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Vocon · 5 months ago

Senior Workplace Strategist

Greater Cleveland

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

Vocon is a design firm that values collaboration and the power of storytelling through design. They are seeking a Senior Workplace Strategist to collaborate with clients to enhance their built environment by analyzing data, developing strategies, and managing innovative office planning projects. The role involves leading research, facilitating design strategy processes, and mentoring design teams to improve methodologies and tools.

Consulting

Responsibilities

Lead research and program design for key workplace strategy and design efforts, performing space and utilization analysis, programming, planning research, and facilitating client workshops

Demonstrate experience with research methodologies; analyze qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources to determine their impact on business and organizational goals and performance criteria for building the environment and design

Research and synthesize data regarding new office trends applicable to our marketing efforts and communicate those to marketing, business development, and project management teams

Synthesize information and data into key insights and narratives conveyed through presentations and reports

Develop a communication strategy based on awareness of the client's change and the impacted groups. Identify potential resistance points and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns

Lead design strategy projects and be responsible for content creation with guidance from Project Leaders

Mentor internal design teams to improve the process, methodologies, technology, and tools used in the programming process

Participate in firm-wide meetings to discuss design trends influencing workplace planning strategies and initiatives

Be the catalyst for 'case studies' (client-specific) and 'white papers' (content-specific) for both internal and external clients

Help strengthen and grow existing client relationships through consistent engagement and delivery of high-quality work

Work on Research and Development of Workplace Strategies to become an expert in relevant topics such as Generational differences in the workplace, Mobility, Intelligent Workplace Compression, Sustainability, and other topics related to the people element of workplace design

Qualification

Workplace strategyData analysisInterior architectureSpace planningRevitMicrosoft Office SuiteInDesignPower BICommunication skillsOrganizational skillsProblem-solvingMentoring

Required

Professional degree/master's degree in interior design, Architecture, real estate development, Planning, or a related field

12+ years' experience in programming, occupancy, and space planning, and the design of the built environment (architecture, interior design)

Expertise in workplace occupancy metrics, sharing ratios, and industry occupancy trends

Strong understanding of architectural drawings and space planning concepts

Strong design, programming, and analytical skills

Familiarity with design software (Revit)

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, InDesign, Power BI

Possession of excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and graphic communication skills

Ability to communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors and team members

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations concurrently

Ability to supervise the responsibilities of multiple projects simultaneously

Possess excellent organizational skills

Comfortable working in an ambiguous environment and can work effectively within vague or evolving parameters

Demonstrates knowledge of interior architecture and architectural design process including workplace planning, programming, and concept development phases