SUMMARY
An Interior Design Coordinator assists and supports the interior design team in planning, designing, and furnishing the Tous les Jours bakery store and bibigo restaurants. Interior Design Coordinator has to help come up with the design ideas, develop simple presentations of those ideas to show the clients(Franchise owner), and coordinate the activities and materials required to make those ideas a reality.
This job requires both creative and administrative skills, and you will often be working on multiple projects with variable timelines. You must be detail oriented, a multi-tasker, and great at coming up with creative design solutions. As an Interior Design Coordinator, you play a huge role to meet the Company’s goals

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with team to develop design ideas and create drawings
• Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
• Drafts technical drawings. Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce interior design package.
• Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
• Nationwide Business trip for construction management & coordination to expanding the franchise store
• Works with project manager to review space plans and tackles more complicated issues
• With project manager, researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects
• Assists in developing packages for projects
• Assists cost estimates and produces final cost estimates
• In unusual circumstances may be required to assist with support for field surveys
• Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget
• Works with team to develop design ideas and create drawings

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in Interior design or related area
• 3-5 years experience in retail and/or restaurant design
(Construction experiences preferred)
• Understanding and developing food based concepts and merchandising is a plus
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills are a plus
• Solid understanding of materials and construction processes and details
• Ability to brief and manage third party consultants and contractors
• Excellent sketching and technical drawing abilities
• Must thrive in a team environment, but be able to take initiative and work independently.
• Pay close attention to all the little details.( Detail Oriented)
• Keep your cool when dealing with highly stressful situations.
• Can always be counted on to do a good job.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements
• Knowledge of space planning
• Knowledge of furnishings and finishes
• Familiar with the concepts of furniture layout
• Advanced sketching and rendering skills (Sketch up)
• Working knowledge of CDs and procedures
• Working knowledge of contract administration
• Intermediate MS Office skills
• Advanced Auto CAD or Revit skills
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Affinity Program skills or equivalent

Please send your resume to
resume2cj@cj.net

< Employee Benefits >
• PPO-Health/Dental/Vision, Life/STD/LTD
• Free Hot Lunch
• Holidays
• PTO/Sick Days
• 401K
• Potential incentives
• Employee Discount on CJ affiliates’ purchases
• Family events gift
• Friendly working environment

About the Company:

CJ has been leading the food industry in Korea, and it is now turning to the global market with efforts to bring to the world the taste and culture of Korean food.
CJ Foodville was established in the US in 2004 and currently operates two main food service businesses: Tous Les Jours, a Bakery Franchise, and Bibigo, a quick casual Korean restaurant chain.

Tous Les Jours is a French-Asian Bakery serving a unique selection of bakery goods and beverages made with high quality of ingredients. It has established a reputable bakery café system in the United States, building on a brand image that is respected in Asian American communities and is expanding into the mainstream markets. Right-out-of-the-oven freshness is essential for tasty baked goods, and Tous Les Jours stands behind the promise of baked goods made fresh daily.

Starting in 2010, Bibigo has made its preliminary series of propitious debuts in the restaurant scenes of China, America and Singapore. Bibigo aims to expand its gastronomic outposts to a thousand international locations. Bibigo’s promotion of excellence in Korean food has made it become a successful global Korean food brand and is leading the global Korean food movement. The brand has a dual identity as food service and consumer packaged goods brand.

Please send your resume to
resume2cj@cj.net