Design Manager

IA Interior Architects; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm is seeking a Design Manager for their Seattle Studio. The successful candidate will manage client relationships, oversee project documentation, and ensure design excellence across corporate interior design projects. This role requires a blend of creativity, leadership, and technical expertise, offering a great opportunity for professionals passionate about transforming spaces.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in corporate interior design projects is required.
• Experience with client relationship management and project oversight.
• Strong knowledge of design aesthetics and principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships for projects from initiation through completion.
• Produce, review, and finalize documentation for projects.
• Research and select fixtures and finishes for client approval.

Skills

Design principles

Space planning

Furnishings and finishes

Sketching skills

Detailing skills

MS Office Suite

Revit

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Graduate of architecture or design school

Equivalent experience may be substituted

Job description

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Interior Architects translates client goals, brand 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 enterprise 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 Design Manager for our Seattle Studio

• Manages client relationship for small and medium sized projects from initiation through completion, including work performed by internal and external resources
• Organizes and conducts client interviews to determine technical and design requirements for the design
• Produces, reviews and finalizes documentation for projects
• Knowledge of detailing and finalizes details on projects
• Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages
• Researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects. Obtain client approval and ensure integration into overall design
• In some circumstances may be required to assist with support for field surveys
• Coordinates engineering work to ensure compliance with design concept and coordination with IA’s documents
• Coordinates project teams to ensure timely completion of documents
• Works with design and technical teams to shape and understand the design concepts. Present and gains approval of concepts to the client
• Establishes and ensures adherence to set budget. Immediately informs Sr. PM or Project Director and/or client of any potential variances to the budget and makes appropriate modifications
• Identifies and pursues new business opportunities with existing and potential clients.
• Participates in marketing strategy sessions and presentations
• Participates in industry organizations to increase firm’s profile and develop marketing opportunities
• Assign tasks, oversee work and provide feedback to staff assign to project. Develops skills of staff for future projects. May accomplish tasks by working with and/or directing efforts of other project managers
• Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of project. Ensure positive relationships resulting in additional business or referred work
  
  

Qualifications:

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

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of design principles and aesthetics
• Advanced knowledge of space planning
• Extensive knowledge of furnishings and finishes
• Familiar with the concepts of furniture layout
• Advanced sketching and rendering skills
• Advanced interior architecture detailing skills
• Working knowledge of CDs and procedures
• Working knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements
• Working knowledge of path of travel requirements
• Working knowledge of contract administration
• Intermediate MS Office Suite skills
• Advanced Revit skills
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Affinity Program skills or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead junior staff through a combination of direct authority and subject matter expertise
  
  

Interior Architects, Inc. (IA) provides equal opportunity in all aspects of recruitment and employment to all persons without regard to their race, color, creed, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, nationality, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Design Services

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