Designer - IA Interior Architects : Job Details

IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brands, and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies, and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling, and sustainable environments to move their enterprises forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology, and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists, and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert, and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor, and a love of interiors. We are searching for a Designer or Senior Designer for our Washington, D.C. studio and a confidential client. The Designer is responsible for leading all design phases for interior projects, establishing the vision, leading the team, and having extensive client interaction.

• Support a client with a large campus in the Tysons/McLean area as part of a project team.
• Manage design on new, refresh, remodels, renovations, right-sizing, relocations, rollouts, and concept test projects within the Real Estate and Property Development Department.
• Handle small to mid-sized quick turnaround projects annually, typically ranging from 100 to 5,000 SF each.
• Act as the liaison between the client and the architecture firm.
• Coordinate project teams to ensure timely completion of documents.
• Develop overall design concepts for projects.
• Create detailed project drawings (schematic design, design development, permit, pricing, and construction documents).
• Present and obtain approval of concepts from clients, initiate new projects, and manage the design process with internal teams and external vendors.
• Establish and monitor adherence to project budgets.
• Manage overall client relationships, from initial needs assessment through design presentation and project delivery.
• Review engineering drawings for compliance with design solutions.
• Collaborate with technical staff to resolve drawing inconsistencies.
• Provide furniture layouts, selections, and specifications; coordinate FFE quotations with dealers.
• Obtain client approval and ensure integration into the overall design.
• Produce, review, and finalize space plans.
• Detail and finalize project details with extensive knowledge.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive design and furniture packages.
• Specify interior and exterior signage and branding.
• Ensure budget adherence and promptly communicate any variances to project managers and clients.

• Degree in architecture, design, or business; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 6 years' experience in design projects.
• Hybrid work schedule: on-site at client campus (T/W/Th) and remote days (M/F).
• Must pass background check and drug screening.

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office Suite.
• Deep knowledge of design principles, aesthetics, space planning, furnishings, and finishes.
• Expertise in sketching, rendering, interior architecture detailing, and contract administration.
• Understanding of building systems, codes, and ADA requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with excellent presentation and graphic abilities.

Please submit a portfolio or work examples with your application.