Senior Interior Designer, Education Market

Senior Interior Designer, Education Market

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

Our Higher Education and K-12 Education practices are united by a shared purpose: to elevate learning through design. Our multidisciplinary team of educators, researchers, anthropologists, planners, architects, engineers, building performance experts, and interior designers partners with institutions across the K-12 and Higher Education spectrum to design environments that inspire discovery, connection, and growth. Drawing from evidence-based design, we help schools and universities bridge the gap between tradition and innovation, improving operations and shaping spaces that enhance both academic learning and social development.

We understand the rapid pace of technological, social, and cultural change, and work closely with educators and administrators to navigate these shifts. Together, we create learning environments that strengthen engagement, improve educational outcomes, and enrich the lives of students, faculty, and communities.

As a Senior Interior Designer, you will be working as part of our integrated design team and will be responsible for collaborating on the design of projects from pre-design and programming through construction administration on projects ranging in size and complexity, with at least 75% being education-focused. This role is often responsible for leading project design efforts, client interactions, and presentations.

As a Senior Interior Designer, you will mentor younger staff and foster a work environment that emphasizes mutual respect, integration, learning, communication, and collaboration.

• Be a collaborative design team member, sharing thought‑leadership throughout all phases of the design process.
• Have strong client and time management skills.
• Set a vision and direction for design concept presentations.
• Set a vision and direction for material palettes, reviews, and provides feedback to the team for development.
• Estimate fees, determine scope of work, and prepare proposals and contracts.
• Have strong creative design and drawing skills, graphic and oral design presentation skills, capacity for conceptual design thinking, and 3D design/modeling ability.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or equivalent
• 10+ years of commercial design experience with expertise in Education (K‑12 or Higher Ed)
• Proficiency with Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficiency with Sketch Up and some 3D rendering software
• Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross‑disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.
• Outstanding communication, and interpersonal skills and be an enthusiastic team player.
• Strong leadership and team building skills.

• Professional NCIDQ Certification
• Industry involvement in relevant market sector organizations

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.