Design Coordinator

Location

Costa Mesa - 3200 Park Center Drive, Suite 1000

Business

At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind – creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community.

As part of Brookfield — one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world — we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures — we are reimagining real estate from the ground up.

If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

Your Team

The Design Coordinator will work as a key player in owning the daily Design Studio workflow with respect to the assurance that options are reviewed and processed according to detailed checklists and timelines, communicating any variations to the schedule. Exude strong organizational and communication skills to create collateral important to document buyer selections, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and efficiency. Seek information to enhance understanding. Generate trust and confidence.

Your Key Deliverables

Design Studio Workflow

• Oversee workflow by meeting with Designers weekly to review Design Dashboard for upcoming due dates and status of orders. Maintain Dashboard entering status of orders. Anticipate and communicate preplot due dates per process. Communicate any variances to the timeline with Director of Design.

• Review orders for completeness and accuracy and perform tasks as outlined in checklists. Communicate with Designers on any revisions needed prior to processing order.

• Ensure orders are Buyer/Builder approved by the due date.

• Communicate finalized preplot option upgrade changes to Marketing, working through any discrepancies to ensure accuracy for web presence.

New Community Set-up

• Participate in New Neighborhood checklist items, ensuring all assigned tasks are completed by timeline. Participate in weekly meeting with team to confirm we are on task.

• When requested, schedule and organize new product reviews with tile, slab, flooring reps, collaborating to create master option lists that will be routed to purchasing for bidding.

• Coordinate with Purchasing and provide Bidding documents for tile and countertop installation layouts as well as product attribute selections.

• Responsible for creating community specific collateral such as supplemental digital option catalog, model-walk document, etc.

Design Library

• Work with Director of Design on new product selections (flooring, counter, tile, cabinets, etc.).

• Responsible for managing Design Sample Library (physical and digital samples) for corporate office and on-site design studios. Maintain library when products are dropped or replaced, documenting changes. Regularly dispose of dropped products or buyer-approved samples per timeline.

• Manage Universal Digital Library and Materials List of Attributes.

• Work with suppliers to ensure samples are received and representative of characteristics. Coordinate with suppliers on sample display boards. Ensure accurate labels identifying orientation, grout, and product information.

General

• Add designer assignments to Pulse Production for Avid reporting.

• Responsible for special projects as assigned.

• Provide various administrative support tasks as assigned.

• Prepare Avid Customer Satisfaction Reports, present at Design Meetings.

• Maintain knowledge of product locations in showroom.

Must Haves

• Strong time management, problem-solving and organizational skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Strong computer skills in Bluebeam, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Suite

Nice to Haves

• Minimum 1 - 3 years experience in residential builder options preferred.

Your Opportunity

We are proud to offer our employees what they value most:

• Competitive compensation

• Base Salary Range $60,000 - $74,000

• Bonus Potential 10%

• Excellent extended medical, dental and vision benefits beginning day 1

• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1

• Career development programs

• Charitable donation matching

• Paid Volunteer Hours

• Paid parental leave

• Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy and adoptions options

• Wellness and mental health resources

• Pet insurance offering

• A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity and Community

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Brookfield Residential participates in the E-Verify process to confirm the eligibility of candidates to work in the United States.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.