Designer - IA Interior Architects

Interior Architects translates client goals, brand and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling and sustainable environments to move their enterprise forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of Design. We are presently searching for a Designer for our Dallas studio. The Designer, working under general supervision of a Senior Designer or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, presentations, concept design through design development, and contract documents.

Specific responsibilities will include:

Works with team to develop architectural concepts for interior and exterior repositioning and/ or adaptive projects

Works with team to develop design ideas and create both presentation and construction drawings

Drafts technical drawings

For smaller projects may oversee all design and drawing

With Senior Designer, researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects

Ensures integration into overall design

Preliminary concept plans for larger projects

May develop and finalize conceptual design for smaller projects

Oversees Intermediate Designer to review space plans and tackles more complicated issues

Provides detail for interior and architectural design projects

Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages for both interior and exterior

Assists in developing packages for larger projects

Obtains cost estimates and produces final cost estimates

May be required to assist with support for field surveys

Manages design budget for assigned projects

Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs Senior Designer, PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget

May mentor the work of Junior and Intermediate Designers

Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product

Conducts client interviews to determine space needs and requirements; good working knowledge of Affinity program tool

Qualifications:

Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted

6+ years experience in workplace design, focusing on building repositioning and adaptive re-use projects as well as corporate interiors

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Extensive knowledge of design principles, workplace trends and aesthetics

Extensive knowledge of repositioning and adaptive re-use projects

Advance presentation skills

Advanced knowledge of space planning

Extensive knowledge of furnishings and finishes

Extensive with the concepts of furniture layout

Advanced sketching and rendering skills

Advanced architecture detailing skills

Extensive knowledge of CDs and procedures

Extensive knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements

Working knowledge of path of travel requirements

Working knowledge of contract administration

Intermediate MS Office Suite skills

Advanced Revit skills

Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills