Job Description
Optima is seeking a creative and passionate Design Studio Consultant to join our Design Team. This role is crucial for ensuring our buyers have the best experience in selecting finishes for their luxury condominiums.
The new position assists the buyer through the finished selection process providing a luxury Design Center Studio experience while following company policies and procedures.
This position will interact with other departments as needed (Accounting, Project Manager, Construction, etc.). You will be tasked with completing the required paperwork accurately and promptly.
About Optima Optima is a design-driven real estate development firm rooted in the modernist tradition with offices in Illinois and Arizona. For more than 40 years, we have been developing, designing, building, and managing striking urban and suburban luxury residential communities. From the beginning, we aimed to reinvent housing by integrating the functions involved in new construction within one company. We control and execute every aspect of the process in-house – development, architecture, construction, sales, and management – for a dynamic system that offers greater focus and fluidity. We are committed to delivering extraordinary living through design, innovation, sustainability, and management.
What You'll Do - Meet with clients to select their finish selections, collecting all the buyers' selections while adhering to predetermined deadlines for selections and documentation.
- Collaborate with clients to fulfill their desired design vision.
- Be familiar with incoming products and specifications offered to our Buyers.
- Utilize Procore software to enter Finish selections and options.
- Prepare and draw plans for each client's unique space.
- Submit the finalized paperwork to the Buyer via DocuSign.
- Proceed with construction documentation and prepare and double-check paperwork before sending it to the field.
- Work some weekends and evenings per client request.
What You'll Need - Experience with customer service, contract documentation and finish selections, color selection, and construction knowledge. In the process of building customer relations through the selection process.
- A successful candidate will have a background that demonstrates a basic understanding of the home-building process.
- Excellent communication and computer skills are required.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, Bluebeam software, and Procore is a plus.
What Will Set You Apart - Design, product knowledge, and home-building knowledge are a plus.
- Ability to plan, prioritize, be detail oriented and have effective time- management skills.
- Excellent communication, computer skills, and time management required.
- Timely follow-up with customer needs.
Optima does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Optima team members or the Optima people experience team. No placement fees will be paid to any 3rd party unless such a request has been made by the Optima people experience team.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,