Studio Design Leader, K-12

As a Studio Design Leader, you will be responsible for leading and collaborating on all aspects of the design process. While excelling as a strong communicator with a passion for solving both design and business challenges, you will ensure the design is aligned with client goals, budgets and schedules.

You will generally be engaged in multiple projects, in various phases of development, at any one time and support a work environment that fosters innovation while providing a positive responsiveness to client goals and objectives.

You will oversee design excellence, design value, and design recognition within the work of the K-12 and Higher Education sectors.

The successful candidate will :

• Have the ability to craft and test conceptual ideas quickly and to facilitate collaborative review of the work.
• Promote design excellence through design charettes, critiques, sharing of projects, and design award submissions.
• Work collaboratively with Sector Leaders and and staff to lead the pursuit, award, design and resolution of work.
• Be a recognized and respected as a design expert within the education market
• Provide thought leadership and innovation within the firm as well as with clients and the educational industry.
• Have an appreciation and passion for leading an integrated design team.
• Have excellent presentational, written, and verbal communication skills coupled with strong organizational skills
• Attend industry events and improve DLR Group brand recognition through publications, conferences, and speaking engagements.
• Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the coordination aspects and related requirements of all design disciplines.
• Ability to travel as project needs demand.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience as a Designer on educational projects.
• Demonstrated experience in a client facing role for multiple education projects (K-12 and / or Higher Education).
• Sketch-up and other 3D Rendering Software (Revit, Enscape, Lumion).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Architecture or B.Arch professional degree
• Licensed Architect or ability to become registered
• NCARB certified

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.

The potential pay range for this role is $90,000 - $110,000 annually.

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.

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