Interior Designer - Retail & Hospitality

Your Role

As a Gensler Interior Designer, you will tap into your boundless creativity and passion for design to produce unique and functionally beautiful spaces for clients.  You are a self-motivated, team player who is ready for active participation in all phases of the design process.  With you as part of the design team, interiors have never been so engaging.

What You Will Do

• Perform interior design assignments using professional concepts and procedures;
• Producing space plans, furniture plans, elevations, sections, joinery/millwork details; conceptual and finished design presentation documentation
• Providing solutions to design problems and generate design alternatives
• Develop and produce BIM drawing packages for design review, tendering and construction phases of the project;
• Selection, scheduling and concept of FF&E and color and materials for projects in coordination with other team members for presentation to clients and space planning concepts;
• Produce sketch plan/schematic design documentation of interior layouts, loose furniture, joinery, finishes;
• Meet with suppliers and co-ordinate and educate the design team on new materials, brands and special treatments;
• Delivering the highest quality of professional service
• Acting as primary design interface with clients and attend client / site meetings as required;
• Prepare/oversee the preparation of finishes boards for client presentations;
• Render plans and elevations to convey a design concept to a client;
• Guiding, advising, and mentoring other designers on projects, developing design directions and leading design critiques/forums
• Reviewing drawings, mock ups, materials, and finish samples submitted by project contractors
• And any other related responsibility as assigned. Your manager will communicate with you further about specific requirements and expectations of your job, which can be adjusted according to business and organizational goals.

Your Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience with the design of hospitality and retail interiors projects.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of design.
• Strong technical knowledge and have experience in delivery local interior commercial projects
• Strong planning abilities, including development of design concepts, knowledge of furniture and finishes, planning codes, and budgets.
• Self-starters with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong skills in client communication and presentations.
• Good organization and time management skills. Possess the ability to work well with a team.
• Knowledge in sustainable design principles required.
• LEED, WELL, Fitwel, Greenmark or other rating systems accreditation preferable.
• Previous experience in sustainable design projects preferable. Especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard, Fitwel and /or Net Zero Building certification.
• Demonstrate a collaborative and integrated approach towards achieving high sustainability project goals.

Your Design Technology Qualifications

Essential:

• Good working knowledge and experience in Autodesk Revit for design authoring, documentation, data extracts and project delivery.
• Good knowledge and experience with the strategic planning, and setup of BIM projects.
• Good knowledge and experience with collaboration within the BIM context, including cloud-based markups, consultant coordination and clash detection.
• Good knowledge and experience with interoperability workflows between Rhino & Revit throughout all the stages of a project.

Desirable:

• Basic understanding and familiarity in Rhinoceros for design authoring.
• Good knowledge and experience with real-time rendering processes, and material creation & management within the context of integrated BIM and parametric workflows.
• Understanding of the capabilities and application of Information Management tools such as Aconex, Asite, Newforma, etc.
• Basic understanding and familiarity with Computational Design applications such as Grasshopper and/or Dynamo.
• Basic understanding and familiarity with simulation principles and processes, including interpretation, and application of results.
• Basic understanding and familiarity with the use of VR walkthroughs and panoramas.

Applications we work with:

• Design Authoring - Revit, Rhino, Autocad, Navisworks
• Collaboration - BIM360
• Computational Design - Grasshopper, Dynamo
• Building Performance Simulation - Insight, Sefaira, Diva, Ladybug tools
• Visualisation – Vray, Enscape, Twinmotion, 3DSMax
• Graphics & Productivity - Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite
• Experiential – Unreal Engine, Unity
• Development – C#, Python

To be considered, please submit portfolio and/or work samples in PDF format.

Life at Gensler

As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From internal design competitions to research grants to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. 

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and wellness programs. We also offer profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.