Openings at Weylandts Furniture Cape Town (Pty) Ltd

Role overview:

• We are looking for a Senior Interior Designer, who will be responsible for leading projects from brief to final installation. This includes concept development, material sourcing, detailed technical drawing packs, budgets, client presentations, and on-site execution. They will collaborate closely with the Design Director & Studio Manager, the Creative Director, and broader team to ensure every design is delivered with excellence, clarity, and creativity. This is an opportunity to contribute creatively and technically to a highly collaborative, fast-paced team.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead design from client brief through to concept, presentation, technical documentation, and installation.
• Prepare detailed furniture layouts, lighting and electrical coordination drawings, joinery details, window treatments, and artwork layouts.
• Spatial planning and production of full technical drawing packs (plans, sections, elevations, and details).
• Collaborate with suppliers, consultants, and contractors to ensure seamless project execution.
• Manage multiple projects across varying scale and complexity, always meeting deadlines with precision.
• Produce compelling 3D visuals and architectural views for client presentations.
• Navigate and contribute within complex Revit models with confidence and clarity.
• Support and mentor junior /mid designers, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Ensure continuous improvement by adhering to and evolving studio standards and procedures.

 What you bring: 

• National Diploma in Interior Design or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of design work experience, with at least 5 completed projects as a senior designer
• Working experience in AutoCAD, SketchUp and proficient in REVIT.
• Strong technical drawing skills and ability to communicate design details clearly.
• Experience preparing and reviewing lighting, electrical, joinery and furniture layouts.
• Strong eye for spatial planning, texture, proportion, and materiality.

 Competencies and behaviours for success: 

• Demonstrates a positive hands-on, can-do attitude.
• Able to work independently yet be a team player.
• Positive, energetic, self-starter, with excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Able to work well under pressure and produce high-quality work is a prerequisite.
• Be able to work on multiple projects at the same time be efficient, resourceful, and work smart.

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Role overview:

• The Homeware Visual Merchandiser is responsible for interpreting and executing the Creative Manager’s homeware direction across all retail stores.
• This role focuses on creative implementation, category styling, technical layouts, installations, and VM training, ensuring that the homeware environments are visually inspiring, aligned to brand standards, and consistently executed nationwide.
• This position will be based in Greenpoint, Cape Town. 

Key responsibilities:

Creative Implementation & Installations

• Execute homeware installations across categories across shelving, linen, bathroom, kitchen, lighting and carpets and displays areas.
• Translate creative concepts into practical, brand-aligned visual solutions.
• Prepare SketchUp layouts for installation and drawings of VM concepts for sign-off and store rollout.
• Source and organise props required for homeware areas and storytelling moments.
• Ensure consistent implementation of the Creative Manager’s homeware direction across stores from an installation point of view.
• Maintain an up-to-date SketchUp library by modelling new furniture and homeware items, when necessary.

Training & Workshops

• Facilitate workshops for Visual Merchandisers on homeware installation and merchandising techniques.
• Assist in developing clear and actionable VM training content.

Communication & Coordination

• Compile VM communication for stores and Retail Managers regarding homeware installations and updates.
• Provide monthly visual feedback, assessments, and reporting through virtual store visits.
• Manage and compile the Homeware Lookbook.
• Collaborate on pack-out planning and product allocation strategies per store for installations. 
• Support the Creative Manager during revamps, seasonal rollouts, and campaigns.

Process & Workflow Support

• Assist in establishing consistent homeware standards, practices, and visual guidelines.
• Support the VM team with preparation of installation documentation and redesign concepts.

What you bring:

• Diploma in Interior Décor, Retail, Fashion, or Design.
• Minimum 3 years’ visual merchandising experience, ideally within homeware or interiors.
• Strong technical proficiency in SketchUp (mandatory) and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage multiple installations, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transport for national travel when required.

Competencies and behaviours for success:

• Passion for retail and design with a strong eye for homeware aesthetics.
• Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate them into high-quality solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with strong organisational skills.
• Creative, proactive, and able to take initiative while following direction.
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-store environment.