Senior Luxury Interior Design Manager

Skihomewood; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary $110,000-$130,000

Full-Time

Exempt status

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Professional development

Job summary

Discovery Land Company and its private residential club communities seek a seasoned Director of Design to guide luxury architectural and interior design for lakefront homes and club amenities. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage consultant workflows, review selections with clients, and ensure construction documents reflect the latest design intent across projects.

You will coordinate with consultants, vendors, and operations to align design with the overall club experience and delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in architectural planning and design on luxury-level projects, including horizontal development.
• Architectural registration not required; non-active registration acceptable for candidates with a license.
• Experience in resourcing, selecting, and managing consultant teams for high-end residential and golf club amenities.
• Depth of understanding of operations for design, planning, and programming of new construction.
• Proficient with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, Bluebeam, PowerPoint, and Adobe Design Suite.
• Experience with AutoCAD, SketchUp, BIM/Revit.
• Ability to review and recommend designs, plans, geotechnical studies, and specs.
• Create and manage RFPs to designers/contractors for initial design team selection.
• Knowledge of construction means/methods to properly design and value-engineer construction.
• Ability to set up schedules and budgets for departments and projects.
• Ability to supervise technical staff and interpret complex instructions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Enforce overall vision, program, and design direction for DLC Project.
• Collaborate with consultants to manage drawings for various developer products and amenities.
• Meet with clients and sales team to review product and discuss design options for homes.
• Schedule and manage customer meetings to review selections and pass notes to consultants.
• Create and manage a selections book for each home and coordinate handoff to construction.
• Meet with vendors to provide specs and design information for products.
• Lead meetings with consultants, contractors, and clients.
• Prepare meeting agendas and provide notes/minutes.
• Mentor design assistants and guide task completion and reporting.
• Coordinate with operations on area programming and FF&E with construction team for design/look.
• Coordinate with client’s consultants and vendors on execution of homes.
• Provide design input to construction team for latest information.

Skills

Architecture design

Team leadership

Project coordination

RFP management

Client relations

Regulatory knowledge

Microsoft Office

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Revit

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

BIM/Revit

Bluebeam

Adobe Design Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Microsoft Office

Job description

Discovery Land Company and its private residential club communities seek a seasoned Director of Design to guide luxury architectural and interior design for lakefront homes and club amenities. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage consultant workflows, review selections with clients, and ensure construction documents reflect the latest design intent across projects.

You will coordinate with consultants, vendors, and operations to align design with the overall club experience and delivery