Senior Workplace Designer & Design Strategy Lead

Pivot Interiors, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivot Interiors, Inc. is seeking a Senior Designer to apply creative expertise and lead design services for new and existing clients. You'll work with a team of workplace designers, maintain high design standards, and ensure client satisfaction while collaborating with sales, PM, and procurement.

You will lead project design, partner with sales for early client engagement, help win opportunities, and shape design strategy for innovative spaces that improve people’s lives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience and a bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design.
• Must be a certified Interior Designer or working toward certification, or equivalent.
• Active membership in a professional organization.
• Experience creating and developing overall design concepts and formulating design presentation strategies with an understanding of design history and trends.
• High proficiency in navigating and curating solutions from an expansive product portfolio, including furniture systems, ancillary, accessories, and bespoke.
• Proficiency in building systems, building codes, electrical, and cabling.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Outstanding graphic presentation skills.
• Strong mentoring skills and ability to lead, train, and direct the work of others.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for the overall completion of projects of all complexities including programming, strategic planning, conceptual designs, space planning, presentations, design development, and production; delegate and oversee fulfillment of design deliverables as required.
• Drive project solutions and customer experience to new levels both in terms of engagement and business development, but also in terms of innovative, tailored solutions.
• Partner with sales executives in early‑stage client engagement efforts by providing creative direction, design input for proposals and RFP responses, and representing design strategy in sales presentations and discovery meetings.
• Incorporate and execute creative design strategies.
• Establish and manage design project budgets, project scope, and contracts, and coordinate deliverables with internal and outsourced design resources.
• Navigate customer and industry partner interactions with ease, clearly articulating design ideas and rationale for decisions and outcomes.
• Proactively identify project risks, offering creative solutions and alternatives; work independently to execute next steps, and evaluates results.
• Participate in ongoing learning around strategic areas of focus, including partner products and solutions, sustainable design, design tools and technology, and workplace strategy.

Skills

Mentoring

Communication

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Client relationships

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design

Certified Interior Designer (or pursuing)

Active membership in a professional organization

Tools

CET Designer

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

Revit

Job description

Pivot Interiors, Inc. is seeking a Senior Designer to apply creative expertise and lead design services for new and existing clients. You'll work with a team of workplace designers, maintain high design standards, and ensure client satisfaction while collaborating with sales, PM, and procurement.

You will lead project design, partner with sales for early client engagement, help win opportunities, and shape design strategy for innovative spaces that improve people’s lives.