Job Description
Associate Interior Designer – Part-Time About Cam Cooke Designs Cam Cooke Designs is a Palm Springs–based luxury residential design studio specializing in modern desert living. We design interiors, remodels, furnishing projects, exterior spaces, and full-home transformations across Palm Springs and the greater Coachella Valley. Our work is modern, warm, refined, architectural, desert-informed, and highly intentional. We are growing and looking for a local Associate Interior Designer to support active client projects with design development, sourcing, styling, samples, and project completion. About the Role The Associate Interior Designer will help move active projects forward by creating strong design starting points, sourcing viable selections, coordinating samples, preparing rendering briefs, and helping complete the final layers of each space. This is a creative, hands-on, detail-oriented role for someone who loves interiors, materials, sourcing, styling, and seeing spaces fully come together. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys contributing to a studio point of view, developing thoughtful design options, organizing design information, and helping projects move from concept to completion. What You’ll Do Design Concepts + Mood Boards Create initial mood boards and design direction for active rooms and spaces by sourcing viable selections from trade sources. Source furniture, lighting, textiles, materials, fixtures, finishes, decor, art, and styling pieces. Develop design options that align with the Cam Cooke Designs aesthetic: modern, warm, refined, architectural, desert-informed, collected, and high-end without feeling overly trendy or generic. Prepare clear internal proposals for review by the Principal Designer. Help turn partially developed rooms into organized, brand-aligned design options that can move forward. Sourcing + Sample Coordination Source furnishings, lighting, rugs, textiles, tile, stone, plumbing, hardware, art, decor, accessories, and styling pieces. Evaluate selections for availability, lead time, scale, budget fit, durability, quality, and design alignment. Identify which physical samples are needed for each room or project. Coordinate sample orders, pickups, returns, deliveries, and organization. Visit local showrooms, stores, vendors, fabricators, and job sites as needed. Prepare sample groupings by project, room, material category, or decision point. Rendering + Presentation Briefs Create clear briefs for renderings, drawings, and visual development. Include room direction, required views, camera angles, finish notes, furniture selections, lighting, plumbing, hardware, materials, styling direction, and unresolved design questions. Organize information so the technical designer can efficiently produce drawings, renderings, or client-facing presentation materials. Flag missing information, unclear design decisions, or items that need approval before visual work begins. Project Completion + Styling Help move rooms from “mostly designed” to fully finished. Identify missing final details such as art, lamps, mirrors, bedding, pillows, accessories, towels, hooks, hardware, trays, vessels, greenery, and styling objects. Proactively propose completion plans for rooms that have stalled after major furniture, construction, or renovation decisions have been made. Help ensure every space feels resolved, intentional, and ready for install, photography, or client handoff. Local Field Support Assist with showroom visits, sample pickups, returns, vendor visits, client-site errands, sourcing trips, and occasional project-related pickups. Meet vendors, trades, or contractors for simple coordination tasks when needed. Support hands-on local project needs that keep work moving. Drive regularly throughout Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley for project-related needs. Team Structure This role works within an established design team that includes: Principal Designer: creative direction, final design review, and client-facing design leadership Program Director: project management, client success, timelines, and priorities FF&E + Procurement Coordinator: purchasing, vendor coordination, order tracking, receiving, and installation support Technical Designer: plans, drawings, renderings, and client-facing visual presentations Accounting + Finance Support: expense tracking, invoicing support, and fina