Interior Designer, Intermediate

DLR Group; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned

Flexible Fridays

Job summary

DLR Group, an integrated design firm, seeks an Intermediate Interior Designer for our Kansas City office. You will develop material palettes, create 3D renderings, and prepare presentation drawings while coordinating with the design team to meet scope, schedule, budget, and fees.

You will assist the project manager with scheduling, QA/QC, and may lead interior design efforts, client interactions, and presentations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years professional interior design experience
• Undergraduate degree in Interior Design required
• Professional certification required or in progress
• Strong communication, collaboration and organizational skills
• Proficient in Revit; Bluebeam knowledge; strong A/E/I/P software skills
• Detail-oriented with problem-solving and multitasking abilities

Responsibilities

• Develop creative and technically sound interior design solutions across projects
• Coordinate design and technical development with the integrated design team
• Create 3D renderings and preparation of presentation drawings
• Assist project managers with scheduling, work plans and QA/QC
• Lead interior design efforts and client interactions/presentations
• Ensure BIM standards, QA/QC procedures, and clash detection resolution
• Manage time and align construction/material costs with budgets
• Support marketing and business development efforts

Skills

Team collaboration

Client communication

Detail oriented

Multitasking

Education

Undergraduate Interior Design degree

Professional certification (in progress)

Tools

Revit

Bluebeam

A/E/I/P software

Job description

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for anIntermediate Interior Designer to support the growth of our Kansas City office!

Position Summary

As an Interior Designer at DLR Group, you will play a versatile role in our Interiors team, with responsibilities that vary across projects. You will be involved in developing comprehensive material and finish palettes, creating 3D renderings, and preparing presentation drawings. You'll also coordinate the design and technical development of interior aspects of projects, working closely with the integrated design team to deliver high-quality work that meets project scope, schedule, budget, and fee requirements.

In addition, you may assist the project manager with scheduling, developing work plans, creating cartoon sets, and ensuring QA/QC throughout the project. You'll often take the lead on interior design efforts, client interactions, and presentations. Our Interiors team is committed to upholding and promoting our company's core values in every aspect of their work. This role offers an opportunity to grow your skills and make a meaningful impact on a variety of projects.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

What you will do

• Develop creative and technically sound solutions to design challenges, ensuring design excellence
• Integrate quality assurance/control processes and company standards, coordinating with Project Managers
• Maintain project schedules and ensure timely delivery of project documents
• Demonstrate strong conceptual design, space planning, and ability to detail constructable design ideas
• Apply appropriate products, materials, and FF&E aligned with sustainability goals, and create graphic presentations
• Attend site walks and Construction Administration meetings, sharing lessons learned to improve project coordination
• Lead collaboration within the project team, generating and communicating design ideas and solutions
• Ensure BIM standards are applied, oversee QA/QC procedures, and resolve clash detection issues
• Manage time effectively and align construction/material costs with project budgets

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in interior design
• Undergraduate Degree in Interior Design required
• Professional certification required, or in progress
• Comprehensive technical knowledge with strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
• Proficient in Revit and knowledgeable in Bluebeam with strong proficiency in A/E/I/P software
• Expertise in design techniques, tools, and sustainable principles for producing precise technical plans
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and attention to detail
• Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask
• Actively seeks to enhance knowledge and contributes to marketing and business development efforts

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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