Senior Design Consultant

A typical week tends to involve complex client consultations and design work, presentations and proposals, project management on installations underway, mentorship of junior consultants, and the steady follow-up that keeps a senior pipeline moving. Sales and design responsibilities both matter at the senior level — you carry both expectations.

Coordination spans clients, installers and contractors, vendors, junior consultants, and store or studio leadership. The hardest part is often holding craft against client constraints — budget, timeline, taste differences with the people paying — and earning the trust that lets your judgment matter. Senior consultants set the tone for what good work looks like in the practice.

People who tend to thrive here are visually deep, commercially sharp, comfortable with high-stakes client interactions, and able to mentor without micromanaging. If you struggle with sales pressure at the senior level or feel constrained by retail-design dynamics, the role can plateau. If you find satisfaction in complex projects that come together because of how you led the design and the relationship, the role can blend craft and commerce in genuinely rewarding ways.