Hospitality Design Project Lead

Striv Designs; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Striv Designs is seeking a Hospitality Design Project Lead to guide active hotel design projects from development through procurement and construction coordination. This role suits an experienced interior designer ready to take greater ownership while staying connected to creative and technical work.

Lead schedules, coordinate with stakeholders, review drawings, and manage FF&E specs to ensure brand and ownership alignment. Join a team that values thoughtful design and clear communication.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years (or more) hospitality interior design experience preferred.
• Ability to read and assess design documentation and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Strong organization and follow-through with initiative to move projects forward independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage schedules, milestones, deliverables, approvals, and action items for hospitality projects.
• Coordinate with ownership, interior designers, architects, brand teams, contractors, vendors, and procurement.
• Track SD, DD, and CD submissions and address brand/ownership comments.
• Review drawings and specs for coordination and completeness.
• Coordinate FF&E specs, samples, shop drawings, mockups, and approvals.
• Lead routine design coordination meetings and document decisions.
• Identify schedule, scope, budget, and escalation needs early and raise to leadership.
• Provide procurement with approved specs, quantities, alternates, revisions, and delivery dates.
• Support value engineering while preserving design intent and brand requirements.
• Assist with model rooms, site reviews, installations, and design-related construction questions.
• Provide regular project updates to the Director of Design and senior leadership.

Skills

Interior design

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Interior Design

Job description

Striv Designs is seeking a Hospitality Design Project Lead to guide active hotel design projects from design development through procurement and construction coordination. This is an opportunity for an experienced interior designer who is ready to take greater ownership of projects while staying closely connected to the creative and technical work.

What You’ll Do

• Manage schedules, design milestones, deliverables, approvals, and open action items for two to three hospitality projects.
• Coordinate with ownership, interior designers, architects, brand teams, contractors, vendors, and procurement.
• Track schematic design (SD), design development (DD), and construction document (CD) submissions, and follow through on brand and ownership comments.
• Review drawings and specifications for coordination, completeness, and alignment with project requirements.
• Coordinate furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) specifications, samples, shop drawings, mockups, and approvals.
• Lead routine design coordination meetings and document decisions and next steps.
• Identify schedule, scope, budget, and coordination concerns early, and elevate decisions that require the Director of Design or ownership.
• Provide Procurement with approved specifications, quantities, alternates, revisions, and required delivery dates.
• Support value engineering while preserving approved design intent and brand requirements.
• Assist with model rooms, site reviews, installations, and design-related construction questions.
• Provide regular project updates to the Director of Design and senior leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• A strong interior design foundation and an understanding of how hospitality projects move from concept through documentation, procurement, and construction.
• Approximately two to three years or more of hospitality interior design or related experience preferred.
• Ability to read and assess design documentation, communicate with varied stakeholders, and manage competing priorities.
• Strong organization and follow-through, with the initiative to anticipate coordination needs and move projects forward independently.

Previous overall project leadership experience is helpful but is not required. If you are an interior designer ready to grow beyond primarily producing drawings and specifications, this role offers a path into project and design leadership.

About Striv Designs

Striv Designs is a hospitality design and procurement company affiliated with Soartress Hospitality and Whitestone Companies. Our work connects design vision with the practical decisions needed to bring hotel projects to life. We collaborate with ownership, brand teams, designers, architects, contractors, and vendors to create spaces that serve guests and support hotel operations.

At Striv Designs, we value thoughtful design, clear communication, and strong execution. We are looking for people who enjoy working across disciplines and taking ownership of the details that make a project successful.