Interior Designer, Critical Facilities, Senior

As a Gensler Interior Designer, you are passionate about your craft and combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. You have exceptional design skills, a background in architecture or design, and a portfolio of innovative design concepts. You are an integral member of the design team who itches to contribute a point of view and craves participation in conceptual thought processes and design exploration. Our Critical Facilities practice is becoming more diverse as technology advances create market shifts. The industry’s next challenges include innovating in urban spaces, creating more energy-efficient operations, and achieving carbon goals.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead interior design teams on projects
• Collaborate on Critical Facilities interiors projects, including programming client needs, conceptual and schematic design, design development, and management of budgets and schedules
• Develop space planning concepts and generate program documents
• Participate in the selection of furniture systems and specifications
• Provide project team coordination for finish plans, specifications, and material selections required for construction
• Work with consultants, developers, furniture dealers, product reps, and fabricators to meet overall project objectives
• Assist in managing client expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination
• Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs
• Participate in business development and marketing efforts
• Assures design conforms to a contractual agreement with the client
• Establish and maintain ongoing, productive client relationships

Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience as an interior designer, with a focus on workplace projects
• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from an accredited school
• NCIDQ/RID required
• Proficient in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, 3D, Rhino, Grasshopper, and other modeling software programs
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong knowledge of the design process, Knowledge of furniture, finishes, materials, color selections, and specifications. Experience with construction document preparation
• Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
• Strong leadership, organization, communication, and relationship management skills

The Ideal Candidate?

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Strong leadership, organization, communication, and relationship management skills Assist in managing client expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination As a Gensler Interior Designer, you are passionate about your craft and combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. You have exceptional design skills, a background in architecture or design, and a portfolio of innovative design concepts. You are an integral member of the design team who itches to contribute a point of view and craves participation in conceptual thought processes and design

Why Join Us?

• As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.
• As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

Salary

Negotiable.