Senior Designer

IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brands, and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies, and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling, and sustainable environments to move their enterprises forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology, and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists, and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert, and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor, and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for a Senior Designer for our Washington D.C. studio. The Senior Designer is responsible for leading all design phases for interior projects, establishes the vision, leads the team, and has extensive client interaction.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Develops overall design for the project

• Directs staff to complete design and technical drawing

• Review design and technical drawing of other more junior designers

• Review of engineering drawings to ensure they comply with the design solution

• Works with technical staff to resolve inconsistencies in drawings

• Researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects

• Obtain client approval and ensure integration into the overall design

• Produces, reviews, and finalizes space plans for projects

• Extensive knowledge of detailing and finalizing details on projects

• Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages

• Reviews and produces final cost estimates

• In unusual circumstances may be required to assist with support for field surveys

• Manages overall design budget

• Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget

• Manages the work of other Designers

• Oversees tasks and provides feedback on work product

• Organizes and conducts client interviews to determine space needs and requirements

• Continues to provide needed information to client on design specifications; good working knowledge of Affinity program tool

Qualifications:

• Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted
• 8+ years' experience in corporate interior design projects

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of design principles and aesthetics

• Extensive knowledge of space planning methodology

• Extensive knowledge of furnishings and finishes

• Proficient with the concepts of furniture layout

• Expert sketching and rendering skills

• Expert interior architecture detailing skills

• Extensive knowledge of CDs and procedures

• Extensive knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements

• Extensive knowledge of contract administration

• Intermediate MS Office Suite skills

• Advanced Revit skills

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills

• Affinity Program skills or equivalent

• Extensive verbal and written communication skills

• Extensive presentation and graphic communication

• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead staff through a combination of direct authority and subject matter expertise

• Working knowledge of budget preparation and proven ability to manage projects within budgetary constraints

In addition to the above skills, the successful candidate for the Washington D.C. office is a market leader who is engaged with the design process at every level from visioning to project detailing. Will be actively involved in client engagement. Must be capable of taking a leadership role in design development with strong mentoring skills to lead the junior and intermediate designers.