Job Description
Blue Star Properties is a Chicago-based commercial real estate firm recognized for its transformative work in acquiring and revitalizing urban retail, office, and hospitality properties across the city. With a growing portfolio of entertainment venues, restaurants, and mixed-use developments, we are looking to expand our team to support an exciting pipeline of upcoming projects.
We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Interior Design Professional to join our in-house design team. This role will play a key part in the design and execution of commercial and hospitality environments throughout Chicago.
The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of professional interior design experience, ideally with a focus on hospitality or residential spaces. Candidate must be organized, creative, tech-savvy, and thrive in both collaborative and independent work environments.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or Architecture from an accredited institution
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and Photoshop; familiarity with Sketchup, Illustrator, & InDesign is a plus
- Strong ability to develop and produce technical drawings, including floor plans, RCPs, interior elevations, millwork details, and finish schedules.
- Excellent graphic, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Broad knowledge base of furniture, lighting, acoustics, finishes, materials, color selections and other FF&E product specifications.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously
Role Responsibilities:
- Thoughtfully plan interior spaces
- Survey and draw existing site conditions and develop as-built drawings
- Prepare presentations for team members to understand design concepts
- Manage project budgets with construction team, providing ideas for value engineering as necessary
- Oversee procurement and logistics for furniture and materials to align with overall project schedules
- Consult with subcontractors, vendors, and fabricators and secure appropriate proposals
- Participate in construction administration tasks and regular site visits
- Help build and maintain our internal design library
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members and maintain professional relationships
- Contribute to a variety of other tasks as needed to support project execution
Job Type: Full-time, salaried, 40+ hours/weekly
Salary Range: $80K - $90K / Yearly
Location : Office is located at 600 W Van Buren, with travel to project sites across Chicago
Benefits offered : Paid time off; health, vision, and dental insurance, 401k, etc.
For consideration, please submit your resume and sample portfolio of recent projects to Aryanna at
[email protected].
Please visit our website at for additional insight on our group.
Job Tags
Full time, For subcontractor, Work at office,