Junior Designer

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Junior Designer

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Company: Gavron Dumas Studio

Duration: Full-time

Date Posted: 01/08/26

Category: Interior Design

Location: Brooklyn

Salary: 50-100k

Job Description

Gavron Dumas Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice dedicated to creating narrative based, functional, and sculptural furniture. Our studio works across furniture, interiors, and spatial installations with a commitment to material exploration, thoughtful craftsmanship, and innovative form. We are expanding our creative team and seeking a Junior Designer who is passionate about shaping original, concept-driven design work from idea through fabrication.

Role Overview

The Junior Designer role will be responsible for developing new furniture concepts, refining designs through iterative development, collaborating closely with our craftspeople and internal creative team. This role blends artistic and historical sensitivity with technical rigor and requires an individual who is comfortable moving between hand sketching, digital modeling, and hands-on material experimentation.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Concept Development

  • Generate original furniture concepts aligned with the studio’s creative direction
  • Produce hand sketches, mood boards, material studies, and 3D concept models
  • Participate in ideation sessions and contribute to the studio’s ongoing design language

Technical Drawings & Modeling

  • Develop precise 3D models in Rhino
  • Create detailed technical drawings, shop drawings, and specifications for fabrication
  • Prepare visual presentations for internal review and client presentations
  • Prototyping & Fabrication Collaboration
  • Work hands-on with prototypes, including foam models, mock-ups, and scale studies
  • Coordinate with artisans, fabricators and suppliers to ensure design accuracy and quality
  • Conduct material research and testing to support new approaches in construction and finishing
  • Project Coordination
  • Manage timelines and deliverables for individual design projects
  • Communicate design intent clearly with internal and external collaborators

Job Requirements

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Fine Arts or a related field
  • 3-5 years of experience working in Furniture Design, Architecture, Interior Architecture or a related field
  • Strong proficiency in Rhino and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Demonstrated portfolio showcasing creative furniture or object design through hand sketching, painting, collage, 3D Modeling
  • Understanding of fabrication processes including woodworking, metalwork, joinery, and finishing
  • Ability to move fluidly between conceptual thinking and technical execution
  • Strong aesthetic sensibility and material literacy

Preferred

  • Experience working with artisan fabricators or in a custom furniture studio
  • Rendering/visualization experience
  • Knowledge of CNC, digital fabrication, or advanced manufacturing method
  • Familiarity with sustainability principles in design and materials sourcing

Personal Attributes

  • Highly creative
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and self-driven
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced and evolving studio environment
  • Great communication skills and team collaboration abilities
  • Eager to explore new materials, forms, and production techniques

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to create work that blurs the line between furniture and art
  • A supportive and collaborative creative environment
  • Exposure to varied materials, processes, and artisanal partnerships
  • Growth opportunities as the studio expands

About Our Company

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Benji Gavron

Owner

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Posted 2026-01-09

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