Company Profile - Maris Interiors

Overview

Founded in 1977, Maris was the first fully integrated design and fit-out specialist to be established in the UK.  Today Maris is the biggest design and fit-out specialist in the UK. Maris Interiors LLP is the UK’s leading specialist in office design, project management, fit-out, refurbishment and furniture supply. We create world class working environments for occupiers throughout the UK and Europe.

Our teams of specialists have expertise in an extensive range of industry sectors, which include banking, financial services, creative, and marketing, legal, IT and large blue chip corporations.

Founded in 1977, Maris was the first fully integrated design and fit-out specialist to be established in the UK.

Maris  services includes:

• Workplace Appraisals
• Space Planning & Design
• Project Management
• IT Consultancy
• Interior Fit-Out
• Refurbishment
• Furniture Supply & Management
• Move Management
• Post-Contract Support
• Small Works Maintenance
• Project Finance & Funding

Who are we?

Caring and growing its people:

Maris is delighted to announce that they have won a place in the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work for 2009’. The survey is the largest employee engagement survey in the world, with more than 3,000 organisations participating. The survey identifies 8 key factors of workplace engagement including leadership, personal growth, well being and team work. The accreditation scheme is based on a star rating system where one is first class, two stars are outstanding and three stars are extraordinary. In total, only 414 organisations received star status, Maris has received two star rating. Maris is committed to excellence in the workplace.

Maris offers not surprisingly great career opportunities, for example the chairman started in the company as a business development executive, as did in fact two of the current partners.

Caring for the environment:

Maris Interiors is committed to the environment. We are continually concentrating on the following:

• Reducing the carbon footprint of our office space operations
• Reducing the carbon footprint of our Clients' projects
• Reducing the carbon footprint of our Trade Contractors' and Suppliers' activities
• Participating in third party initiatives that both reduce atmospheric carbon monoxide and alleviate poverty

Caring for the community:

Since 2005, Maris has been committed to Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Rainbow provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness and support 1,000 families each year. As part of our corporate responsibility, Maris fundraises for the Trust on an annual basis.  To date we have raised over £240,000 towards the cause and consistently strive to exceed our efforts every year. In December 2008, Maris Chairman, Michael Howard was appointed as a Patron of the charity, and this year he will be Chairman of Rainbow Trust's annual ball.

Career Opportunities

Maris Interiors is the UK’s leading specialist in office optimization. We are looking for graduates who have exceptional communication skills, tenacity and a total confidence in their own ability along with the considerable drive and energy needed to be very successful to join our team as a Business Development Executive.

We offer genuine fast track career progression opportunities for top result producers and a chance to work for one of the Sunday Times top 100 best companies. With a starting package of around £50,000 this is an outstanding career opportunity for the very best graduates to really earn what they are worth today as well as shaping their career for tomorrow.

What we look for

We are looking for graduates with a total belief in their own ability along with a burning desire to be successful and believe they can develop into a truly outstanding salesperson. You must be extremely client orientated, very highly motivated with a never say die attitude.? You must have the potential to develop a deep and meaningful rapport with our clients as well as being a persuasive communicator.  

We are looking for people who believe they are simply the very best, who will develop into true superstars. We don't hire backgrounds, we hire top people who can and want to produce truly outstanding results.?

The chairman started in this position, as did a senior partner 7 years ago (main board member) and a partner 3 years ago (executive board member).

What we offer

Our reward scheme includes a basic of £22k to start with 3 monthly increments to £40k basic plus a car (mini cooper) by year 5. Plus an exceptional bonus rewards package to bring first year earnings to around £40k, with year two earnings of between £50k and £70k.