Senior Interior Designer

Job Description

Job Description

BSA LifeStructures designs facilities that support, enhance and inspire healing, learning and discovery. Facilities that are LifeStructures.

Our integrated disciplinary efforts with visionary healthcare, higher education and research clients achieve measurable outcomes through metrics-driven design solutions.

Together, we create inspired solutions that improve lives.

We are searching for a Senior Interior Designer in our Indianapolis Studio.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure client’s vision is met through design, function and detailed drawings
• Develop an optimal design solution for the project that meets client’s needs and represents the company’s standard quality of design.
• Present design solutions to the client.
• Maintain constant professional communications with client, project team and consultants.
• Manage project specific scope, budget and schedule
• Manage all aspects associated with projects including proposals, exhibits, contracts, project budget and profitability.
• Develop a schedule of integrated tasks required to accomplish individual projects. Monitor progress toward the deliverable schedule.
• Oversee development of fully coordinated quality design documents
• Create focus within the studio discipline on improving project outcomes client satisfaction, design leadership, overall quality, staff engagement / communication and project profitability.
• Follow Core Processes using design tools, project management tools and technology techniques across the discipline to ensure consistency in how projects are delivered.
• Work collaboratively with design leaders to elevate the quality of design on all projects.
• Mentorship
• Mentor Interior Designers provide training and leadership through project work to empower, train and develop staff.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Pursue additional applicable certifications within the field.
• Continue to develop design skills and pursue opportunities for continued education on topics related to the field of Interior Design.
• Design community involvement / participation at local level.
• Promote company’s reputation through good client relations.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Critical Skills and Abilities

• Effective communication skills : Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to read and interpret information.
• High accuracy and attention to detail : Able to perform work and job function with precision and accuracy; carefully monitors processes;

concentrates on details, organizes and maintains a system of records.

• Leadership skills : Able to assume a role of authority, as necessary; sets an example for coworkers; delegates responsibility and empowers associates to make decisions and take personal accountability for decisions.
• Strategic Thinking : Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization’s strengths and weaknesses;

Adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Strong analytical skills : Able to gather relevant data using appropriate methodologies and analyze that data to assist in making important business decisions;

uses financial analysis to evaluate and identify financial directions.

Ownership Mentality : Possesses a sense of ownership in all deliverables. Utilizes knowledge and opportunity to continually strive for excellence within an empowering culture.

Collaborates and supports fellow employee owners in ongoing improvements. Understands personal accountability within their role in the company.

Computer skills required : Revit, Microsoft Windows environment, Microsoft Office : Word, PowerPoint, Excel; Google : Mail, Calendar, Drive, Apps;

Architecture CAD, Sketchup, Bluebeam; Graphic Software : InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Enscape.

Education / Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design or Interior Architecture.
• 10+ years of experience in the design industry including construction documentation and field observation.
• Experience with projects focused on Healthcare, Higher Education and / or Lab Design preferred.
• NCIDQ Certification required.

BSA LifeStructures is an Equal Opportunity Employer.