Senior Interior Designer

Azizi Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Azizi Group is seeking a Senior Interior Designer to lead hospitality projects from concept to IFC, delivering creative, high-quality, technically coordinated design solutions. The role requires a hands-on, organized, and self-motivated professional with strong communication and collaboration skills.

You will lead design reviews, coordinate with architects, BIM, MEP, lighting, and FF&E teams, and develop concepts through DD, Tender and IFC, supervising junior designers to ensure on-time and

Qualifications

• Experience leading hospitality interior design projects from concept to IFC.
• Strong ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and external consultants.
• Proven ability to develop design concepts, mood boards and material palettes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver hospitality interior design solutions for hotels, F&B, and mixed-use developments.
• Lead projects through Concept Design to IFC, ensuring design excellence and adherence to budgets and timelines.
• Prepare and coordinate design presentations, space planning, and design narratives.
• Produce, review, and coordinate design documentation including GA drawings, elevations, sections, schedules, and joinery.
• Coordinate with architectural, BIM, MEP, lighting, and FF&E teams to deliver fully integrated designs.
• Provide design support during construction, respond to RFIs, attend site inspections, and ensure design intent is maintained.
• Mentor junior designers, manage workloads, and escalate risks when needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Leadership

Time management

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

The Senior Interior Designer is responsible for leading the design and development of hospitality projects from concept through IFC, delivering creative, high-quality, and technically coordinated design solutions. The role requires a hands-on, organized, and self-motivated professional with strong communication and collaboration skills. The designer is expected to actively participate in design reviews, meetings, and workshops, contribute to discussions, lead meetings when required, document key outcomes, and ensure timely follow-up and completion of agreed

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver creative, high-quality hospitality interior design solutions for 4-star and 5-star hotels, F&B, and mixed-use developments, with Residential and Retail experience considered an advantage.
• Lead projects through all design phases, from Concept Design to IFC, ensuring design excellence, technical accuracy, and compliance with project objectives, budgets, and timelines under the direction of the Interior Design Manager.
• Prepare and coordinate design presentations, mood boards, material palettes, sketches, space planning, and design narratives.
• Produce, review, and coordinate design documentation including GA drawings, RCPs, elevations, sections, schedules, joinery, millwork, construction details, and specifications.
• Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of interior construction, materials, finishes, detailing, joinery, and buildability to ensure practical and coordinated design solutions.
• Develop hospitality concepts and lead design development while maintaining compliance with project briefs, operator requirements, and design intent.
• Prepare, coordinate, and review DD, Tender, and IFC packages, ensuring all documentation meets the highest quality, coordination, and technical standards.
• Review shop drawings, material submittals, mock-ups, samples, and technical submissions to ensure compliance with the approved design intent, specifications, and quality standards.
• Primary focus shall be on in-house projects, while coordinating, reviewing, and supervising the work of external design consultants and specialist disciplines as required to ensure design quality and project consistency.
• Coordinate closely with architectural, BIM, MEP, lighting, AV, kitchen, signage, landscape, and other specialist consultants to deliver fully integrated design solutions.
• Liaise with suppliers, manufacturers, and contractors regarding materials, finishes, FF&E, OSE, custom joinery, and technical solutions.
• Provide design support during construction, including responding to RFIs, attending site inspections, reviewing site conditions, resolving technical issues, and maintaining the approved design intent through project completion.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements, local authority regulations, accessibility standards, life safety codes, and applicable industry standards.
• Perform thorough QA/QC reviews of all design deliverables before issue, ensuring consistency, accuracy, coordination, and completeness.
• Independently manage assigned projects while leading and mentoring junior designers, reviewing their work, providing technical guidance, and supporting their professional development.
• Plan and prioritize workloads, allocate resources effectively, anticipate project challenges, and proactively identify risks related to programme, cost, quality, or coordination, escalating issues to management as required.
• Participate in and lead design reviews, client meetings, consultant coordination meetings, workshops, and site meetings as required, ensuring discussions are documented and agreed actions are followed through to completion.
• Maintain regular communication with project leadership regarding project status, deliverables, risks, and resource requirements.
• Ensure all work complies with the Studio's quality standards, procedures, manuals, and established design protocols.
• Demonstrate accountability for personal deliverables and, where applicable, the work of the project team, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines.
• Support the Leadership team in achieving the Studio's strategic objectives and contribute positively to the continuous improvement of design quality across the practice.
• Be available, when project-critical deliverables require, to provide appropriate support outside standard working hours and ensure effective project handovers and delegation during periods of leave.
• Maintain advanced proficiency in hand sketching, Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and other relevant design software.