Your Role​

As a Gensler Designer, 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 design skills, a background in interior design and a portfolio of innovative design concepts. You are an integral member of the design team who relishes contributing a point of view and craves participation in conceptual thought-processes and design exploration.

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What You Will Do​

• Creates initial concept packages with a strong design story, to guide the design process through project completion

• Conducts programming efforts through space planning studies to arrive at final approved plan that meet the goals of clients

• Sculpts interior spaces as a holistic experience including specification of furniture, lighting, artwork and finishes/materials

• Leads day-to-day project coordination efforts with the ability to prioritize deadlines, manage communication and coordination with clients and consultants

• Communicates conceptual design ideas through 2D and 3D presentation/design drawings

• Work with consultants, contractors, fabricators, specification writers, and regulatory agencies to meet overall project objectives

• Participates in the construction administration of projects - including review of submittals and finish samples as well as value engineering efforts to maintain design intent
   

Your Qualifications:​

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or related field from an accredited school

• 5+ years of related experience, Retail experience preferred

• NCIDQ or CID Certification preferred

• Proficient in SketchUp and Revit

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

• Knowledge of furniture, finishes, materials, color selections, and specifications

• Rendering and visual communication skills are highly valued

• Passionate, self-starting, intelligent, dedicated, efficient

• Detailed understanding of FF&E design and deliverables

Your Role 
As a Design Manager, it’s your role to lead and deliver a variety of project types and sizes, through all phases. You will join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialize in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of design. As the main point of contact for the client in all work produced, you’ll draw on your extensive knowledge of the design and delivery process while mentoring junior staff to encourage the highest level of design and client satisfaction.  Expertise in Hospitality, Retail, and Residential is required.

What You Will Do​

• Develop and nurture positive relationships with existing client contacts, optimizing all potential opportunities 

• Maintain an awareness of existing clients’ business objectives, plans, target audience, and market trends, and ensure that appropriate opportunities are identified to generate further demand for Gensler services. 

• Responsible for the day-to-day delivery of projects ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget 

• Lead and facilitate the overall cross-functional project team 

• Focus on the smooth management of the project process, ensuring clarity of requirements, deliverables, timelines, and visibility against fees throughout the project life cycle 

• Prepare, communicate, and monitor project work plans, budgets, and deliverables for client and internal teams 

• Prepare and review proposals, contracts, and consultant agreements 

• Manage multiple aspects of client, team, and project coordination, including full documentation coordination with structural, MEP, lighting, AV, landscape, civil, and other consultants 

• Actively take ownership of problems and successful resolution planning in consultation with Practice Area leadership and Studio Director 

• Support and contribute to new business development with both current and potential clients 

• Contribute positively to project reports and staffing meetings with concise and accurate information to continually improve the studio’s delivery and financial objectives 

• Review internal project accounting documents and process draft project billing  

• Work with the Design Director and the marketing team to ensure that the project story is documented, and that photography/videography is arranged as needed 

 
Your Qualifications:

• Design Management and Project Management experience required

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Interior Design or architecture

• 10+ years of experience

• Registered Interior Designer or Architect

• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.  

• Knowledge and experience in all phases of interior design/architectural projects               

• Proven ability to provide excellent client service and account leadership  

• Be proactive and adaptable with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment  

• Strong programming and space planning skills  

• High level of design competence with knowledge of building codes.  

• Proficiency in Revit  

• Experience managing consultant teams and resolving complex technical and design issues 
   

This is not a hybrid or remote position. If you’re open to relocating to the Houston, Texas area, please apply!

Your Role
As a Gensler Design Manager, you will leverage your attention to detail and interpersonal skills to deliver exceptional client projects on time and on budget. Grow your project management experience while working on trendsetting projects across industries.

What You Will Do​

• Develop and nurture positive relationships with existing client contacts, optimizing all potential opportunities 

• Maintain an awareness of existing clients’ business objectives, plans, target audience and market trends, and ensure that appropriate opportunities are identified to generate further demand for Gensler services. 

• Responsible for the day-to-day delivery of projects ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget 

• Lead and facilitate the overall cross-functional project team 

• Focus on the smooth management of the project process, ensuring clarity of requirements, deliverables, timelines, and visibility against fees throughout the project life cycle 

• Prepare, communicate, and monitor project work plans, budgets, and deliverables for client and internal teams

• Actively take ownership of problems and successful resolution planning in consultation with Practice Area leadership and Studio Director 

• Support and contribute to new business development with both current and potential clients 

• Contribute positively to project reports and staffing meetings with concise and accurate information to continually improve the studio’s delivery and financial objectives 

• Review internal project accounting documents and process draft project billing
   

Your Qualifications:

• 10+ years of related experience, including demonstrated success as a project manager on a range of project types

• Accredited degree in Architecture or Interior Design required

• Licensure preferred

• Experience with the entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy

• Experience leading, managing and mentoring multiple project teams

• Experience negotiating project scope and fees

• Knowledge of building codes, standards and building structures

• Proven fiscal accountability and responsibility on projects

• Strong leadership, organization, communication and relationship management skills

• Revit skills are highly valued

• Must have the ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships
   

To be considered, please submit portfolio and/or work samples in PDF format.
*This is not a remote position. The successful candidate is expected to be in the Houston office* 

Your Role
As a Gensler Senior Interior Designer in our dynamic Houston office, you will lead creative, collaborative teams who are dedicated to design innovation and excellence. 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 will use your unique design perspective to bring new approaches to design process and strategy, develop next-generation talent, and help our clients redesign what’s possible.

What You Will Do

• Lead the creative efforts on client projects, developing overall design concepts and design presentation strategies and vision

• Inspire, mentor and provide creative direction to design teams

• Act as the primary design interface with clients and consultants

• Collaborate with team members and colleagues to promote an inter-disciplinary design approach and philosophy

• Participate in business development and marketing efforts

• Selecting interior finishes, furniture and equipment (FF&E), color palettes, and lighting

• Producing space plans, furniture plans, elevations, conceptual and finished design presentation documentation

• Provide solutions to design problems and generate design alternatives

• Review drawings, mock ups, materials, and finish samples submitted by project contractors

• Foster and cultivate a culture of design of the office and strives to elevate design quality on projects
   

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of design or architecture 

• 10+ years of professional interior design and/or architecture experience

• NCIDQ certified

• LEED accreditation is preferred

• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and relationship management skills

• 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
   

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

This is not a hybrid or remote position. If you’re open to relocating to the Houston, Texas area, please apply!