About
Twenty years of asking what the room has to do.
Jennifer Marcoz is a commercial interior designer and space planner. She learned merchandising and traffic flow inside IKEA's corporate design organization, took an MBA in project management, and has spent the decade since running her own practice on projects from $250K to more than $20M.
Not a decorator
The distinction matters commercially. Decoration makes a space look a certain way. Planning makes it work a certain way, traffic, sightlines, dwell time, how a prospect moves through a leasing tour, where a resident actually chooses to sit.
Her aim is a room that feels right because it satisfies the functional and psychological needs of the person in it, whether or not they could name a single thing you did. That is a measurable outcome, not a taste argument, which is why the clients are developers and operators rather than homeowners.
The IKEA years are the reason. Planning stores across North America, Europe and China is an education in how strangers move through space at volume, and in designing to a merchandising objective rather than a personal preference.
The white T-shirt philosophy
Have you ever walked through Bloomingdale’s and seen a plain white T-shirt from Gucci, Prada, or Fendi selling for $200? The same exact T-shirt you can find at Target for one-tenth of the price?
The added benefits of a $200 white T-shirt, if there are any, are not going to affect your outfit, or people’s perception of your outfit, any more than the $20 shirt would. So why pay more just to pay more?
While it is imperative that clients invest wisely in staple pieces, it is just as imperative that I maximize their budget with well thought out alternatives without compromising taste or quality. In most instances the end result is not only the same, but better.
When we can both look at a finished project and feel it succeeded not on designer labels but on visual and financial creativity, the white T-shirt philosophy was at work.
JENNIFER MARCOZ
The working model
Design Marc Interiors is a Florida practice based in Tampa, Florida, USA, serving developers and operators across the United States. Engagements are 1099 contract, project-based or retainer, and fully remote.
Design production runs from her own studio in Spain, six hours ahead of Eastern. That gap is deliberate and it is the practical advantage of working with her: markups sent at the end of your day are worked overnight and back in your inbox before your morning standup. Mornings Eastern, 8:00 AM to noon, stay open for live calls.
No supervision required, no team to manage, no drafting to check. She scopes her own work, holds her own schedule, and hands your project manager finished packages.
Credentials
- MBA, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Jones International University · Magna Cum Laude · 2014
- BA, INTERIOR DESIGN
- San Diego State University · FIDER-accredited program
- SOFTWARE
- AutoCAD (native) · Revit · SketchUp · Adobe Creative Suite
Awards
- 2015
- National Silver Award, Best Interior Merchandising, 3,000–3,500 SF
- 2014
- SoCal Award, Best Interior Merchandising of a Detached Home
- 2006
- Top Designer in Sales, Blackbird Interiors
Track record
- 2016 to PRESENT
Design Marc Interiors
Principal designer. Commercial and residential projects from concept through installation, $250K to $20M+.
- 2023 to 2025
Studio M
Senior designer. Design development and space planning across concurrent commercial and high-end residential projects.
- 2015
Kamus & Keller Architects
Interior designer. Commercial interiors from schematic design through construction documentation.
- 2013 to 2015
CDC Designs
Conceptual designer. Space planning for commercial, mixed-use and residential developments.
- 2008 to 2013
IKEA North America
Interior designer. Retail environments and room sets across North America, Europe and China, market research, customer behavior, traffic flow.
- 2005 / 2008
Blackbird Interiors
Designer and showroom manager. Named Top Designer in Sales, 2006.