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Senior Interior Designer Senior Interior Design Lead

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Senior Interior Design Lead

ABOUT US

The We Company’s mission is to elevate the world’s consciousness. Our global platform reimagines and positively impacts how we work, live and grow through three distinct business lines: WeWork’s mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living; WeLive’s mission is to build a world where no one feels alone; WeGrow’s mission is to unleash every human’s superpowers. Through design, technology, and hospitality we are creating a community that helps people live life with purpose and have a meaningful impact in the world. The We Company began in 2019 with more than 400,000 members. In less than ten years, we’ve built a global network of 400 locations across 100 cities and nearly 30 countries, and we’re just getting started.

About the Role:

The Interior Design Lead will focus on both our people and our process across various projects. Within this leadership position, you will harness and help to grow the Interior Design team, including both new and veteran team members. Additionally, you will be a regional link to global leadership, ensuring constant communication regarding process and growth opportunities for the discipline within your region. Remaining an active team member and working on projects will remain an important part of this role.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned Interior Designer with deep experience mentoring and growing others in the profession and being a role model for collaborating across other design disciplines and construction teams. The Interior Design Lead manages a team of Interior Designers who execute and uphold high design and coordination standards, and implement design solutions specific to individual Enterprise clients. This team works directly with internal and external collaborators including Architects, MEP engineers, ICT engineers, estimators, construction professionals, operations teams, Architects of Record (AoR), and Engineers of Record (EoR).

The position requires a proven track record of positive team growth and mentorship, an understanding of our brand at its deepest level, and an aptitude for positive and clear communication within your team. Additionally, the role requires respect for and discretion with sensitive information.

The Interior Design Lead will report into the Design Director, PxWe.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage team of Interior Designers who design, coordinate, and execute multiple simultaneous Enterprise projects. Assist team members in learning processes and growing professionally.
  • This role manages direct reports. The Interior Design Lead's responsibilities will include conducting professional 1:1 sessions, reviewing performance, providing mentorship, and performing other people management duties.
  • Lead and empower Interior Design team members to proactively flag and solve project issues.
  • Ensure that Interior Design team design solutions are effectively communicated to the broader design and construction team, resulting in proper execution. Ensure that design intent is maintained, from design through procurement, construction, and opening.
  • Liaise with the other Discipline Leads on the Development team, maintaining consistent coordination of work processes and deliverables across disciplines.
  • Stay current with design decisions regarding FF&E, and liaise with Supply Chain and Logistics leadership to optimize FF&E selection and procurement.
  • Produce complete design packages, including interiors drawings and specifications, AoR coordination, and operational documentation. In your management role, be a mentor to team members by providing guidance, feedback, QA/QC, and direction on design methodologies.
  • Be a main point of contact and escalation for interior designers on the team.

Leadership Qualities:

  • Be a Positive Influence - Become a positive influence within your discipline and beyond by always carrying yourself in a professional manner. Be optimistic and help others do so as well. This applies to our team, our consultants, and other parts of the business. You are a leader representing the Design Department. We should always be at our best.
  • Build the Guild - Be excited about creating a strong culture within your guild, through events, mentorship, and learning opportunities. Develop an environment that excitedly welcomes new discipline team members, and helps to grow current members.
  • Manage and Mentor - Act as both a manager and a mentor to regional discipline team members (provide guidance, feedback, and assistance on product design methodology).
  • Collaborate - Work collaboratively with your direct guild members, the global Discipline Head, and the other regional Discipline Leads within your function.
  • Build Relationships - Dive deep into your discipline by building relationships within your industry, leveraging expertise and creating excitement within the guild about the future of your discipline from a wide-lens perspective.
  • Be Respectful and Discreet - As a manager, you will encounter sensitive situations and information. Honesty, respect, and privacy are essential.
  • Prioritize and Be Organized - As you will remain an active team member working on projects, it is important that you understand your own workflow, and are able to prioritize and work efficiently. The Discipline Lead will wear many hats--project team member, manager, product expert--so you must feel comfortable and excited about getting involved at many levels of the Design organization.

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years professional design experience on high quality commercial or hospitality interiors; mixed-use residential, cultural, and institutional experience will also be considered
  • Track record of delivering outstanding high quality design, leading teams on high profile projects
  • Excellent oral, written and graphic communication skills
  • Process oriented, ambitious out-of-the-box approach, with an ability to motivate team members beyond their comfort zones
  • Excellent decision-making and problem solving skills
  • Ability to initiate and establish relationships with internal WeWork team members, external consultants, clients, and outside organizations; broad ability to coordinate these parties
  • Experience leading relationships and communications with the above parties throughout design and construction on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Experience coordinating design and construction documentation with external consultants from SD through CA, and confidence in reviewing and marking up documents and deliverables
  • Facility with budgeting and scheduling, especially in regards to soft costs and alignment with external consultants, to ensure that project milestones and deliverables are satisfied
  • Comprehensive and extensive knowledge of building materials, construction details, building code, ADA, and other industry standards
  • Proficiency in BIM (Revit), all things Google, and Bluebeam Revu; familiarity with construction/project management platforms
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