Design Leader, Sports
About The Position
DLR Group’s Kansas City Office is hiring a Sports Design Leader to help shape next-generation sports and entertainment environments. The firm’s Sports Studio designs venues that create memorable, emotionally engaging experiences, foster community and belonging, and support athlete performance and well-being through holistic environments. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary design teams to develop projects from conception through construction documents and support project teams during construction administration. The position partners directly with the Client Leader and Project Manager to help ensure document quality, meet client responsibilities, support the firm’s financial goals, and facilitate team collaboration and communication. DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization. It is 100% employee-owned, and employees are expected to apply financial acumen to help grow the firm profitably. The firm follows a four-day in-office work model, with flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
Requirements
- Ten or more years of professional experience.
- At least 10 years of experience in collegiate and/or major professional sports stadia, arenas, and training facilities.
- Professional degree in architecture from an accredited program.
- Proficiency with computer-aided design, modeling, and rendering software, including Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, and rendering programs.
- Positive, entrepreneurial spirit and strong work ethic.
- Desire to continually learn, grow, and pursue design excellence.
- Knowledge of executing technical drawings and construction documents.
- Experience coordinating and integrating work with interior design and engineering disciplines.
- Submit a current portfolio or work samples in PDF format for consideration.
Nice To Haves
- Architect licensure and NCARB certification.
- Sustainability certification or accreditation, such as LEED or WELL, and demonstrated interest in sustainable building design.
- Skill in hand drawing techniques for visual communication.
- Knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and parametric design software, such as Grasshopper, and other modeling software.
- Proficiency with visualization software, such as Lumion or Enscape.
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, and coordinate projects of varying sizes, including large and complex projects.
- Lead client-facing design efforts, teams, and client interactions; create storylines and designs that inspire clients and partners, capture institutional goals, and translate them into creative design solutions.
- Apply advanced architectural concepts and designs independently, including complex or novel assignments requiring new or improved techniques and procedures.
- Engage and guide innovative idea generation within integrated teams in pursuit of design excellence.
- Review cost estimates for alignment with the design.
- Guide and mentor design and architectural staff.
- Apply DLR Group practice standards to project deliverables across the project team.
- Lead project and integrated-team collaboration by generating design ideas and solutions.
- Communicate effectively with project team members through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
- Engage peers and specialty experts to proactively develop holistic solutions.
- Meet deliverable deadlines to maintain the overall project schedule.
- Manage time in alignment with the project work plan.
- Respect construction and material costs in alignment with the project budget.
- Support project teams through construction administration.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
