Senior Interior Designer, Education Market

DLR Group • Atlanta, GA

85d

About The Position

As a Senior Interior Designer, you will be working as a part of our integrated design team and will be responsible for collaborating on the design of projects from pre-design and programming through construction administration on projects ranging in size and complexity, with at least 75% being education-focused. This role is often responsible for leading project design efforts, client interactions, and presentations. As a Senior Interior Designer, you will mentor younger staff and foster a work environment that emphasizes mutual respect, integration, learning, communication, and collaboration. If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset, this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee-owned and, as such, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably. Regional travel may be required as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or equivalent.
• 10+ years of commercial design experience with expertise in Education (K-12 or Higher Ed).
• Proficiency with Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency with SketchUp and some 3D rendering software.
• Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.
• Outstanding communication, and interpersonal skills and be an enthusiastic team player.
• Strong leadership and team building skills.

Nice To Haves

• Professional NCIDQ Certification.
• Industry involvement in relevant market sector organizations.

Responsibilities

• Be a collaborative design team member, sharing thought-leadership throughout all phases of the design process.
• Have strong client and time management skills.
• Set a vision and direction for design concept presentations.
• Set a vision and direction for material palettes, reviews, and provides feedback to the team for development.
• Estimates fees, determines scope of work, and prepares proposals and contracts.
• Have strong creative design and drawing skills, graphic and oral design presentation skills, capacity for conceptual design thinking, and 3D design/modeling ability.

Benefits

• 100% employee-owned firm.
• Four-day in-office work model with flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.
• Opportunities for ownership in the Firm.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees