Your Role
As a Senior Interior Designer with Gensler's Sports practice, you are passionate about your craft and combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. You have exceptional conceptual design skills, a background in interior or design, and a portfolio of innovative design concepts. It’s your job to contribute to a team of designers to deliver unparalleled sports facilities.
Our depth of expertise spans disciplines—from sports facilities, training centers, and convention centers to education, hospitality, retail, workplaces and more.
What You Will Do
Team leader of interior design projects that include programming client needs, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning and construction documentation
Engage in marketing and business development efforts
Participate in the selection and presentation of furniture, furniture systems, fabrics, equipment (FF&E), color palettes, and lighting
Generate finish plans, specifications, and material selections needed for construction
Provide design support and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts
Work with external consultants, product representatives, furniture dealers, and fabricators
Integrate new technology and tools on projects (AR, VR, computational design, etc.)
Foster and cultivate a culture of design of the office and strives to elevate design quality on projects. Inspires and mentors teams.
Your Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Interior Design
NCIDQ/CID required
10+ years of interior design experience
Demonstrated success delivering sports related facilities (training facilities, arenas, stadiums, ballparks, etc.)
Passion and excitement for sports related projects
Comfortable in Revit, SketchUp, 3D Studio Max and other modeling software programs
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Knowledge of furniture, finishes, materials, color selections, and specifications
Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices; Portfolios should include at least one project (especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard, Fitwel, and/or Net Zero Building certification) with this particular focus, which we look forward to discussing during the interview
All applications must include a portfolio for full consideration.
*This is not a remote position. The successful candidate will be expected to live in or relocate to the Austin, TX or Kansas City area upon acceptance.
Life at Gensler
Gensler is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Through our Five Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to create a just and equitable future for our colleagues and our communities with our clients. We are a solid voice for social change as we impact people’s lives and fight racism. At Gensler, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace environment.
As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.
As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.
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