Explore Interior Design Manager roles across the UK. Take the lead on interior projects, coordinate creative teams, and drive successful project delivery.
Interior Design Managers combine creative insight with project management expertise to lead design teams and ensure interior projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. These roles often act as the key point of contact between clients, consultants, suppliers, and internal teams — managing design intent through to execution.
Typically requiring 5–10+ years of industry experience, Design Managers in interiors must balance creativity with coordination, overseeing workflows, delegating tasks, and maintaining design consistency across large-scale projects. These roles are common in high-end residential, hospitality, retail, and commercial workplace sectors. To explore salary benchmarks for this position, visit our Interior Design Salary Guide.
If you’re aiming for or transitioning into an Interior Design Manager role, these FAQs offer insight into the skills, responsibilities, and expectations involved.
They oversee and coordinate the design and delivery of interior projects, leading creative teams, managing schedules and resources, and ensuring the project stays aligned with the original concept and client goals.
While Senior Designers focus on creative direction and design execution, Design Managers balance creative oversight with project management, coordination, and team leadership responsibilities.
Typically, 5–10 years of industry experience is required, including proven leadership of interior projects across sectors like hospitality, residential, or retail.
Yes, but often at a higher level — guiding creative decisions, reviewing outputs, and setting the direction rather than producing drawings themselves.
Salaries typically range from £45,000 to £65,000, depending on sector, location, and size of the practice. Visit our Interior Design Salary Guide for detailed benchmarks.
They should be proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, and project coordination tools such as Excel or Monday.com. Strong organisational and communication skills are also key.
They are in demand across workplace design, high-end residential, hospitality, retail, and commercial interiors — both in studios and developer/in-house teams.
With experience, Design Managers can move into roles such as Studio Director, Head of Interiors, or Creative Director — often overseeing multiple projects or entire departments.
Meet the team at HAUS Careers. An Architecture and Design recruitment agency in London, we are a team of ex-industry professionals with varied backgrounds and specialist knowledge in a multiplicity of sectors. At HAUS we love design and have a passion for great Architecture.
Our varied backgrounds and relevant experience allow for a deeper understanding of our industry. Our expert knowledge of Architecture, BIM, Landscape, Interior Design, Urban Design and Creative Support allows us to identify talented professionals and the best practices.
We work with London’s best practices and ensure our candidates are always placed in the right environment. We have a great relationship with both our clients and candidates for this exact reason. We are always looking for the most talented designers and professionals to ensure our industry’s future continues to grow.
At HAUS we understand from experience that recruitment is more than just matching someone’s skillset to a job description.
We are always looking to launch professionals next step in the industry. That’s why we get to know our candidates. We welcome the opportunity to meet over a coffee, tea or beer (or all of the above) so we can get a stronger understanding of their career aspirations and match their specialist skills and experience to the right role.
If you know someone who you think would be suitable for one of our positions, then please do not hesitate to send your name, and the contact details for the person you are referring, to hello@hauscareers.com
If the person you refer is successfully placed, and they pass a three-month probationary period, you’ll receive £150, and we will also donate £150 to a charity of your choice.
There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make either.
Refer a friend and get a £300 referral fee when we get them a job.
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