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HDR · 21 hours ago

West Region Design Director

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

HDR is committed to creating a welcoming environment where employee-owners are valued and respected. As the West Region Design Director, you will develop innovative design solutions, guide initial concepts through project completion, and mentor junior design staff while collaborating with various teams to achieve design excellence.

ArchitectureConsulting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Develop highly innovative, creative, integrated and effective design solutions

Have an established design reputation evident through design awards, publications, education or other venues, and positive client references

Guide initial design concepts and ideas from pursuit and selection through successful project completion on multiple projects

Meet design excellence goals while meeting management goals and project budgets

Teach and train other designers and interdisciplinary AE project teams in the essentials of design excellence and in the critical tenets of HDR's Design Philosophy

Mentor and develop junior design staff, challenging, inspiring and/or motivating others to join in the constant pursuit of design excellence

Be a key design leader who must have the vision and attitude to lead design efforts while effectively partnering with the global design director, office management, project management, and AEP discipline leaders on all efforts

Capable of identifying, attracting and retaining key design staff, and will be responsible for targeting and developing strategies for hiring senior and junior design talent

Be active in local, national or international professional design related organizations

Qualification

Design leadershipArchitectureMentoringProject managementClient relationsDesign excellenceSustainabilityCollaborationCreativityCommunication

Required