Lighting Designer & Business Development Leader

Mead & Hunt, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401K plan with generous company match

Employee-owned firm

Flexible schedules

Diverse skillsets, one company

Job summary

Mead & Hunt, Inc. is seeking a Lighting Designer – Business Development Specialist to help develop architectural lighting for buildings, lead client outreach, and drive strategic growth.

The role involves travel to client sites and events, participates in trade shows, and supports the marketing and business plans. The ideal candidate brings extensive lighting design experience, strong proposal development skills, and a proven ability to lead in the lighting community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with relevant field
• 7+ years of lighting design experience with marketing/business development in building engineering
• No degree accepted with 10+ years lighting design experience in building engineering
• Ideal candidate: 12+ years in Building Engineering and leadership in lighting community

Responsibilities

• Develop architecturally sensitive lighting systems for buildings
• Develop lighting plans and specifications
• Provide construction phase oversight of lighting systems
• Mentor less experienced lighting designers
• Identify, obtain, and manage new clients/projects
• Visit clients to assess needs and services
• Lead proposal development and project scoping for new private clients
• Attend client meetings, trade shows and conferences
• Cross-sell Mead & Hunt services
• Create client presentations
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Lighting design

Client relationship

Proposal development

Leadership in industry

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, business development, engineering, architecture, planning or related field

No degree: 10+ years lighting design and marketing/business development experience

Job description

Mead & Hunt, Inc. is seeking a Lighting Designer – Business Development Specialist to help develop architectural lighting for buildings, lead client outreach, and drive strategic growth.

The role involves travel to client sites and events, participates in trade shows, and supports the marketing and business plans. The ideal candidate brings extensive lighting design experience, strong proposal development skills, and a proven ability to lead in the lighting community.