Blackband Design

Orange County Interior Design, Renovations, New Builds.

Angelitos Card!

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Get your holiday shopping done early with 20% off at more than 100 participating stores at South Coast Plaza! By donating $60 to Angelitos de Oro, you will receive an Angelitos Shopping Card giving the card holder a 20% discount at all participating stores and restaurants for the entire week of October 6th through October 12th.  All proceeds go directly to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, a one-to-one mentoring program for at-risk children.

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You can purchase a card by calling us at 949.872.2234, emailing hello@blackbanddesign.com or stopping in our showroom (17971 Skypark Circle, Irvine CA 92618)! You can pay with cash, credit, or mail in a check. If you can’t make it into our showroom we would be more than happy to mail your Angelitos Card to you in time for the sale.

With the purchase of the Angelitos Card, you’re also invited to the Launch Day Celebration on October 5th from 11am to 1pm which includes a fashion presentation, light lunch, a gift bag with samples, and early 20% shopping at exclusive launch stores. In addition, on this day only, 10% of the proceeds from the launch stores will be donated to Angelitos de Oro in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County.

BLACKBAND DESIGN IS HIRING!

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INTERIOR DESIGNER (RESIDENTIAL)
Blackband Design, Orange County

About Us: Blackband Design is a premier residential design firm. We have a cool boutique design studio and showroom in Irvine, CA. We are down to earth and have an amazing team of talented employees working together.  It’s a fast paced environment and we’re looking for someone to grow with us.

About You: We are looking for someone creative, honest, and hardworking. Looking to build a successful career in interior design.

Experience and Responsibilities

  • 5 to 7 years design experience
  • New construction and renovation experience is preferred
  • Capability to lead a team, leadership experience is a must!
  • Working directly with clients
  • Develop proposals and budgets
  • Conduct client presentations
  • Work on projects from concept to completion, including new build construction.
  • Must be able to space plan all aspects of renovation. AutoCAD is a must.
  • Able to make furniture and fabric selections
  • Work with architects, contractors, suppliers and sub-contractors. Bidding through construction.
  • Able to make FF&E suggestions
  • Tear sheets
  • Working on in-home installations and must be able to accessorize 
  • Retail experience and window treatment experience is helpful too.
  • Allied member of ASID.
  • NCIDQ preferred. 

Salary: dependent on experience

Availability: Immediate availability

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday 9:30 to 5:30 

To Apply: Please send your resume and cover letter to hello@blackbanddesign.com with the subject title of the position you are applying for. Feel free to include any relevant work in your email, a link to your portfolio, website or blog, Instagram, Pinterest, or anything that makes you stand out. We will look over applicants next week and start interviews shortly after.

WE'RE HIRING!

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RETAIL SHOWROOM ASSISTANT MANAGER

We are a fast growing interior design firm looking to hire a highly motivated, self-starter to help manage our retail showroom and offices in Irvine, CA. This is not a design position, your main requirements will be working on the showroom floor and administrative duties. 

What we’re looking for:

  • Must have excellent people skills- communication is a key component of your job
  • A background in visual merchandising or styling is highly preferred
  • Retail know-how with hands on experience in a leadership position
  • A passion for design and style- must be up to date with what’s happening in the industry. You should be aware of current home décor trends and stay up to date on design blogs and magazines
  • Detail oriented and highly organized
  • Experience in design, home merchandising or apparel is preferred
  • An entrepreneurial spirit for driving sales and forming lasting relationships with customers
  • The ability to support sales through visual displays and styling
  • Able to continually come up with fresh and creative ideas to keep the showroom looking great
  • A willingness to learn and grow with our company
  • Social media knowledge is a plus. Photoshop skills are preferred but not required

Responsibilities:

  • Working with customers on the showroom floor selling furniture and accessories
  • Working in the showroom to maintain a clean, stocked and organized floor
  • Styling the floor and creating visual displays and vignettes to drive sales
  • Assisting with the buying process of new products for the floor
  • Receiving and pricing merchandise
  • Assisting our designers on projects when needed (installs, accessory packing, photoshoots, tear sheets, etc.)
  • Administrative work (filing, updating catalogs, stocking supplies, keeping the office organized)
  • Answering phones and scheduling consultations
  • Responding to client emails and inquiries
  • Taking deliveries
  • Running errands when needed

Hours: Monday through Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm. Must be flexible to work additional hours when needed.

Salary: dependent on experience

To Apply:  please send your resume to hello@blackbanddesign.com with the subject line: JOB APPLICATION. Please include any relevant work in your email- a link to your portfolio, website or blog, instagram, pinterest, etc. We are looking to hire someone immediately!

At this time we are not hiring for any other positions. We are always accepting applications and we will keep them on file for consideration when we are ready to hire.

WE'RE HIRING!

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 INTERIOR DESIGNER (RESIDENTIAL)
Blackband Design, Orange County

About Us: Blackband Design is a growing residential design firm. We have a cool boutique design studio and showroom in Irvine, CA. We are down to earth and have an amazing team of talented employees working together.  It’s a fast paced environment and we’re looking for someone to grow with us.

About You: We are looking for someone creative, honest, and hardworking. Looking to build a successful career in interior design.

Experience and Responsibilities

  • 5 to 7 years design experience
  • New construction and renovation experience is preferred
  • Capability to lead a team, leadership experience is a must!
  • Working directly with clients
  • Develop proposals and budgets
  • Conduct client presentations
  • Work on projects from concept to completion, including new build construction.
  • Must be able to space plan all aspects of renovation. AutoCAD is a must.
  • Able to make furniture and fabric selections
  • Work with architects, contractors, suppliers and sub-contractors. Bidding through construction.
  • Able to make FF&E suggestions
  • Tear sheets
  • Working on in-home installations and must be able to accessorize 
  • Retail experience and window treatment experience is helpful too.
  • Allied member of ASID.
  • NCIDQ preferred. 

Salary: dependent on experience

Availability: Immediate availability preferred

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday 9:30 to 5:30 

Please send your resume, cover letter, and portfolio to wendy@blackbanddesign.com with the subject title of the position you are applying for. We will look over applicants next week and start making selections the week of July 20th. 

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INTERIOR DESIGN ASSISTANT (RESIDENTIAL)
Blackband Design, Orange County

About Us: We are a growing residential design firm located in Irvine, CA. We have a cool boutique showroom where we sell furniture, artwork, accessories, custom pillows, the list goes on and on! We are looking for an interior design assistant to work in our design studio and showroom to assist our designers on residential design projects. 

About You: We are looking for someone creative, honest, and hardworking. Looking to build a successful career in interior design and interested in growing with a company.

Experience

  • 2 to 4 years design experience 
  • Must have design school certification
  • Must be able to space plan. AutoCAD experience is a must.
  • Merchandising and accessorizing experience preferred.
  • Remodel and renovation experience preferred.
  • Able to make FF&E suggestions
  • Retail experience and window treatment experience is helpful.
  • Allied member of ASID preferred 

Responsibilities 

  • Working in the design studio
  • Assisting designers and design projects
  • Develop proposals and budgets, and assist with presentations.
  • Work on projects from beginning to end
  • Able to make furniture and fabric selections
  • Work with suppliers and fabric reps
  • Tear sheets
  • Working directly with clients
  • Accessorizing
  • Working on in-home installations
  • Merchandising and keeping the showroom looking great
  • Receiving and tagging merchandise
  • Organizing fabrics
  • Administrative work and answering phones
  • Running errands
  • Social networking skills a plus 

Salary: dependent on experience 

Availability: immediate availability preferred

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday 9:30 to 5:30

Please send your resume, cover letter, and portfolio to wendy@blackbanddesign.com with the subject title of the position you are applying for. We will look over applicants next week and start making selections the week of July 20th. 

Blackband Design featured on Luxe

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Head over to the Luxe Blog and check out the latest article featuring Wendy and Greg Blackband!

Wendy and Greg Blackband were both working in advertising when they chose to switch gears and forge their own stylish path. “Together we decided that we wanted out of the corporate grind and looked at developing a business that we could do together,” says Greg. To that end, the husband- and-wife duo launched Blackband Home & Design, where she heads their interior design work—and can sometimes be seen driving her fabric-filled golf cart to projects around Balboa Island—and he oversees the retail business, including their Irvine store. In that showroom, the couple’s two viewpoints—he’s from London, she’s from Newport Beach—come together seamlessly. “Our style is coastal Bohemian,” says Wendy of a world where Union Jack down cushions can mix with succulents in antique wood boxes and a print of an 18th-century etching of an octopus. “Through layering we create a juxtaposition of dark and light, new and old, sophistication and casualness. Our design style reflects our personalities, which are warm, inviting and pretty down to earth.” -Luxe

Blackband Design featured on Houzz

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  Blackband Design was featured in an editorial Ideabook spotlighting Chinese Altar Tables  
  on the homepage of Houzz! Click here to read the rest of the article.
“4. In an entry. Most commonly used as an entry table, an altar can set the tone for the design story in the rest of the house, or it can blend seamlessly into the overall decor. Lacquered pieces, generally red or black, have a strong presence that can be balanced with large-scale accessories such as the blue and white lamps seen here or a statement-making mirror.”  -Melisa Bleasdale 

Indigo Inspiration

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Indigo Inspiration

This month we are inspired by indigo! Dark and dramatic, this eye catching color is a perfect way to add depth and richness to any room. 

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