Senior Sports Interior Designer

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 Interior Design team has an opening for a Senior Interior Designer in their Sports Sector.

DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Location: Overland Park, KS (Kansas City)

Position Summary

As a Senior Interior Designer, you will serve as a leader across offices, regionally, and the firm by participating in regional meetings, forum calls, and interiors committees. At this stage in your career you have a clear design voice, have developed in-depth sector-specific knowledge. In this role you will lead project design efforts, client interactions, and presentations. You will mentor staff, fostering a work environment that emphasizes mutual respect, learning, communication, and collaboration. You will work with Global Sector Leader, Region Leader, and sector-based staff to enable collaborative pursuit, award and execution of work. Additional responsibilities may include, but not be limited to participation in interviews, marketing and business development activities, participation in firm research and development projects, the development of sector tools and marketing materials.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a collaborative design team member, leading in thought-leadership throughout all phases of the design process.
• Set a vision and direction for material palettes, reviews and provides feedback to the team for development.
• Set a vision and direction for design concept presentations.
• Regionally and/or nationally recognized industry expert, continually growing expertise and skill sets.
• Monthly presence on our internal media platform promoting thought and experiences of the sector.
• Active participation in the sector forum and knowledge share activities.
• Additional responsibilities as outlined by regional or national leadership.
• Contribute to the development of Construction Documents and specifications, may provide a QA/QC role.
• Set direction and contributes to the development of Furniture packages, may provide a QA/QC role.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of experience in the Sports Venue or Hospitality industry with a keen understanding of sector standards and practices.
• 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.
• Strong time management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideal candidates will have industry involvement in relevant market sector organizations.
• Ideal candidate will have an active NCIDQ certification, or be a licensed/registered professional in the applicable state.

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 comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include: medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, 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.