Sr. Designer | Education

About the role

A recognized leader responsible for envisioning, designing, and delivering exceptional projects for clients. Possesses strong communication skills, a flexible attitude, the ability to solve problems creatively, and the ability to foster and manage effective client relationships. Coordinates with design talent across the firm and industry to elevate the quality of work overall and acts as a subject matter expert for design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Acts as lead designer on multiple projects, developing conceptual design, presentations, and implementation documents.
• Guides and directs multiple project teams to manage the development of design throughout design development and implementation documents.
• Establishes the vision and sets project goals in conjunction with the client and project team.
• Leads design effort and client presentations to develop and support client relationships.
• Exercises skills of persuasion and negotiation on critical issues.
• Develops creative design concepts for projects and expands on concepts of others.
• Manages design solutions based on industry-standard construction techniques and engineering principles.
• Oversees schematic land and site planning drawings with graphic content to convey ideas, methodologies, and approaches for marketing and proposal requests.
• Oversees the development of and may modify and/or review graphic presentations, 3D renderings, and implementation documents to incorporate the design intent.
• Oversees delivery of complete project design presentations to client user groups or public forums.
• Coordinates with consultants, contractors, fabricators, furniture dealers, and regulatory agencies to meet overall project objectives; manages project details with consulting design or engineering firms.
• Resolves complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions to maintain goals and objectives of projects.
• Works with respective teams to manage client expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination.
• Oversees product research and directs project designers with materials and systems evaluation to make proper selections.
• Leads and collaborates in team meetings to discuss project issues, technical issues, and coordination with other disciplines.
• Travel may be required.

Requirements

• Accredited professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or related field.
• Typically 15+ years of experience.
• Architectural registration strongly preferred.
• Sustainable design accreditation preferred.

Skills

• Advanced – expert-level experience, knowledge, or skills:
  • Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, and Dynamo.
  • Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
  • Managing a team and performing duties in a fast-paced environment.
  • Materials, construction techniques, building codes, and QA/QC process.
  • Entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy.
  • Sustainability and integrated design guidelines.
  • Appropriate use of building systems, materials, and technologies.
  • Presentation skills and graphic and visualization skills to communicate design ideas.
  • Organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
  • Maintaining existing client relationships and building new client relationships.
  • Communicating in a clear, concise, and professional manner both verbally and in writing.
  • Problem-solving and applying innovative solutions.
  • Collaborating and encouraging collaboration in a team environment.
  • Effectively meeting deadlines at expected quality.
• Intermediate – experience, knowledge, or skills required to produce high-quality solutions or work:
  • Navisworks and Bluebeam.
  • Twinmotion, Enscape, or other visualization tools (advanced preferred).
  • MS Office Suite (advanced preferred).
  • Furniture, furnishings, and equipment (FF&E) and Environmental Graphic process.