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Perkins&Will · 1 day ago

Interior Design Director

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Perkins&Will is a leading design firm dedicated to creating a better, beautiful, more equitable world through Living Design. The Interior Design Director will champion design excellence for all projects in the interiors discipline, ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations while fostering a culture of design and mentoring talent.

ArchitectureInterior DesignSustainability

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

In partnership with the studio Design Director, provides visionary interiors design leadership by setting a clear direction for the studio’s interiors discipline, guiding teams in the creation of interior design concepts, and ensuring alignment with project goals and client expectations

Leads design teams, at all stages of the design process, in generating contemporary solutions that are sustainable and innovative responses to client needs

Oversees the quality of the interior design process, product, and delivery for the interiors discipline

Participates in project scope delineation, work plan creation and implementation, and fee negotiations for stand-alone and where appropriate, integrated interior design projects

Familiarity with all design phases of typical commercial scale project (s) including: programming, visioning, conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction documents phases as well as managing and responding to submittals and RFIs

Participates in staffing and team organization and composition by helping to identify team members for project teams in alignment with client goals, team member skillsets, and aspirations

Leads, mentors, and inspires interior design teams to foster a collaborative and creative work environment

Collaborates and cultivates strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and project teams to understand project requirements and develops innovative interior design solutions that meet functional, aesthetic, and financial objectives

Sets the interior design direction for projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives, brand identity and project goals

Collaborates with design teams to ensures all project information is up to date in HUB

Provides guidance to project teams and conducts regular design and quality control reviews to ensure that the firm’s standards and design goals are being met

Engages with studio Design Director to request, organize and execute peer workshops at the appropriate point for each project

Establishes and maintains strong relationships with key decision makers and influencers on client teams

Partners with local Talent Managers and studio leadership to identify, interview, recruit, and mentor interior design staff

Advances the design culture of the firm at the local studio level, focusing on firmwide initiatives like DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), career development, and talent advancement

Mentors staff to ensure their personal and professional development goals are met

Builds relationships with professional organizations and academic institutions

Keeps abreast of current developments, trends, and practices within the interiors discipline

Actively participates in studio marketing activities, to include all go/no-go decisions, go-to market interview strategy preparation, and has a leadership role at interviews

Proactively engages in processes connecting to potential clients and brokers to vet potential projects, and works collaboratively to generate submittals required to identify and win work as the representative of the studio interior design practice

Participates in marketing, helping to strategize and win stand-alone and integrated work for the studio. Monitors, advises, reviews, and participates in marketing activities

Demonstrable track record of peer recognized, award winning built/unbuilt designs that have been published nationally and potentially internationally

Partners with design teams to compose written and graphic presentations for clients, stakeholders and peer reviewers to include the choreography of internal design submittals for peer juried workshops and competitions

Qualification

Interior Design LeadershipDesign Concept DevelopmentArchitectural LicenseProject ManagementCollaboration Across DisciplinesRevitBudgetingContract NegotiationLEED GADesign PortfolioClient Relationship ManagementConceptual ThinkingMentorship

Required

Experience leading collaborative design teams across disciplines and practices: Workplace, Science & Technology, Sports/Recreation/Entertainment, Corporate/Commercial, Civic/Cultural, Higher Education, K-12, Health Care

Knowledge of industry regulations, health/life safety requirements, and interior building codes

Knowledge of site, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, contract documents, and construction

Strong design portfolio, ideally broad based on a range of project types

Strong familiarity of and ability to support project budgeting and contract negotiations

Strong working relationships with clients and consultants

Experience in hiring, directing, mentoring and coordinating successful project teams

Strong ideator and conceptual thinker

Working knowledge of Revit

Working knowledge of conceptual modeling tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite

Working knowledge of visualization tools such as Enscape and VRay

Architectural license, NCIDQ, or LARE as appropriate

Bachelor's degree in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design or related discipline required

LEED GA within 6 months of hire

Professional accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, CPHC/CPHE Passive House Institute Certified Passive House, or ILFI Living Fu

Company

Perkins&Will

Glassdoor4.0

Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.

Founded in 1935

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://perkinswill.com

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