Senior Interior Designer

Senior Interior Designer

Delawie builds partnerships with our clients and the community through experience, creativity, and integrity. Since 1961, Delawie has made a lasting impact on Southern California’s built environments with designs that complement skylines, activate learning environments, transform communities, create corporate identities, and advance the functionality of civic and government facilities.

Our firm offers the excitement of an innovative workplace environment with the stability of an established architectural and interior design practice.

Join our dynamic and modern office in San Diego, California, for the opportunity to build a strong and thriving career. You will grow with a team of more than 50 architects, interior designers, and other professionals working together to design and create for our clients.

We care about our people. Delawie offers a wide range of benefits for our employees and their families. Our benefits include time off, flexible work hours, healthcare, retirement plans, and learning and development programs.

Job Summary

Delawie is seeking an experienced and talented Senior Interior Designer to join our team. The successful candidate will contribute to inspirational design within an existing interior design group.

The successful candidate filling this position will :

• Demonstrate a dedicated spirit towards client satisfaction through design excellence.
• Have an engaging, client-centric approach to project delivery.
• Possess an exceptional skillset for presentations and interviews.
• Collaborate with firm Principals to align Interior Design with our firm culture and business strategies.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to determine clients’ project goals and foster ongoing relationships.
• Follow projects from inception through construction to maintain design quality and intent.
• Manages projects of all sizes and levels of complexity and provides project team leadership.
• Conducts programming efforts such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings and equipment, lighting, and color coordination.
• Prepares and conducts client presentations.
• Responsible for selection and specification of furniture, lighting, material selections, wall covering and artwork. Estimates material requirements and preliminary costs.
• Writes FF&E specifications.
• Supports the Construction Administration phase responding to RFI’s, Change Orders, and reviewing submittals.
• Maintain knowledge of building regulations and safety codes.
• Maintain project schedule and budget while providing a cohesive design.
• Lead junior designers and responsible for delegating tasks leading to project completion.
• Coordination with Project Managers and direct junior staff to produce quality design documentation.
• Mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff and deliver staff performance evaluations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or Architecture.
• 10+ years of experience in Interior Design or Architecture.
• Accreditation / Registration / Licensure or Pursuing Accreditation / Registration / Licensure preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Ability to create complete presentation packages is essential.
• Proficiency in the basic technical skills of interior design including the following computer skills :
• MS Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Adobe Suite, Bluebeam, and SketchUp / or similar 3-D graphic software.
• AutoCAD / Revit is desired.
• Spexx.

Company Benefits

• Delawie offers a competitive benefit package.
• Salary Range- $70-120k

Please submit your resume and cover letter (not to exceed 10 MB) in .pdf format to [email protected].

Delawie is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, disabled, and veterans are encouraged to apply.