Senior Interior Designer/Architect

The Senior Interior Designer will take a lead role in establishing and developing a top-notch interiors division for our firm. Together with the architecture team, you will work philosophically and pragmatically toward a vision of how the project’s interior architecture relates to its surrounding landscape, proposed architecture, client needs, sustainable strategies, and a firm-wide goal of delivering the highest quality design. The Senior Interior Designer will be a formally trained and experienced architect/designer with leadership experience who works diligently toward designing the highest quality interiors and moves intelligently toward bringing that design to fruition. 

As a Senior Interior Designer, you will:

• Develop infrastructure for an exciting and magnetic interior architecture arm of the company.
• Simultaneously lead interior design work for multiple custom residential and commercial projects.
• Iterate a series of architectural interiors on each project that is building and site-specific with the goal of achieving a holistically designed building on the inside and out. 
• Be involved in all phases of design from conceptual work all the way through construction administration – working and contributing to the design team through the lens of interiors.
• Together with the architecture team, work philosophically and pragmatically toward a vision of how the project’s interior architecture relates to its surrounding landscape, proposed architecture, client needs, sustainable strategies, and a firm-wide goal of delivering forward-thinking design.
• Take a lead role in the selection of interior materials, finishes, fixtures, furnishings, and lighting. The Interior Architect/Designer should feel comfortable championing design decisions that benefit the interior through specific compatibility with the architecture of the project.
• Produce and present working drawings, presentations, and renderings that illustrate interior proposals to clients and other team members. 
• Collaborate closely with the architecture team on design concepts for the project millwork. 
• Liaison with external contractors including mechanical and structural consultants on matters of interior architecture. 
• Work collaboratively with other designers and project managers in our company.
• Create systems and organizational structures for the storage of sample materials.
• Allocate and manage design fees.
• May manage design teams of 1-2 designers with creative oversight by the Director of Design or Principal Architect(s).
• Actively manage client budgets, schedules, and programs of assigned projects. 
• Collaborate with in-house or external Construction Project Managers.
• Review and issue client invoices. 
• May participate in sales efforts. 
• May assist with the development of proposals and contracts. 

Qualifications: 

• A degree from an accredited Architecture or Interior Design program.
• 10+ years of experience in the interior architecture/interior design field
• A profound and clearly defined interest in interior design and how it relates to the architectural conversation of the project. 
• Knowledge + aptitude at using BIM software (Archicad preferred) 
• A strong understanding of project management and accompanying software
• Experience managing teams of interior designers
• Business development experience
• Time spent working on both custom residential and small to mid-size commercial projects
• An inquisitive mind that is always searching for new and exciting solutions
• A positive outlook and attitude
• An appreciation of authenticity and integrity of enduring craftsmanship

Our company benefits include:

• 6 weeks paid vacation per year 
• 9 paid holidays
• Competitive hourly pay
• Flexible work options (core business hours and WFH twice a week)
• Employer-sponsored health benefits and group dental/vision plans
• HSA, Medical FSA, and Dependent Care FSA options
• Employer-matched 401k retirement plan
• Profit-sharing opportunities
• Mileage and toll reimbursement for travel during the workday
• Daily collaboration with builders, architects, and millworkers
• Options to foster professional growth
• Work alongside an optimistic, creative, and collaborative team