SENIOR LEAD DESIGNER

smallwood, reynolds, stewart, stewart & associates pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Smallwood is an international design firm with a Singapore office seeking a Senior Lead Designer to lead and deliver hospitality projects to international standards.

The role involves guiding a team through concept, schematic and construction phases, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring high-quality documentation and timely delivery on international projects.

Qualifications

• Large-scale international hospitality project design experience.
• Strong creative professional.
• Hands-on leadership in conceptualization, graphic presentation and FF&E documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and execute project design to international standards.
• Oversee full scope of interior design documentation from concept to construction.
• Collaborate with Principal/Associate and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring on-time delivery.

Skills

Large-scale international hospitality

Creative professional

Leadership in conceptualization

Ten years experience

Strong presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Independence

AutoCAD/Photoshop

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Interior Design

10 years interior design experience

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Photoshop

Microsoft Office

Job description

Smallwood is an International Design firm headquartered in Atlanta, USA which is complemented by a thriving Design office in Singapore. Within this office, our firmcontains a seasoned group of design professionals providing innovative andleading design services for hospitality, residential, office and masterplanning projects.

We are looking to grow our core design team by the addition of a young and keen SeniorLead Designer who is willing to work hard, listen and learnand ultimately contribute across the board in our office. Our office has a specific emphasis on Hospitality, so we are a good fit for any young potential designer wishing to get into the Hospitality market and learn design on the international stage.From our Singapore office we work Internationally, including markets in Southeast Asia, India, The Middle East, and Africa.

JobResponsibilities in a Leading Role:

• Ability to lead ateam and execute a project design to International standard.
• Experience to oversee and orchestrate with a team thefull scope of ID documentation from presentation to technical documents.
• Able to work and contribute in a team environment,must be a team player.
• Willing to step up as needed and take ownership ofmeeting deadlines and delivery schedules.
• Must be creative,open-minded, and imaginative.
• Familiarity with Sketch-up 3D modelling will be anadvantage.
• Working with the Principal(s)or Associate(s), shall direct, supervise, and check activities of fellow TeamMembers engaged in preparing Interior design write-ups, drawings andspecification documents for Conceptual Design Phase, Schematic Design Phase,Design Development Phase and Construction Documentation Phase of a project.
• Works in tandemwith highly collaborative multi-discipline design teams.

Qualifications / Skills:

• LargeScale International Hospitality Project Design Experience
• StrongCreative Professional
• Hands-onCapability & Leadership in Conceptualization, Graphic Presentation andDevelopment / Implementation of Hotel FF&E Design & Documentation
• LargeScale International Hospitality Project Design Experience
• Minimum10 years Professional Experience
• Excellent presentationand written communication skills
• Analytical andproblem-solving skills
• Keen attention todetails
• Ability to work independently
• Technicallycreative and open-minded
• Autocadand Photoshop skills required

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s ormaster’s degree in Interior Design
• 10 years of InteriorDesign experience
• Proficiency inAutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office suite is required