunlocke/HNI product solutions.
What You Have:
- Associates Degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or related field required.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design or related field or equal experience preferred.
- 1-2 years minimum experience in space planning, architectural product specification, and project management is preferred.
- CET, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Cap, and 2020 Worksheet experience strongly preferred.
- Experience successfully managing multiple projects and deadlines.
- NCIDQ and/or LEED certifications preferred.
HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. The workplace furnishings segment is a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. The residential building products segment is the nation’s leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products.
As one of the larger employers in Iowa, HNI Corporation was recognized in 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the diversity of our Board of Directors and was named in 2020, 2021, and #6 in 2022 as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.
How we act today protects how we live tomorrow. Check out our CSR Report here: https://www.hnicorp.com/social-responsibility
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), are not just core beliefs at HNI - they are operational imperatives. We value each other’s differences in experiences and ideas to solve problems and better serve our customers. Take a look at our DEI goals here: https://www.hnicorp.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
We offer Benefits on Day 1, including a new voluntary benefit, Daily Pay! To learn about all the benefits HNI has to offer visit www.HNIbenefits.com.
We also invite you to visit us at www.HNICorp.com to learn more!
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