Exterior Design
Exterior Designer
The creative, exploratory end of exterior design. Landscaping, architecture, furniture, and amenities pulled into one outdoor experience.
- Remote · Global
- 3-month seasonal contract
- SketchUp
Careers at Funkit
A backyard is not just a backyard.
We design short-term rentals across the U.S. that get shared before a guest has even checked availability. We're hiring the designers who make that happen — fully remote, open to talent anywhere in the world.
- Fully remote
- Open globally
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
- 4 roles open
Why Funkit
Design here is a revenue lever, not decoration.
Funkit designs highly memorable short-term rental properties across the U.S., combining design, hospitality, functionality, and experience. Every property we touch is a business. An owner hands us a listing that performs okay, and our job is to make it the one people screenshot and send to their group chat. That changes how you design: you're not choosing a sofa because it's beautiful, you're choosing it because of what it does to the photos, the reviews, and the nightly rate.
- $425K Expected yearly revenue at Soco Paradise, after a $125K redesign.
- Top 5% Where a funk'd listing lands in its market — that's the bar for every project.
- 100–300 Design hours we put into a single property. Nothing here is a template.
The work itself
Full-property short-term rentals across multiple U.S. markets: interiors, exteriors, murals, amenities, and the listing photos that sell all of it. Bold color, strong personality, and a concept that holds together from the driveway to the back fence.
Who you'd work with
A remote design team spanning interior design, exterior design, graphic design, install coordination, video, and support — led by designers, not account managers. Your work gets reviewed by people who can actually critique it.
How we work
Remote from wherever you are, on a schedule that overlaps U.S. Central Time. Clear briefs, real deadlines, and direct feedback. If you've been stuck producing beige boxes for developers, this will feel like a different job.
Applies to every role
The shared ground rules.
True for all four openings below, so we've said it once here rather than four times.
- Our team is fully remote. No offices, no relocation, no hybrid schedule to negotiate.
- Availability to work aligned with U.S. Central Time.
- Fluent English is required, since our projects and client communication are U.S.-based.
- We're an international team, with a large portion of the Design Team based in Latin America — so Spanish is a plus.
- You're comfortable collaborating remotely, communicating clearly, receiving feedback, and working within an evolving, fast-paced design environment.
- You combine strong design judgment with practical thinking. The goal isn't only to make something look good — the concept has to make sense spatially, functionally, financially, and eventually in execution.
Open roles
Four openings, all fully remote.
Three are 3-month contracts covering our busy season, with the possibility of continuing afterward depending on performance, workload, and team needs. The Exterior Design Lead is different — that one is an in-house position from the start. We say all of this up front so nobody is surprised later.
Interior Design
Interior Designer
Space planning, furniture, materials, lighting, and styling. You translate a creative direction into a complete, executable interior.
- Remote · Global
- 3-month contract
- SketchUp · Photoshop
Support & QA
Design Support
Install Guides & Spreadsheet QA
The technical and quality-control side of design: shopping sheets, sourcing, availability, and install guides.
- Remote · Global
- 3-month contract
Exterior Design
Exterior Design Lead
An in-house leadership role. You mentor and develop the Exterior Design Team and hold the quality bar across projects.
- Remote · Global
- In-house position
- SketchUp
How hiring works
What happens after you hit apply.
One form for every role. Set aside about twenty minutes and have your files ready before you start.
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You apply
One application form for all roles. You'll need a resume (PDF), a portfolio (file or link), and a 1–2 minute video introduction. Phone video is fine — we're listening to how you think, not judging your editing.
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We read it — portfolio first
Every profile gets reviewed by the design team. During busy season that takes a few weeks, and we'd rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.
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Intro call
A conversation with the design team about your work, how you approach a brief, and what the role actually involves day to day. Bring questions.
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A short design exercise
For most design roles we'll ask for a small scoped exercise so we can see how you work. Scope and timeline are agreed with you first.
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Offer and onboarding
Tools and processes walked through with you, and your first property brief. For the three contract roles, strong performance opens the door to continuing with the team; the Exterior Design Lead is in-house from day one.
Before you apply
What we're looking for in a portfolio.
Most applications are decided here, so it's worth being deliberate about what you send.
- Finished spaces, not just moodboards. We want to see what got built or rendered, and the thinking that led there.
- Evidence of spatial thinking — plans, layouts, circulation. A grid of pretty images doesn't tell us whether you can plan a room.
- SketchUp work if you're applying to either exterior role. It's the tool the team works in every day and it isn't optional.
- Color and personality. Restrained, neutral portfolios are perfectly good work, but they don't tell us much about how you'd handle a mural or a bright, loud property.
- A few projects explained properly beats thirty projects with no context.
Nothing fits right now?
Apply anyway.
Our team also includes graphic designers, 3D modelers, install coordinators, video editors, and project managers, and roles open through the year as our busy season builds. Send your work through the same form, pick the closest position (or Other), and tell us what you do. We keep strong profiles on hand and go back to them first.