Design Manager

Foreground Consultancy; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground Consultancy in Dubai is seeking a Design Manager to lead and oversee interior design output across luxury residential and hospitality projects. You will translate creative vision into buildable design direction while maintaining uncompromising quality and design integrity.

You will mentor the design team, review key deliverables, and coordinate with leadership to manage workloads, standards, and timelines across multiple studios.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in high-end interior design.
• Strong portfolio in luxury residential and hospitality projects.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee interior design output across luxury residential and hospitality projects.
• Maintain creative direction from concept through detailed design; ensure quality and consistency.
• Mentor the design team; review key deliverables prior to client issue; coordinate with leadership on workloads and timelines.

Skills

Hospitality

Development

Output

Clarity

Accountability

Mentoring

Timelines

Deliverables

Attention To Detail

Quality Control

Business Development

Planning

Design

Business

Leadership

Management

Job description

Job Description:

Our Client

Foreground is partnering with a boutique, design-led luxury interior design studio based in Dubai. The studio operates at the highest end of the residential and hospitality market, delivering highly bespoke environments defined by refined materiality, spatial clarity, and rigorous attention to detail. As the practice continues to grow, the leadership team is strengthening its design management capability to protect design integrity and elevate studio-wide output.

The Role

The Design Manager will lead and oversee all interior design output across the studios luxury residential and hospitality portfolio. This role is responsible for maintaining creative direction from concept through detailed design, ensuring consistency, quality, and clarity of design intent across multiple projects.

The Design Manager will guide and mentor the design team, review all key deliverables prior to client issue, and work closely with studio leadership to manage workloads, design standards, and timelines. The position is firmly design-focused, with accountability for leadership, coordination, and quality control rather than business development.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will bring 10-15+ years of experience within high-end interior design, with a strong portfolio of luxury residential and hospitality projects. Proven experience leading and mentoring design teams is essential, alongside excellent concept development, space planning, and material selection capability.

Experience working in the UAE or wider GCC market is preferred. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong design judgment, a calm and structured leadership style, and the ability to translate creative vision into clear, buildable design direction while maintaining uncompromising quality standards.

Required Skills

• Hospitality
• Development
• Output
• Clarity
• Accountability
• Mentoring
• Timelines
• Deliverables
• Attention To Detail
• Quality Control
• Business Development
• Planning
• Design
• Business
• Leadership
• Management