Designer Job at IA Interior Architects in Washington

IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brands, and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies, and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling, and sustainable environments to move their enterprises forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology, and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists, and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert, and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor, and a love of interiors. We are searching for a Designer/Senior Designer for our Washington, D.C. studio and a confidential client. The Designer is responsible for leading all design phases for interior projects, establishing the vision, leading the team, and having extensive client interaction.

Job Responsibilities

• Position will be part of a team working in support of a client with a large campus in the Tysons/McLean area
• Design management on new, refresh, remodels, renovations, right size, relocations, rollouts, and concept test projects within the Real Estate and Property Development Department.
• Ability to handle small to mid-sized quick turnaround projects per year, with a typical range of 100 - 5,000 SF each
• Will act as the liaison between the client and the architecture firm
• Coordinates project teams to ensure timely completion of documents
• Develops overall design for the project
• Develop detailed project drawings (schematic design, design development, permit, pricing and construction documents)
• Present and gains approval of concepts to the client kicks off new projects, manage the design process for internal activities and external vendors
• Establishes and ensures adherence to set budget
• Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of projects.
• Review of engineering drawings to ensure they comply with the design solution
• Works with technical staff to resolve inconsistencies in drawings
• Provide furniture layouts, selections, and specifications / Provide FFE quotation coordination with dealers
• Obtain client approval and ensure integration into the overall design
• Produces, reviews, and finalizes space plans for projects
• Extensive knowledge of detailing and finalizing details on projects
• Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages
• Interior and exterior signage specification and branding
• Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget

Education, Work Experience, Background, and Schedule

• Graduate of architecture, design, or business school: equivalent experience may be substituted
• 6+ years’ experience producing design projects
• Hybrid schedule Works at Client Campus (T/W/Th) and Remote days (M/F)
• Must take and pass a background check and drug screening test.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred software – AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office Suite

Extensive knowledge of design principles and aesthetics

Extensive knowledge of space planning methodology

Extensive knowledge of furnishings and finishes

Proficient with the concepts of furniture layout

Expert sketching and rendering skills

Expert interior architecture detailing skills

Extensive knowledge of CDs and procedures

Extensive knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements

Extensive knowledge of contract administration

Affinity Program skills or equivalent

Extensive verbal and written communication skills

Extensive presentation and graphic communication