Interior Designer - Intermediate

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group's Design team has an opening for an intermediate-level Interior Designer. This role could be located in either our Chicago or Minneapolis offices. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Position Summary

As intermediate-level Intermediate Interior Designer at DLR Group you will be responsible for collaborating on the design of complex projects ranging in scale from schematic design through construction administration. As a part of the integrated design team, you will work in concert with the architectural design leader to develop comprehensive design solutions. Additionally, you will work collaboratively with clients, contractors, vendors, and other DLR Group team members to listen, design, and deliver the desired design outcomes. You will manage the daily design and technical development by coordinating interior aspects of the project document by collaborating with the integrated design team to produce quality work products, while adhering to project scope, schedule, fee, and budget.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate a strong ability in conceptual design, program development, and space planning expertise.

• Possess a holistic design acumen that addresses the 3D space- from functionality, alignment with programmatic needs, and how materials, volumes, and the performance of the space come together.

• Mentor and teach junior design staff how to design and document constructible details.

• Select products, materials, and FF&E that align with our sustainable commitments to the built environment.

• Attend site walks and construction administration meetings to articulate the value and critical aspects of coordination within our integrated practice.

• Demonstrate a strong willingness to continue to grow, learn and mentor, while proactively contributing to the success of project results in a meaningful way.

• Apply DLR Group practice standards to project deliverables across the project team.

• Translate design intent and thought leadership concepts into documentation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or equivalent

• 4-8 years of experience designing commercial interior projects

• Advanced proficiency with Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office suite

• Ability to travel occasionally to support project tasks

• Proficiency with 3D visualization software such as Enscape, SketchUp, and Lumion

• Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• NCIDQ certification

• Hospitality project experience

*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES IN PDF FORMAT*

DLR Group?is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Our ambition is to use our collective design voice to bring about a better society and create stronger communities by recognizing and addressing longstanding inequities in our nation. Leading this change – to deliver a more equitable culture – aligns with DLR Group’s Core Values and our brand promise to elevate the human experience through design. By exploring, discovering, sharing, and ultimately resolving inequities identified within our firm and the broader A/E/C industry, we can develop a more diverse and inclusive design culture to better fulfill our brand promise.

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

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