About this episode

Trish Lynn discusses her unique approach to hiring for her design studio, emphasizing the value of diverse backgrounds.

Season 9 of The Interior Collective Podcast is brought to you by Materio. Hi everyone, and welcome back to The Interior Collective. I'm your host, Anastasia Casey, and today I'm sitting down with Trish Lynn, founder and principal designer of Colette Interiors, a full-service residential studio based in Chatham, New Jersey. I want to ask you something before we get into this episode. When you picture your next hire, what do you picture? Someone fresh out of a design program? Someone who's already worked at another firm? Someone whose portfolio you can scroll through? What if the best person for the job has never held a design title in their life? Trish Lynn has built a six-person studio in one of the most competitive residential markets in the country — and she did it by hiring people with backgrounds in editorial, teaching, nursing, and finance alongside her design team. Before she launched Colette Interiors, she spent years in the corporate world, which meant she came to team-building with something most designers have to figure out entirely on their own: a real framework for what makes a person the right fit, and the confidence to look for it outside the obvious places. In this…

People in this episode

Host: Anastasia Casey

Guest: Trish Lynn

Topics covered

• hiring for culture
• team building
• diverse backgrounds
• design industry
• non-traditional careers

Sponsors

Materio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Colette Interiors

Places: Chatham, New Jersey

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