Senior Interior Designer

Senior Interior Designer | Melbourne

Location: Melbourne office

Employment Type: Full-time contract

Hachem is an award-winning international design practice, blending global experience

with a close-knit, collaborative studio culture. Our Melbourne team is highly

professional, detail-driven, and committed to delivering exceptional design

outcomes. We foster an environment built on respect, teamwork, and positive

engagement, where every individual contributes to a well-run, welcoming, and

high-performing studio.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Interior Designer to join

our team. This role is ideal for a creative professional who is confident in

a client-facing position and has proven experience leading and

running projects from beginning to end. You will play a key role in delivering

high-quality design solutions while managing client relationships and guiding

projects through all stages.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage interior design projects from initial concept through to completion
• Act as the primary client-facing contact, building strong relationships and managing expectations
• Understand client requirements and translate them into creative and practical design solutions
• Develop design concepts, mood boards, space planning, and detailed documentation
• Prepare drawings and 3D visualisations
• Present design proposals to clients and incorporate feedback effectively
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, and suppliers
• Oversee project timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure successful outcomes
• Conduct site visits to monitor progress and ensure design intent is achieved
• Mentor and guide junior designers to maintain high design standards
• Source and specify materials, finishes, furniture, and lighting, FF&E Selections and have an eye for the material selections

Requirements

• Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience
• Strong client-facing and end-to-end project delivery experience
• Advanced Revit and AutoCAD skills; proficiency in SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong construction documentation, detailing and joinery capability
• Strong knowledge of materials, finishes, building codes and regulations
• Experience coordinating consultants, reviewing shop drawings and resolving site issues
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects independently
• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving and quality control
• Availability to work full-time from our Melbourne studio
• Full, unrestricted working rights in Australia

Desirable

• Mandarin language proficiency is highly regarded, given our work across Asia and international client base.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on diverse, high-profile local and international projects
• A collaborative, creative and design-led studio environment
• Career development and leadership opportunities
• A competitive salary package
• Team events and activities throughout the year
• Staff birthday celebrations
• A three-week Christmas and New Year studio shutdown—so everyone can properly recharge and return super fresh for the year ahead

Sound like you?

If you’re passionate about design, confident leading projects and experienced in working directly with clients, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a Melbourne-based role. Applicants must have full, unrestricted working rights in Australia.

• Please send your résumé and portfolio to Sign in to view email, noting Senior Interior Designer in the subject line.