Design Manager

Cushman & Wakefield; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global real estate services firm as a Design Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in creating innovative design solutions. You will collaborate with a dynamic team, mentor junior designers, and ensure project milestones are met. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-quality commercial and hospitality projects while embracing a culture of diversity and inclusion. Your expertise in design management, client relationship handling, and proficiency in tools like Revit will be crucial. If you are passionate about best-in-class design and want to grow in a supportive environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Comprehensive Employee Benefits Program

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• 10+ years in design and documentation for commercial or hospitality projects.
• Experience managing client relationships and coordinating design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of conceptual design frameworks for various projects.
• Oversee deliverables from a cross-disciplinary team including architects and engineers.

Skills

Design Management

Project Coordination

Client Relationship Management

Time Management

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

BIM (Revit)

Fluency in Japanese

Fluency in English

Education

Degree in Architecture

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Interior Design

Tools

Revit

Bluebeam Revu

Adobe Suite

Job description

Job Title

Design Manager

Job Description Summary

Job Description

About the role:

• Be a key member of a client-facing collaborative management team, working closely with other design managers within the Design & Workplace pod, as well as other Project and Construction Managers in PDS Japan.
• Drive the creation of a conceptual design framework for each project from the Envisioning process through to project execution.
• Proactively flag any issues that may arise during a project, take ownership of them, and work together with your team internally to resolve them.
• Communicate regularly to leadership and the project team with project updates such as the status of each project, upcoming benchmark goals, potential issues, etc.
• Oversee deliverables from a team of cross-disciplinary professionals that includes architects, interior designers, BIM specialists, MEP engineers, ICT engineers.
• Provide mentorship, support, and direction to members of the design team, including review and input on their work.
• Be responsible for determining and organizing build-out functional requirements such as programming, space planning, and code analysis.
• Produce all design and hand-off packages for a project utilizing Revit, including programming, layout, AoR Hand-off and operations.
• Lead the coordination of all disciplines to produce a comprehensive and coordinated construction document set which meets the requirements of local building code, ADA, zoning, and any other applicable law.
• Partner with the AoR’s, EoR’s, and Construction firms that we work with in your region.

About You:

• 10+ years professional design and documentation experience in high-quality commercial or hospitality projects. Mixed-use residential, cultural, and institutional experience also will be considered.
• Minimum 3 years managing client relationships including participation in client meetings throughout the design and construction process.
• Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Interior Design.
• Knowledge of and experience working with local building code, ADA guidelines, zoning, and other applicable laws.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in numerous strategy and design phases: Concept Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, permitting, and Construction Documentation.
• Ability to confidently review and markup the above documents.
• Experience coordinating design documentation with external consultants.
• Understanding of project budgeting and scheduling and the ability to communicate and work closely with clients and external consultants to ensure that project milestones are being met and deliverables are on-time and complete.
• Self-directed with a high level of initiative and a “can do” attitude, but open to feedback and a strong desire to learn.
• Excellent time management skills and experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent oral, written, and graphic communication skills.
• Excellent decision-making skills and a highly resourceful problem solver.
• Proficient in the following programs: BIM (Revit), Bluebeam Revu, Adobe Suite.
• Fluent in both Japanese & English.
• Passionate about best-in-class design, construction, and project execution.
• A team collaborator, clear communicator, prudent risk-assessor, and effective motivator.
• Habitually thinking outside the box and exploring new ways to execute projects. Committed to continuous improvement and optimizing productivity.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop, and live, working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from:

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote-from-within culture;
• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion.

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion-from-within culture, leveraging global opportunities to retain top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to enhance personal, professional, and technical capabilities, and we reward this with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community — it means we go beyond just talking about it; we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.