Senior Interior Designer, Healthcare

About the role

The role at a glance: NBBJ Seattle is seeking an experienced Senior Interior Designer to join our Healthcare Practice. Designers will have the opportunity to work on significant projects for major regional healthcare systems. At times, our designers also lend their talents to health sciences, corporate, civic, and/or commercial projects as strategic opportunities arise for meaningful cross-market partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Design Excellence – Our senior designers are champions of design excellence across the firm, leading our practice in setting new standards for innovation, performance, social and environmental impact.
• Design Leadership and Experience – Exhibit experience in leading the 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 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.
• 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.
• Plan and lead research to discover new and innovative ways to approach and give meaning to the design challenges.
• Translate research insights into a useful foundation for design.
• Drive design toward measurable outcomes, a successful bottom line, and client, community, and environmental goals.
• Apply insights from one building type to another.
• Show a natural skill to engage with people at a deep level and be passionate about representing 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
• Significant previous experience working on healthcare projects in all phases of design
• Architectural or interior design professional licensure is 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 is a plus
• Basic working knowledge of Revit, as well as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketchup, Rhino and/or 3DS Max, Enscape experience is a plus

Qualifications

• Passion for performance metrics and human experience
• Design agility
• Empathy and compassion

Skills

• Communication skills
• Research leadership
• Analysis and synthesis

Benefits

Annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $115,000 and $130,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $115,000 and $130,000.

Schedule

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