- Job type
- Not listed
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Department
- Design
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Posted
- Sep 3, 2026
About the role
Position Summary
As a Senior Interior Designer, you will be working as a part of our integrated design team and will be responsible for collaborating on the design of projects from pre-design and programming through construction administration on projects ranging in size and complexity, with at least 75% being education-focused. This role is often responsible for leading project design efforts, client interactions, and presentations. As a Senior Interior Designer, you will mentor younger staff and foster a work environment that emphasizes mutual respect, integration, learning, communication, and collaboration.
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. Regional travel may be required as needed.
What you will do:
- Be a collaborative design team member, sharing thought-leadership throughout all phases of the design process.
- Have strong client and time management skills.
- Set a vision and direction for design concept presentations.
- Set a vision and direction for material palettes, reviews, and provides feedback to the team for development.
- Estimates fees, determines scope of work, and prepares proposals and contracts
- Have strong creative design and drawing skills, graphic and oral design presentation skills, capacity for conceptual design thinking, and 3D design/modeling ability.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or equivalent
- 10+ years of commercial design experience with expertise in Education (K-12 or Higher Ed)
- Proficiency with Revit, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficiency with SketchUp and some 3D rendering software
- Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.
- Outstanding communication, and interpersonal skills and be an enthusiastic team player.
- Strong leadership and team building skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional NCIDQ Certification
- Industry involvement in relevant market sector organizations