Project Designer - Hospitality

Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Works with senior designer(s) and project team on conceptual designs, presentations, design development and implementation documents
• Leads and may provide guidance to team on project design for assigned project, developing creative design concepts and expanding on concepts of others
• Collaborates to establish the vision and sets project goals with the senior designer, project team and client
• Develops design solutions based on industry standard construction techniques and engineering principals to support design effort and develop client relationships
• Collaborates on the development of and may modify and/or review graphic presentations, 3D rendering and implementation documents to incorporate the design intent
• Organizes and delivers project design presentations to client user group or public forum
• Coordinates with consultants, contractors, fabricators, furniture dealers and regulatory agencies to meet overall project objectives; collaborates on project details with consulting design or engineering firms
• Assists in resolving complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions to maintain goals and objectives of projects
• Works with senior designer or PM to manage client expectations, team communication and consultant coordination
• Proposes material for and coordinates layouts of interiors
• Prepares schematic land and site planning drawings with graphic content to convey ideas, methodologies and approaches for marketing and proposal requests
• Works closely with design team and assists to deliver various projects on time and within budget
• Compiles data and performs design computations
• Performs and coordinates product research; assists senior designers with materials and systems evaluation to make proper selections
• Participates in team meetings to discuss project issues, technical issues and coordination with other disciplines
• Travel may be required

Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Accredited professional degree in Architecture or related field
• Typically 8+ years of experience

Licenses and Certifications

• Architectural registration strongly preferred
• Sustainable design accreditation preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Advanced – expert-level experience, knowledge or skills

Intermediate – experience, knowledge or skills required to produce high-quality solutions or work

Basic – familiar with primary concepts or capabilities and may perform elementary functions depending on role

• Advanced skills in Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper and Dynamo required
• Advanced skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign required
• Intermediate skills in Twinmotion, Enscape or other visualization tools required; advanced preferred
• Intermediate skills in Bluebeam required
• Basic skills in Navisworks required; Intermediate preferred
• Intermediate skills in MS Office Suite required; advance preferred
• Advanced experience with the entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy required
• Advanced knowledge of sustainability and integrated design guidelines required
• Intermediate knowledge of furniture, furnishings and equipment (FF&E) and Environmental Graphic process required
• Advanced knowledge of materials, construction techniques, building codes, and QA/QC process required
• Advanced presentation skills and graphic and visualization skills to communicate design ideas required
• Intermediate ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships required
• Advanced ability to communicate in a clear, concise and professional manner both verbally and in writing required
• Advanced ability to problem solve and apply innovative solutions required
• Advanced ability to collaborate and encourage collaboration in a team environment required
• Advanced ability to effectively meet deadlines at expected quality required

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