Gensler is looking to hire a Senior Designer for their Retail practice area to create meaningful experiences and environments grounded in a deep understanding of culture, time, and place, balancing beauty and functionality to create playful environments that surprise and delight.
Requirements
- Proficient in Revit, SketchUp, Enscape, and/or other modeling software
- Knowledge of furniture, finishes, materials, color selections, and proper specifications and procurement of same
- Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
- Knowledge of sustainable and universal design concepts
- Ability to iterate to address client requests, budget considerations, existing or new architectural opportunities or constraints or other impacts on design concept
- Be prepared to show examples of Programming, Schematic, & Design Development, as well as finished project photos
- NCIDQ certified is preferred but not required
Responsibilities
- Lead interior and exterior design assignments that include detailed programming, conceptual design, space planning, schematic design, design development, and construction documentation
- Provide strategically minded design leadership and support for organization, production and execution of design projects
- Participate in design iterations with team members in generating, 3D modeling, utilizing Revit, Sketchup, Enscape and/or other modeling or rendering software in conjunction with Adobe Creative Suite
- Lead and participate in generating interior and exterior architectural, finish and reflected ceiling plans, elevations and details along with corresponding specifications and schedules
- Work with external consultants, product representatives, furniture dealers, and fabricators to realize design and budgetary goals of the client
- Guide and mentor junior designers, assisting in leading multiple projects at a high level, working in a collaborative manner with other design and technical staff
- Lead and contribute to office activities, help communicate key firm initiatives and learning programs
Other
- You must be an integral part of your teams and actively foster a respectful, creative and inspiring design environment.
- Help to nurture and sustain client relations with a large tech client
- Work closely with your team and across the office and firm, to promote and model an inter-disciplinary design approach that enhances Gensler’s culture of design quality and excellence
- Ability to communicate and present design concepts and rationales
- Flexibility to focus on a single client with multiple projects in various stages of development
