Senior Interior Designer - Cities & Places

Jacobs Solutions - Saint Louis, MO

Full-time - Senior

Saint Louis, MO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The St. Louis office of Jacobs is seeking a driven and curious Senior Interior Design Professional to join our design practice. In this role, you will be responsible for managing projects that create interior environments aimed at enhancing organizational performance and achieving the client's business objectives. You will utilize best practices and innovative design solutions to develop interior architectural concepts that are practical, aesthetic, safe, and conducive to their intended purpose and function. Your work will reflect client goals while adhering to project budgets and schedules. As a Senior Interior Designer, you will report directly to the Interior Discipline Director and/or Design Lead. Your primary responsibilities will include authoring and assigning design tasks to team members, directing the implementation of projects through all design phases, and managing schedules and work output across multiple disciplines. You will also monitor project compliance with established standards and guidelines, ensuring that all work aligns with scope, schedule, and budget. In addition to project management, you will shape and develop client relationships, advocating for an inter-disciplinary design approach in collaboration with Design Principals and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) globally. You will lead programming efforts, develop programming documents, and oversee significant or large-scale projects. Your role will also involve conducting on-site observations during construction to ensure compliance with design documents and preparing client presentations and reports. At Jacobs, we challenge the status quo to shape innovation and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you are interested in a long and rewarding career working with the industry's best and most innovative engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. Join us in our mission to create a more connected, sustainable world, and help us deliver the best work possible to our clients and communities.

Responsibilities

• Authors and/or assigns to specific team members the design and development of ideas, techniques and standards.
• Directs the implementation of projects through all the phases of design; programming, conceptual design, schematic design, and design development and construction documentation / administration, when warranted.
• Manage and coordinate schedule, hours, and work output with multiple in-house disciplines and/or consultants.
• Monitor established standards and guidelines to ensure that project complies with scope, schedule and budget.
• Shape, develop and champion client relationships, existing and new.
• Work closely with Design Principals and SMEs across the globe to advocate an inter-disciplinary design approach and philosophy; promote integrated design approach across firm.
• Leads programming effort, developing programming documents and associated deliverables.
• Leads effort on multiple significant projects or large-scale projects.
• Champion design excellence through quality of deliverables.
• Plans and programs layout of project(s); coordinates and integrates all other discipline elements into unified design for client review and approval.
• Maintains schedules on interior scopes of work, responsible for deliverable milestones and the team's production.
• Conducts periodic on-site observation of work during construction to monitor compliance with detailed design documents.
• May prepare client project presentations studies, and reports.
• Participates in new project pursuits as well as engaging with current clients to identify and curate opportunities for continued or additional services.
• Represents organization, with internal and external personnel, on significant matters.
• Utilizes computer-assisted design software and equipment to prepare project designs and plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture or equivalent in education or experience required.
• 12+ years of applicable professional experience, demonstrated by working in a similar role.
• Licensed Architect or Interior Designer with current registration in your region required, if licensure is offered in your region.
• AIA, NCIDQ/CID registration required.
• Strong knowledge of sustainability, integrated design and LEED and WELL/FitWELL guidelines.
• Working knowledge of workplace strategies and facilitating the approach to an Interiors solution aligned with work patterns and alignment with business drivers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup, and InDesign graphic software.
• Ability to create renderings as part of design process.
• Demonstrated proficiency in selecting and specifying furniture, finishes and equipment (FF&E) and utilizing database programs to document it.
• Strong organizational, communications (both verbal and written) skills, and leadership abilities are required.
• Ability to effectively coordinate with internal interior, architectural and engineering team members is required.
• Knowledge of pertinent building and accessibility codes.

Nice-to-haves

• Active participation in professional organizations is preferred.
• Insight to local real estate market preferred.
• Strong positive reputation in the industry and with clients.