DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group’s Hospitality sector has an opening for a Interior Designer/Project Manager. This role could be located in either our Chicago or Minneapolis offices. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

About Hospitality at DLR Group

We use a collaborative approach to understand a local community and then curate a project vision that aligns client goals and the brand personality of a hotel within that local environment. It’s storytelling through design to deliver a unique experience for every client and their guests. Our portfolio includes many well-known projects where we created both the architecture and interior design, making a lasting impression on the luxury lifestyle market. From New York to Los Angeles (and everywhere in between!) DLR Group responds with solutions that are at the leading edge of the hospitality industry with designs that evoke emotion and elevate the guest experience through design.

Position Summary

As a Interior Designer/Project Manager at DLR Group, you will be responsible for leading Interior Design projects on budget and schedule while delivering design excellence. You will be responsible for collaborating on the design of complex projects from programming through construction administration on projects ranging in size and complexity while providing hands-on supervision to design staff during all phases. You will partner with internal partner disciplines, vendors, and consultants as needed. Additionally, you will develop fees and schedules for proposals, and occasionally interview in front of clients to win work.

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.

The successful candidate will:

• Prepare and develop drawings, models, images, materials, mood boards, and other documents relating to the design.

• Serve as primary liaison with clients to bring projects to completion on schedule, within budget, and with maximum client satisfaction.

• Actively manage project budgets, schedules, and programs, project communication and documentation, office administrative tasks, and project team assignments.

• Estimate fees, determine scope of work, and prepare proposals and contracts.

• Be responsible for the development of the design and the project with input from the Principal in Charge and/or the Design Leader for key project stages.

• Develop project Work Plans (schedule, budget, cartoon set) for project success.

• Determine and manage coordination of all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional experience designing and managing hospitality interior projects

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or equivalent

• Strong creative design and drawing skills as well as graphic and oral presentation skills

• Intimate familiarity with the interior design process and deliverables required

• Proficiency with Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office suite

• The ability to travel occasionally to support project tasks

• Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices

• Ability to manage teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• NCIDQ certification

• Interest in sustainable building design

• Familiarity with Designer Pages Pro – FFE specification software

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

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 EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

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