Looking for your next home with a firm boasting a dynamic team, a sharp vision, incredible projects and clients, and some big juicy growth goals? Banko Design, an award-winning interior design, brand design, and FF&E procurement firm, is seeking new team members! If you are someone who resonates with this list…let’s talk!

Are you…?

• Wanting to sculpt a better world for seniors, renters, and private club members through top-notch design execution, one project at a time?

• Looking for a way to apply your experience, career journey, and lessons learned to the next generation of design?

• Someone who loves to dive into projects alongside our talented staff and help get any stragglers to get over the finish line (i.e. you pride yourself on being a finisher, a closer, a “get-it-done”-r)?

• Organized and thoughtful in strategy but willing to pivot when needed. (Evolve or die, am I right?)

• Thirsty to work alongside other flexible, innovative, and creative people? If we want to design on the moon, are you willing to hop in our spaceship?

• A designer or architect who feels it is super important to produce exceptional deliverables and takes accountability and ownership of your work product?

• A creative that confidently designs and is looking to mentor and teach others?

• Appreciates great drawings and loves a good CA site visit?

• Full of energy and passionate about your craft with raw, unapologetic drive?

OFFICE LIFE:

• Looking for a fun and casual in-office work environment with other weirdos who enjoy social events, dressing up in costume, impromptu karaoke, practical jokes, Nerf Gun wars, and a silly Founder?

• Okay being featured in our viral Instagram and TikTok posts? Those in witness protection need not apply. Bonus points if you fancy yourself an amateur actor/actress/voice-over-ist.

• Interested in paid volunteer days and philanthropic group events? This group is big on service!

• Not afraid of an open, honest workplace with leaders who provide all the tools you will need to succeed while giving you the autonomy your talent deserves?

REQUIREMENTS:

• 7+ years of design or architecture experience

• 4-year degree in ID or ARCH

• Must be proficient in CAD & Revit

• Strong in design

• Strong in deliverable production and/or management

• Must love people in the studio

• Must love pets in the studio

• Must love occasional children in the studio

• Must be sparky. No duds, please.

• Must take advantage of our killer work-life balance program

• Must have perspective on/from other companies not as cool as ours

• Must be professionally mature

• Must be confident and communicative

• Able to complete a project start to finish 100% on your own if needed. (That’s how we gauge if one is ready to be a lead… but PSSSTTT we work in teams here! We simply need you to embody the skills necessary to balance both leading and executing.)

• Down to delegate. Here, we delegate and elevate.

About this Role:

Our leadership team is looking for an energetic individual with spark, passion, drive, and a keen skillset for managing people and opportunities. This role will be interactive with the Studio Director and studio designers.

Primary responsibilities include generation of new business, maintaining existing client relationships, and keeping a pulse on client satisfaction. This role encompasses cultivating leads (digital and in person), presenting the firm, being an advocate for new projects, writing proposals, as well as closing opportunities.

Role responsibilities also include maintaining and organizing leads on a project management platform, reporting on pipeline, and analyzing of business won, lost, and in progress.

Qualifications:

• 5+ Years in developing new and growing existing customer relationships.

• Exceptional communicator and teammate.

• Ultimate brand advocate.

• Self-motivated, a natural hustler by nature, with ideas for expanding into new markets / creating new revenue streams.

• Proven history executing revenue results against goals.

• Ability to generate leads through cold calls, emails, networking within new and existing customer environments to close business.

• Strong capabilities in being a self-starter while closely collaborating with the studio and leadership teams.

• Sharp attention to detail in composing client-facing deliverables, including proposals and marketing materials.

• Comfortable reviewing and negotiating contracts.

• Proficiency in setting design fees.

• Understanding of Interior Design Process / Construction and Design Phases.  Able to read architectural floor plans.

• Existing Senior Living relationships preferred with developers and operators preferred

• Some Marketing experience preferred, including proficiency with designing sales collateral (Adobe and Canva)

 Job Description:

Business Development is the Company’s link to end users and potential clients throughout all market Segments. Ultimately, this position is responsible for reaching out to new clients through networking events, social media, conferences, digital media, and industry related marketing events. You will represent Banko Design outside the studio and will often be potential client’s first introduction to our studio and services.

This role reports to Brittany Panachida, Director of Business Development. In this role, you will work closely with our BD Studio Collection business development leadership team and work collaboratively to exchange leads and opportunities within the portfolio.

 Business Development Responsibilities:

• Cultivate client leads – develop, target client criteria & pursue leads.

• Attending market segment-oriented conferences and continuing education seminars.

• Adhere to and help build business development budget.

• Collaborate on creation of materials & collateral together with the marketing team.

• Support & Maintain LinkedIn presence as BD Studio Collection to represent Banko Design

Business Role Responsibilities:

• Writing proposals and creating fee estimates for projects.

• Participate in big picture Banko Design strategic planning & direction.

• Be the best partner to studio director and supporting staff.

• Nurture and maintain existing client relationships.

• Drive leads and close new project deals for design & procurement work.

• Project a positive, professional, and fostering leadership image as a representative of the company.

• Track and report on sales goals quarterly and annually.

• Work in tandem with BD Studio Collection business development leadership team to maintain CRM and client lead database.

• Adhere to the business development guardrails for weekly success.

• Attend and collaborate in weekly and monthly strategy planning meetings.

• Client event / entertainment planning

 Compensation:

Annual base salary $60,000+.  Additional commission structure to be negotiated.

Additional Benefits:

• Allowance given for Cell Phone and Data Plan by the Company.

• Please refer to the BD Studio Collection Handbook for reimbursement on travel & entertainment.

• Computer, needed software and equipment provided by the Company.

Benefits: As a Company employee, benefits will be available on the 1 ST day of the month after 60 days of full-time employment. Please request a copy of the current benefit plan documents for details and eligibility. Nothing herein shall affect the Company’s ability to modify, alter, terminate, or otherwise change any benefit plan it has in effect at any given time, to the extent permitted by law.

A 401k will also be available on the 1st of the month after 90 days of full-time employment.

We offer a Flexible PTO Policy that you can begin to use after 90 days of employment. With this policy, you do not accrue PTO, but you take what you need, when you need it.  In addition, you will receive the following paid US holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Conditions of Employment: By accepting the Company’s offer of employment, you agree to comply with and be bound by the operating practices, procedures, and policies that the Company may/has put into effect during your employment. You also represent and warrant that you are free to enter and fully perform this agreement and the agreements referred to herein without breaching any other agreement or contract to which you are or may be bound, including any existing or previous employment agreement or non-competition agreement. Should you accept this offer of employment from Banko Design, you understand that your employment will be on an at-will basis and is not for any fixed period. This means that either you or the Company can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause.