Interior Designer - Education - Senior

Your Role

We design spaces, services and environments for organizations and institutions seeking new ways to innovate and improve their environments. We are searching for a Designer with a focus in interiors in the higher education, academic workplace and research environment to join our team in Chicago.

As a Gensler Designer, your job will be to combine creativity and technical knowledge to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. You have exceptional design skills, a background in interiors, and a portfolio of innovative design concepts. You will collaborate with our broader design team to develop design solutions as well as coordinate the design through the construction documentation phase of a project.

You will be successful because you already know how to translate sketches and concepts into realized 2D/3D models and images and can research artistic and/or technical issues when they arise. Your work ethic, combined with your commitment to collaboration and mentoring, makes Gensler the perfect place to nurture your career.

What You Will Do

• Utilize your experience to perform interior design assignments that include programming, space planning, conceptual design, schematic design, design development and construction documentation
• Generate finish plans, specifications, and material selections needed for construction
• Provide design support and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts
• Effectively communicate design ideas by hand sketching and/or digital graphics
• Lead design conversations with clients, leading concept development and project direction and delegate to Junior designers.
• Develop members of your teams and studio by mentoring and coaching those on your team.
• Have an industry presence and be an Interior Design resource for those in the studio.
• Create thoughtful material palettes through a conceptual and sustainability lens
• Work with external consultants, product representatives, furniture dealers, and fabricators
• Support communication between project team, clients, vendors, contractors, consultants, and building and permitting officials
• Provide technical guidance and innovative solutions to resolve complex technical and design challenges
• Produce in Revit accurate technical and contract documentation for construction of project
• Provide project team coordination for finished plans, specification, and material selections; ensure design intent is incorporated into the construction documentation
• Participate in construction administration, evaluate bids, conduct site visits, address technical issues, and maintain quality control during construction
• Work with consultants, contractors, fabricators, specification writers, and regulatory agencies to meet overall project objectives
• Communicate design thinking and design concepts by creating visuals utilizing various 3D software - Revit and enscape preferred, other software a bonus.

Your Qualifications

• Experience with Interior Design in the role as described above
• 8+ years of post-grad interior design experience
• Resourcefulness of creative unique materials, furniture, and fixtures
• Excellent graphic design, organizational, time management, and written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate, self-starting, dedicated, efficient
• Enjoys both taking responsibility and team collaboration
• Understanding and translation of big picture design ideas into documentation of specifications and details
• Facility with 3D conceptualization (digitally or by hand) a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design or related field from an accredited school
• Must be proficient in Revit and AutoCAD. Experience in Sketch Up, 3D, Rhino, Grasshopper, and other modeling software programs is a plus.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
• Demonstrated interest to sustainability and sustainable building practices.
• NCIDQ/CID required

Applications will not be considered without uploaded portfolio/work samples (in PDF form or linked to online portfolio)

** The base salary will be estimated between $90,000-$118,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on…