Description

Title: Director of Interior Architecture & Millwork Design
Location: On-site in our Barrington, IL office (northwest suburbs)
Nature of role: Very hands-on, heavy field measuring and coordination

Vintage Luxury Homes specializes in creating custom residences that are more than just houses; they are a blend of harmony, comfort, and luxury. With a focus on designing homes that reflect the unique value and individuality of each family, the company is dedicated to building spaces where families can connect and thrive. By listening closely to clients, Vintage Luxury Homes ensures that every home embodies the principles of faith, friendship, charity, goodwill, and peace. The company is committed to crafting bespoke homes that bring dreams to life. 

This person must be comfortable:
- Walking job sites regularly
- Field measuring and verifying conditions
- Coordinating with our cabinet shop, finishers, and superintendents
- Owning details from design concept through installation

This is not a decorator role and not retail showroom design. It is a technical interior architecture / millwork design role with real construction responsibility. On-site and in-office is a MUST.

WHAT THIS PERSON DOES

They will:

- Design and engineer luxury kitchens, baths, and specialty rooms (closets, bars, wine rooms, libraries, theaters, etc.)
- Produce detailed floor plans, elevations, and millwork drawings that our cabinet shop and field crews can actually build from
- Integrate appliances, lighting, hardware, and mechanical constraints into the design
- Coordinate with our in-house cabinet & furniture shop and finishing shop
- Solve field conditions and conflicts as they arise — they are accountable through final installation
- Participate in client meetings and presentations while protecting function, proportion, and buildability

IDEAL BACKGROUND

We are targeting individuals with:

- Experience in custom luxury residential or high-end millwork/cabinetry

- Led full interior architecture scopes including custom kitchens, wine rooms, built-ins, fireplace surrounds

- Produced permit-ready construction documents

- Worked directly with builders, cabinet shops, finish carpenters, stone fabricators and painters

- Managed shop drawings and RFI’s

- Been responsible for field coordination and know how to resolve real-world build problems
- Background at high-end kitchen studios, architectural firms, or custom millwork shops 

- Deep knowledge of cabinet construction and architectural millwork

- Can draw a cabinet that can actually be built and understand the following – AWI standards, reveal dimensions, panel proportions, door styles, drawer construction, hardware clearances, finish sequencing

- Speak fluently with cabinet shops
- Strong technical drawing skills
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, Cabinet Vision, Microvellum, or similar
- Comfortable reading and producing construction documents

- 5-10 years in high-end residential (not commercial-only, not staging, not retail)

Preferred credentials (not mandatory but helpful):

Licensure / Certifications:
- NKBA (AKBD/CKBD)

- NCIDQ

- LEED AP or WELL

- AWI / AWMAC standards training

Education:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Interior Architecture, Architecture, or similar from a program known for technical rigor

- Formal Coursework in architectural detailing, construction documents, millwork detailing, building systems, materials science, CAD/BIM modeling (AutoCAD + Revit) or similar

Requirements

This person must be comfortable:
- Walking job sites regularly
- Field measuring and verifying conditions
- Coordinating with our cabinet shop, finishers, and superintendents
- Owning details from design concept through installation

This is not a decorator role and not retail showroom design. It is a technical interior architecture / millwork design role with real construction responsibility. On-site and in-office is a MUST.