Director of Design - Interior Talent
Las Vegas, NV 89135
About the Job
Director of Design | Hospitality Design | Las Vegas, NV
This is an extraordinary opportunity for an experienced Design Director in the luxury hospitality industry. Join an in-house design team where youll work closely with top award-winning designers and team members while leading incredible design projects. This is an exciting chance to live in the growing city of Las Vegas while also traveling internationally for certain projects.
We seek for our 5-star hospitality client a Director of Design. In this role, you will be the primary individual responsible for the execution of the design intent through interior design documentation, coordination, and site supervision; either via overseeing the work of other colleagues or performing the duties directly. The Director of Design leads and at times guides the internal and peer consultant team members in the development and interdisciplinary coordination of all design documents and specifications, ensuring the highest quality of design representation for use and coordination by the entire project team, owner/operator, and general contractor. Throughout the successive design phases, the Director of Design provides creative and technical input to ensure the buildability and feasibility of all design ideas. This position requires a comprehensive understanding of our clients current and past portfolio of design work, techniques, tools, principles, and history.
In this role, you will
- Champion the leadership and management of the design teams through positive interactions, coaching, and guidance.
- Mentor, coach, and counsel team members through regular positive and constructive feedback, 1:1s, training, and performance reviews (performance management).
- Collaborate and foster positive and professional working relationships with other design professionals, including but not limited to contractors, architects, designers, operators, and vendors.
- Develop and manage all design documentation from the conceptual design phase through construction administration, including field reviews, and the submittal/shop drawing process.
- Provide total quality assurance of all design documentation, ensuring the accuracy of design intent and documentation standards, technical competency of materials, and methods defined within design documents.
- Review, prepare, and coordinate with the VPs, Design, and design team members in the creation and management of FF&E budgets and estimates.
- Produce and coordinate with project team members to implement creative intent through CADD and hand drawings of floor plans, elevations, sections, ceiling plans, details, and specifications.
- On an ongoing basis, review deliverable requirements and work-in-progress, engaging in update and status-report dialogue with Project Managers to ensure proactive response plans for the allocation of resources and delivery of commitments within, project schedules and budgets.
- Lead internal design reviews and charrette sessions with the project team to provide creative and technical input throughout all design phases.
- Serve as the liaison between the Project Manager and external consultant designers to communicate design intent.
- In conjunction with Project Manager, review the work of the Architect of Record to ensure accurate incorporation of design intent throughout all phases of design and coordinate all corrections and clarifications with AOR counterpart and design teams.
Qualifications
- Five-Year Bachelor/Professional Degree in Architecture or Interior Architecture from an accredited academic institution
- Minimum of 10-15 years of design, documentation, and project management experience with leading design organizations, including a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in international luxury hospitality and/or entertainment-related projects with a diversity of global 5-Star developers and operating brands.
- A portfolio of work demonstrating abilities
- Must have recently completed (within the past 24 months) significant resort hospitality projects through construction administration with field and project closeout experience
- Expert proficiency in Adobe InDesign/Photoshop, AutoCAD 2018 or newer, Bluebeam or Adobe Acrobat, Hand sketches, Microsoft Excel/Outlook/Word, Space Planning
- Proficiency in AutoDesk Form IT, Consultant Management, Enscape, Master-planning, Microsoft Project/Primavera, Procore/BIM360/PlanGrid/Other, Revit 2018 or newer, Sketchup, Spexx or similar
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual Salary + Bonus Structure + Full Benefits Package
- Bonus plan eligibility
- Full Benefits Package - medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K with company match, PTO (vacation & holidays), relocation assistance, team gatherings, and much more.
For immediate review and consideration, contact: Tana Riddell - Tana@InteriorTalent.com
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Why work with Interior Talent?
- OUR CLIENTS hire us to FIND YOU
- Exclusively focused on the Architecture and Design industries
- We work with the DECISION MAKERS Owners, Principals, Directors, and HR
- CONFIDENTIALITY & PROFESSIONALISM: We assist with the entire process so that looking into a new opportunity is DISCRETE and CONFIDENTIAL we highly value your current position and will never do anything that would bring your future into jeopardy
- EXPERTISE: In the industry since 2003
- We are your advocate and WE GET IT we know making a career decision is difficult and were here for you throughout the whole process
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