Senior Interior Designer

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment.

About the role

NBBJ New York is seeking a Senior Interior Designer to join our studio. The individual would be responsible for pursuing, developing, managing, and executing the design of projects. This is an opportunity to join a fully integrated award-winning design practice where Interior Designers collaboratively work with Architects, Medical and Lab Planners, BIM Integration Leaders, and Urban Planners from programming and concept through construction.

The successful candidate is a team- and practice-builder with drive to contribute to our thriving practice. The role requires the successful candidate to be actively producing the work while balancing an overall, high-level understanding of multiple projects. The skill and ability to both lead and integrate into a diverse team of designers would serve the candidate well in our highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Champion of design excellence across the firm, leading our practice in setting new standards for innovation, performance, social and environmental impact
• Exhibit significant experience in leading design process for multiple scales and complexities of projects, from very large buildings to small scale renovations, from design concept through documentation and CA; working as solo designer or directing a team to develop an integrated and comprehensive design narrative
• Demonstrate a deep expertise and passion for designing healing spaces for patients and their families and effective work environments for healthcare professionals
• Excel in cross-disciplinary collaboration with architects, planners, lighting and graphic designers, extending to collaboration with other firm-wide practice leaders in developing and pursuing common strategies
• Foster and develop design talent, leading with enthusiasm and setting standards for professional and creative rigor
• Describe design solutions and ideas in a clear and rigorous narrative with graphics that generate understanding, empathy, and engagement from the client and design team
• Distill key insights and linking them together in a design framework
• Drive design toward measurable outcomes, a successful bottom line, and client, community, and environmental goals
• Engage with people at a deep level and represent a human and humane perspective

Requirements

• Interior Design or Architecture degree from an accredited program (Master’s or Bachelor’s)
• Minimum of 12 years of professional experience in Interior Design and/or Interior Architecture
• Previous experience working on complex healthcare projects in all phases of design is preferred
• Architectural or interior design professional licensure a plus
• LEED accreditation or within 18 months of hire
• Strong marketing, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Experience leading teams and directing design on multiple projects concurrently
• Experience in research, selection and specification of materials and finishes
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Experience with furniture selection and specification a plus
• Basic working knowledge of Revit, as well as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign. Sketchup, Rhino and/or 3DS Max experience a plus
• This role requires the individual to be based in the United States

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $120,000–$135,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on skills, qualifications, and experience.