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Posted: 19-Aug-24
Location: Dallas, TX
Type: Full Time
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Are You Ready to Design YOUR Experience?
Follow your passion and design your professional experience with a firm that’s passionate about great design, talented people, and dynamic collaboration. HBG Design seeks a Senior Architectural Designer who will impact our nationally recognized design practice by demonstrating their talent and creative vision. This is a signature opportunity to take your design career to the next level, influencing challenging projects in an innovative, collaborative multi-office work environment.
Company & Culture:
Our national hospitality projects are complex and challenging; they’ll stretch your creativity and broaden your perspective. As a Top 5 hospitality and entertainment design firm in the U.S., HBG Design offers a robust, growing pipeline of stable projects and a solid reputation for sustaining repeat clientele who trust and value our design professionals for what we know and what we do. In the role of Senior Architectural Designer, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with a team of recognized industry professionals and knowledgeable mentors while sharing your own distinct experience as a mentor to junior staff.
Our work environment is designed to inspire creativity and empower you to experiment with design. Our dynamic and vibrant culture fosters a sense of community and encourages personal and professional growth. These are just a few reasons why we consistently earn awards for being one of the best places to work in our regions and across our industry. At HBG Design, you’ll find personal and professional encouragement, exciting projects, and a collaborative culture that supports your ability to push the boundaries of creativity and achieve your full career potential.
Position Overview:
The Senior Architectural Designer will work alongside architects, interior designers, and technical professionals across HBG’s three offices, which include Dallas, San Diego, CA, and Memphis, TN. You will be responsible for leading the design of large-scale hospitality projects and communicating design intent to project teams in all HBG office locations. The ideal candidate will be passionate about developing staff, managing client relationships, and promoting design innovation, research, and creativity. In addition to being the design leader of key projects, the Senior Architectural Designer is expected to significantly contribute as a primary designer of projects.
A seasoned professional, the Senior Architectural Designer will demonstrate experience working with large teams in an integrated practice environment and have a well-developed understanding of project development, documentation, and production processes. You will work hand-in-hand with our Dallas Office Leader, Practice Leader, Interior Design Director, Senior Architectural and Interior Designers, and Project Managers on varied aspects of team/personnel leadership in addition to project responsibilities. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate design intent using multiple skill sets to audiences with and without technical backgrounds, including clients/owners. Ultimately, the Senior Architectural Designer is responsible for ensuring project designs follow the established goals and design process and respect HBG’s Design Philosophy, including designing to the client’s budget.
Position Responsibilities:
TEAM LEADERSHIP:
- Inspire and mentor staff to cultivate an innovative and collaborative design culture aligned with HBG Design’s vision and design philosophy.
- Actively support and guide project employees through their career path at the firm.
- Provide day-to-day guidance and coaching to design staff in performing their duties.
- Promote collaboration and teamwork throughout the design team. Ensure communications are frequent and clear and that any conflicts are resolved in a timely manner.
- Establish and adjust the project design team as necessary throughout the project, based on changes in the design scope or schedule, other project deadlines, or designer performance.
- Regularly evaluate designers' performance, participate in performance reviews, and share assessments with the Dallas Office Leader, Project Managers, and other Senior Interior Design and Architecture staff.
PRACTICE LEADERSHIP:
- Develop and demonstrate expertise in the hospitality market sector, including knowledge of design trends in the market.
- Lead the overall design intent and execution of projects from design kickoff to Construction Administration, ensuring design continuity throughout the project's life.
- Promote design excellence for each project and evaluate and establish the level or potential for design quality in relation to client expectations and internal goals.
- Ensure design is compatible with the building program, market studies, and client’s goals and requirements.
- Monitor and review the work of the design team (including consultants) in executing the design and ensure that all results meet the established design goals for the project.
- Provide input to the Project Manager on design deliverables and major benchmarks for owner design approvals to ensure project schedules stay on track with design schedules.
- Ensure that a design process is established and followed on projects.
- Coordinate the work of consultants related to design issues in collaboration with the Project Manager.
- Provide design quality control reviews at appropriate times during the design process. This includes a thorough coordination review of BIM model, construction documents and supporting documents such as specifications and consultant documents.
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Qualifications:
- Licensed Architect with 15 years practical experience with a focus on and passion for design.
- Ability to effectively manage and lead a team in the design of a project, and mentor other designers.
- Thorough understanding of the design, project development, and production processes and ability to design complex projects based on program requirements.
- Advanced experience with client interface and presentation throughout the project phases.
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge of construction methods and costs related to design.
- Excellent verbal and graphic presentation skills and advanced interpersonal skills.
- Advanced graphic and artistic ability and/or computer/technology capability in design.