Design Manager - Full Service

Hilton • Memphis, TN

1d • $75,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique. What your day-to-day will be like: Review and provide timely, digital comments on New Build, Conversion, Adaptive Re-Use, and/or Renovation Interior Design Submittals to ensure agreement on published Standards and Brand's design strategy while upholding the brand's integrity. Assist in technical design services, including review of detailed design drawing sets, specifications, finishes, and shop drawings for adherence to brand standards. Proficiently lead the workflow of projects, ensuring that you deal with all challenges satisfactorily, and provide training to internal and external partners to ensure that they understand each brand's design. How you will collaborate with others: Partner with AD&C Project Management Team Member(s) to study design opportunities for conversion and PIP projects. Negotiate with Franchisees, and their Interior Designers, to achieve mutually agreeable solutions while maintaining Brand intent and communicating conclusions for full agreement and support. Conduct virtual pre-design,ID kick-off meetings and design milestone reviews following the design review/acceptance process, with the franchisee's team. Schedule and participate in vendor, supplier, and manufacturer presentations to support maintaining and building industry relationships. Maintain current understanding of relevant products, design techniques, and production methods. Maintain strong working knowledge of current Brand Standards and design narratives/schemes across the full service brands; and help provide feedback of Standards and design tools to continually refine and improve products. What you will take ownership of: Full Service Branded Properties, ensuring agreement to brand pillars, market requirements, brand standards, along with strategic corporate initiatives and objectives, offering specific value-additive solutions.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of design experience as a project designer or design manager for a hotel operator, ownership group, or an Interior Design firm specializing in hospitality
• Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, and/or Bluebeam
• Travel domestically up to 20%

Nice To Haves

• NCIDQ Certified
• Bachelor's Degree (BS) in Interior Design
• In-depth knowledge of procurement, project management, and design products and finishes.

Responsibilities

• Review and provide timely, digital comments on New Build, Conversion, Adaptive Re-Use, and/or Renovation Interior Design Submittals
• Assist in technical design services, including review of detailed design drawing sets, specifications, finishes, and shop drawings
• Proficiently lead the workflow of projects
• Partner with AD&C Project Management Team Member(s) to study design opportunities for conversion and PIP projects
• Negotiate with Franchisees, and their Interior Designers
• Conduct virtual pre-design,ID kick-off meetings and design milestone reviews
• Schedule and participate in vendor, supplier, and manufacturer presentations
• Maintain current understanding of relevant products, design techniques, and production methods
• Maintain strong working knowledge of current Brand Standards and design narratives/schemes across the full service brands
• Full Service Branded Properties, ensuring agreement to brand pillars, market requirements, brand standards, along with strategic corporate initiatives and objectives, offering specific value-additive solutions.

Benefits

• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager