Interior Design Studio Lead

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

This exciting position is for a Studio Lead in our Vancouver Interior Design Studio. We are looking for a talented senior designer with strong conceptual design talents to work with our clients and talented staff on exciting, fast paced, and diverse projects. The role provides career growth opportunities in many areas, including: Senior Design Lead, growing the team, new client development, and excellence in design. There are further opportunities for career advancement and portfolio diversification to the right candidate. Come and join our team!

Our Architectural and Interiors group creates high-performance, and award-winning buildings and interiors. We are passionate about the built environment, and we strive for our designs to impress in an intelligent and sustainable way. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers are realized.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Co-lead the interiors team with individual responsibilities in projects and business development
• Develop relationships with clients and industry leaders
• Effectively lead, challenge, and inspire staff to work together cohesively as a team
• Provide design direction and mentorship to the team
• Collaborate with sector leads to deliver truly integrated project solutions and strengthen/broaden the interiors team experience base
• Collaborate on the creation of proposal submissions. Solicit and manage input from others to create integrated solution proposals
• Liaise with Stantec Interior Design Groups across region/sector and opportunities
• Participate in strategic business development for the Interior group.
• Work with marketing team to enrich our marketing materials and exposure

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong concept talents, able to develop creative concepts within fast paced projects
• Proven ability to steward client relationships
• Commitment to excellence and high standard of internal and external communication and brand representation
• Strong leadership, organization, communication, and relationship management skills
• Proven ability to engage colleagues and communicate the needs of the client to bring the right solution to project
• Able to communicate complex design concepts to clients
• Strong presentation skills, able to story tell and sell the concept
• Able to collaborate with the management team in the development of goals and marketing strategies
• Proven ability to manage multiple opportunities, priorities and meet deadlines.

Demonstrated experience in a variety of sectors is desirable; commercial, workplace, retail, food & beverage, hospitality, aviation, education, healthcare.

Understanding of industry software required in project delivery; AutoCAD (and/or Revit), Photoshop, Sketchup, InDesign, Bluebeam.

Engaging & collaborative nature and passionate about design.

Strong leadership qualities and a calm demeanor.

Enjoy people and the opportunity to engage and inspire.

Creative, strategic, and organized. Able to create a game plan, delegate and execute.

Articulate and a good facilitator.

Education and Experience

• Degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or other relevant course of study. 15+ years of design experience including business development responsibilities. Member of IDIBC, or other industry association.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #DesignYourPlace

Additional Information

• Salary Range(s): Pay transparency laws require employers to provide the following information for positions that may be in the following jurisdiction(s):
• Location Description: Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in BC (Lower Mainland includes Vancouver & Burnaby)
• Min Pay Range: Lower Mainland $86,400
• Max Pay Range: Lower Mainland $129,600
• Note: The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.