Senior Project Designer

1 month ago


Minneapolis, United States DLR Group Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

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.

The Minneapolis team has an opening for a dual leadership role – Senior Project Designer and Office Design Leader.

Position Summary

Join a group that cares about design as much as you do The Senior Project Designer and Office Design Leader is a two-part leadership role that starts with leading by example, driving an exemplary design culture, and bringing design excellence to all that you do. You will lead the full spectrum of project design – from pursuit, to award, and throughout execution – working through our design process with our integrated project teams and clients. You will join our Regional Leadership Team and will work closely with other project designers and leaders to support a work environment that fosters innovation while inspiring, guiding, mentoring, and coaching office staff. Ultimately you will be responsible for design on your projects and within the entire body of work coming out of the Minneapolis office – from design excellence to value, culture, and recognition.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be recognized and respected as a design expert within the industry.
  • Have a passion for leading an integrated design team and mentoring young designers.
  • Promote design excellence through design charettes, critiques, project shares, and design award submissions.
  • Provide thought leadership and innovation within the firm as well as with clients and the industry.
  • Attend industry events and improve DLR Group brand recognition through awards, publications, conferences, and speaking engagements.
  • Have ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.
  • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong organizational skills.
  • Have a comprehensive understanding of the design and coordination aspects of all design disciplines.
  • Have ability to travel as projects require.

Required Qualifications:

  • At least 10 years of demonstrated experience as a Project Designer and Design Leader
  • Bachelor's Degree in a design discipline (Architecture, Interior Design, or Engineering)
  • Proficiency in Revit, Enscape, Lumion, Sketch-up and other 3D Rendering Software

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Minnesota licensed/certified design professional in your discipline.

*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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