Junior Designer

ALA Studio Employer

New York, NY, USLocation:

Wed, Feb 4 '26Posted On

$50,000 - $70,000 annually Pay:

Role: Junior Designer

Start Date: Immediate

Salary Range: $50-70k, commensurate with experience

Years of Experience Required: 0-3 years

Employment Terms: Full time salaried. Could be open to independent contractors on a per-project basis.

ALA Studio is a full service architecture and interior design firm that emphasizes deep listening and hands-on collaboration with clients throughout the design process. Founded in 2017 by Alda Ly, our NYC based studio serves clients worldwide who are looking to rethink traditional hospitality, health and wellness, workplace, and retail spaces, whether they are established organizations or startups and entrepreneurs. We are proudly a certified Minority & Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) in NYC and NY state.

Our team is small but mighty, and built around a collective desire to create thoughtful, innovative, designs for projects we care about. We specialize in workplace, hospitality, retail, health and wellness spaces of all scales—often with clients who have unique visions and are doing things that have never been done before.

We’ve got a number of exciting projects on tap, and are looking for the next key player in our integrated design team: a full-time Junior Designer for our commercial interiors projects. Our ideal candidate is kind, resourceful, organized, an incredible communicator, has a sophisticated design sensibility, and a true self-starter who is looking to gain experience in both interior design and architecture. She/he/they should be someone who is looking to have ownership and responsibility from day one and is interested in becoming an integral part of a growing team.

If this is you, please reach out and consider bringing your talents to our studio!

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning and concepting, BIM modeling, preparing design presentations, visualizations and construction drawings
• Assist with research, design, selection, specification, & documentation of interior design elements such as furniture, fixtures, finishes, millwork, lighting, etc.
• Assist with on-site surveying, construction administration and FF&E/Styling installation review
• Communicate and interface with clients, engineering consultant, vendors, dealers, manufacturers, fabricators & contractors
• Learn from and work closely under our Studio Director and Project Managers
• Maintain materials library and develop product and sample collection

Qualifications

• 0-3 post-degree years of relevant experience at an architecture or design office. Experience on DD/CD phases for interior architecture projects is a plus.
• MUST have experience and proficiency in Revit and Enscape
• Comfort with multi-tasking and collaboration within a context of fast-paced projects
• Organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and willing to take on a variety of tasks
• Excellent English language communication and client-facing skills
• Work examples that demonstrate a sophisticated design sensibility
• Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, Excel, Smartsheet knowledge is also required
• FF&E sourcing and specification experience a plus
• Located in NYC area and available start ASAP
• Hybrid work schedule. Our office is in the Financial District. We are in office about ~3 days on average, individually set around project and team needs.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States, without need for employer sponsorship

Benefits For Full Time Employees

• Subsidized health/dental/vision insurance
• Matching 401k
• HSA/FSA/commuter benefits options
• Basic life insurance
• PTO package with vacation, personal days and winter break
• Contributions to professional development costs

Please submit a cover letter with your salary requirements, resume, and work samples in a single PDF to [email protected]. Clearly state your specific role in all projects and work shown, and credit all work done as part of a professional office or group project. Include “JUNIOR DESIGNER APPLICANT” in the subject title.

We look forward to hearing from you!