Design Director

Humphreys; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Humphreys & Partners Architects seeks a Design Director, a senior leadership role to advance design excellence and culture while supporting strategic growth across the architecture division. Partnering with architectural leadership, this role ensures alignment between design vision, client expectations, project execution, and business objectives.

Key responsibilities include providing design leadership across projects, supporting client relationships and pursuit strategies, and mentoring staff

Qualifications

• Professional degree in architecture or related design discipline.
• Licensed Architect with 10+ years of experience in multifamily architecture design.
• Experience supporting client relationships, project leadership, and business development initiatives.
• Ability to lead design efforts while balancing operational and business objectives.
• Advanced graphic and verbal presentation skills.
• Experience mentoring design staff and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Professional engagement within industry organizations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide design leadership and oversight across projects, pursuits, and studio teams.
• Support client relationships, interviews, presentations, and pursuit strategies.
• Collaborate with Regional Directors, Studio Directors, Studio Leads, and project teams to reinforce design quality, consistency, and project performance.
• Support firm profitability by promoting efficient, practical, and deliverable design solutions aligned with budgets, schedules, and client objectives.
• Mentor design staff, fostering professional growth and building the firm’s next generation of design talent.
• Contribute to the evolution of the firm’s design workflow, including adoption of emerging tools and technologies.
• Represent the firm at industry events, conferences, and within professional organizations.
• Contribute to strategic planning, recruiting efforts, and firmwide leadership initiatives.

Skills

Design leadership

Client relationships

Project leadership

Mentoring

Presentations

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Architecture degree

Licensed Architect

Job description

Humphreys & Partners Architects is seeking a Design Director. This is a senior leadership role responsible for advancing design excellence, strengthening design culture, and supporting strategic growth across the firm’s Architecture division. This role partners closely with architectural leadership to ensure alignment between design vision, client expectations, project execution, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide design leadership and oversight across projects, pursuits, and studio teams
• Support client relationships, interviews, presentations, and pursuit strategies
• Collaborate with Regional Directors, Studio Directors, Studio Leads, and project teams to reinforce design quality, consistency, and project performance
• Support firm profitability by promoting efficient, practical, and deliverable design solutions aligned with project budgets, schedules, and client objectives
• Mentor design staff, fostering professional growth and building the firm’s next generation of design talent
• Contribute to the evolution of the firm’s design workflow, including adoption of emerging tools and technologies
• Represent the firm at industry events, conferences, and within professional organizations
• Contribute to strategic planning, recruiting efforts, and firmwide leadership initiatives

Qualifications

• Professional degree in architecture or related design discipline
• Licensed Architect with 10+ years of experience in multifamily architecture design
• Experience supporting client relationships, project leadership, and business development initiatives
• Ability to lead design efforts while balancing operational and business objectives
• Advanced graphic and verbal presentation skills
• Experience mentoring design staff and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams
• Professional engagement within industry organizations is preferred

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to the Chief Architecture Officer
• Assigned design staff within areas of responsibility report directly or indirectly to the Design Director
• Collaborates with regional and local leadership for staff positioned in other offices

Company Information

Established in 1991, Humphreys & Partners Architects is North America’s leading multifamily architecture design firm. With an impressive portfolio of projects developed across the country, our teams licensed nationwide combined with our exclusive trademarked concepts, more developers rely on our expertise and experience to bring their multifamily developments from concept to completion than any other firm. For over 30 years, Humphreys has provided high-quality, innovative planning, and design services. This award-winning firm specializes in multifamily, mixed-use, and hospitality/resort design, and has extensive experience in high-rise, mid-rise, student housing, senior living, tax credit, affordable, moderate, and luxury communities.

Travel

Up to 20%

Sponsorship

Not available for this role