Experience: 2+ years of kitchen, bath, interior design, residential remodeling, or related design/build experience
Industry: Residential Design/Build Remodeling
Job Function: Interior Design, Client Selections, and Drafting.
Compensation: $65,000–$74,000 base salary, plus quarterly and annual performance-based bonuses $8,000 - $12,000
Job Description
Castle Building & Remodeling, Inc. is a second-generation, family-owned design/build remodeling company serving homeowners throughout the Twin Cities. Since 1977, Castle has helped thousands of clients improve their homes through thoughtful design, clear planning, quality craftsmanship, and a fixed-price remodeling process. Our design studios in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Golden Valley give clients and designers a practical, inspiring place to make selections and plan projects ranging from bathrooms and kitchens to whole-house remodels, additions, attics, basements, porches, and exterior improvements.
Position Summary
Castle is hiring a Kitchen & Bath Interior Designer to join our design team and help clients from initial concepts through final selections and construction-ready plans. This role is ideal for a creative, organized designer who enjoys working directly with clients to help them create a project they love. This position is about balancing design aesthetic, with attention to detail, and estimating rigor. Creating accurate documentation understands how to balance design goals with budgets, and can collaborate closely with project developers and project management.
What You’ll Do
· Work with clients who have signed a Design & Planning Agreement to help them through Castle’s thorough Design & Planning process.
- Work with 18-22 clients annually selling 1-2 projects per month, 16 annually, that average $90,000 per project.
· Create thoughtful kitchen, bath, and interior design solutions that reflect client style, functionality, project scope, and budget.
· Utilize AI image generation to create images and renderings for clients helping them to make material selections.
· Prepare conceptual designs, preliminary layouts, final drawings, elevations, sections, perspectives, and construction-ready documentation.
· Use Chief Architect software to draft residential remodeling projects and communicate design intent clearly.
· Guide clients through product selections, finish selections, cabinetry, countertops, tile, fixtures, lighting, hardware, paint colors, and related interior design decisions.
· Produce comprehensive, buildable Chief Architect drawing sets (plans, elevations, sections, electrical) designed to minimize field conflicts, and change orders
· Update Excel scope of work with selections, images, and pricing from subs bids and material selections for final proposal preparation. Build meticulous Excel scopes of work accurately capturing trade partner bids, exact material takeoffs, and fixture specs to protect project margins.
· Coordinate with Project Developers, Project Managers, carpenters, trade partners, and production staff to ensure designs are buildable, profitable, and aligned with client expectations.
· Prepare projects for handoff to production, including drawings, specifications, selections, notes, and key client expectations.
· Represent Castle professionally with clients, vendors, trade partners, and team members throughout the design/build process.
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of relevant experience in kitchen and bath design, interior design, residential remodeling, architecture, cabinetry, or a related design/build environment.
· Degree or formal training in Interior Design, Architecture, Kitchen & Bath Design, Sustainable Design, or a related field preferred.
· Experience designing kitchens and bathrooms; experience with older Twin Cities homes is a strong plus.
· Proficiency with Chief Architect preferred; comparable drafting/design software experience also considered.
· Strong eye for design, proportion, finish coordination, and practical functionality.
· Ability to understand budgets, selections, pricing implications, and how design decisions affect project scope and client expectations.
· Comfort working directly with homeowners and presenting design ideas clearly and confidently.
· Strong listening, communication, organization, follow-through, and customer service skills.
· Ability to manage multiple active projects, prioritize deadlines, and maintain accurate documentation.
· Collaborative team mindset and willingness to work closely with sales, estimating, project management, and production.
· Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for client meetings, site visits, vendor visits, and showroom work.
Why Join Castle
- Join a respected, second-generation, family-owned remodeling company with a long history in the Twin Cities.
· Work with an established design/build process, experienced production teams, and well-equipped design studios.
· Focus on design with support from Project Developers who help generate and sell design agreements.
· Work on a variety of residential remodeling projects, especially kitchens, baths, and older urban homes.
· Be part of a collaborative team that values planning, craftsmanship, customer experience, and continuous improvement.
· Enjoy a full-time role with competitive pay, bonus opportunity, benefits, flexibility, and long-term growth potential.
Compensation & Benefits
- $64,000–$72,000 base salary, plus performance-based bonuses, plus quarterly and annual performance-based bonuses $8,000 - $12,000
· Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, PTO, paid holidays, and retirement plan benefits.
· HSA/FSA match, professional development or tuition reimbursement opportunities, and employee discount opportunities.
· Hybrid flexibility for design and sales roles, with in-person client meetings, showroom meetings, team collaboration, and occasional home tours as needed.
How to Apply
Please send a resume and, if available, a portfolio or examples of design work to [email protected]. Serious inquiries from qualified candidates are encouraged.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $74,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Profit sharing
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
