Interior Designer, K-12 Education
DLR Group - Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215![DLR Group](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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DLR Group's Texas Region has an opening for an Interior Designer, K-12 Education.
Location:
Dallas or Austin
DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
Position Summary:
You will be responsible for collaborating on the design of complex
K-12 Education
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.
The successful candidate will:
Develop technical solutions to design challenges with creativity, design excellence, and a highly disciplined work ethic.Integrate QA/QC, practice standards, and DLR Group protocols, while collaborating with Project Managers on the coordination of project teams.Assist with maintaining project schedule and coordination of project deliverables.Demonstrate a strong ability in conceptual design, program development and applying space planning expertise.Possess a holistic design acumen that addresses 3D space; from functionality, alignment with programmatic needs, and how materials, volumes, and the performance of the space all align.Design, document, and detail ideas that are constructable.Select appropriate application of products, materials, and FF&E that align with DLR Group's sustainable commitments to the built environment and K-12 best practice.Create graphic presentations to clearly communicate design intent and storytelling.Attend site walks and/or construction administration meetings regularly and can articulate the value and critical aspects of coordination with our integrated practice.Demonstrate a strong willingness to continue to grow, learn, and mentor.Have strong client, project management, and time management skills.Prepare and develop drawings, models, images, material & mood boards, and other documents relating to the design.Work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.Have strong creative design and drawing skills, graphic and oral design presentation skills, capacity for conceptual design thinking, and 3D design/modeling ability.Take initiative and demonstrate personal ownership of tasks.Qualifications:
6-10+ years of experience designing and delivering K-12 Education projectsBachelor's Degree in Interior DesignCID, NCIDQ, or equivalent accreditationLEED accreditation preferredProficiency with Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office suiteUnderstanding of financial aspects of running a design project on time and on budgetExcellent written and oral communication skillsInterest in sustainable building design
*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT A CURRENT PORTFOLIO*
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 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.