Director - Studio

About the role

As Director, STUDIO, this position is responsible for overseeing the design process and ensuring the successful execution of selected projects across Kilroy’s portfolio. This role requires a thoughtful and strategic design leader who can translate conceptual ideas into high-quality, buildable outcomes—balancing creativity with pragmatism. Their duties include contributing to design ideation and management of projects and design consultants while working with and updating internal teams to help facilitate efficient and smooth project delivery. This position reports to the Senior Vice President, STUDIO.

STUDIO Function at Kilroy Realty, L.P. STUDIO is Kilroy’s in-house creative team who partners and supports all areas of the greater company to integrate Kilroy’s bespoke, crafted, and artistic approach for the built environment. We help the company realize all of the strategic initiatives through Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Art, Environmental Wayfinding, Branding, and Graphic Design. By integrating all of the artistic disciplines under one umbrella, we build a "united" creative vision that will provide a strong foundation to support and help frame KILROY’s greater goals in the real estate industry. As a group of people who are passionate about how what we design resonates aesthetically and functionally, we depend on collaboration with every Kilroy team across the regions, investments, leasing marketing, development and construction, asset management and sustainability to name a few to develop successful solutions that make Kilroy stand out from our competitors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the design lead and subject matter expert for assigned projects, overseeing initiatives from concept through completion.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams, consultants, and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality and cost-effective design solutions that align with portfolio objectives.
• Manage situations where they are both executors and managers of respective tasks.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with the STUDIO team, Kilroy Construction Management, Leasing Leads and Asset Management to set project goals and deliver well-designed, efficient, and cost-effective solutions within schedule requirements.
• Develop a high level of confidence, trust, and credibility with internal stakeholders by way of clear and frequent reports, responsiveness, transparency, and efficiency.
• Critical to ensure STUDIO Leadership is up to date on project status.
• Contribute to design ideation and managing project tasks from concept to fruition.
• Utilize mockups, studies, stakeholder presentations, workshopping, and feedback incorporation to establish project buy-in.
• Recommend actionable, implementable, pragmatic, and creative solutions within