IA Interior Architects is hiring: Designer in Washington

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead design phases for interior projects, establish project vision, lead the design team, and maintain extensive client interaction.
• Be part of a team supporting a client with a large campus in the Tysons/McLean area.
• Manage design for new, refresh, remodels, renovations, relocations, rollouts, and concept test projects within Real Estate and Property Development.
• Handle small to mid-sized quick-turnaround projects per year (typical 100–5,000 SF).
• Act as liaison between client and architecture firm; coordinate project teams to ensure timely completion of documents.
• Develop overall design concepts and detailed project drawings (schematic design, design development, permits, pricing, construction documents).
• Present concepts to clients, gain approval, and manage design process for internal activities and external vendors.
• Establish and monitor adherence to project budgets; manage client relationships from initial assessment through final delivery.
• Review engineering drawings for design compliance; resolve inconsistencies with technical staff.
• Provide furniture layouts, selections, specifications, and FFE coordination with dealers; obtain client approval and integrate into design.
• Produce, review, and finalize space plans; develop and deliver interior and exterior signage specification and branding.
• Ensure adherence to budget and promptly inform PM or client of potential variances.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of architecture, design, or business school; equivalent experience may be substituted.
• Experience: 6+ years producing design projects.
• Schedule: Hybrid schedule (Client Campus on Tue/Wed/Thu and remote days on Mon/Fri).
• Background check and drug screening required.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Software: AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office Suite (Advanced Revit and Advanced Adobe Creative Suite preferred).
• Strong knowledge of design principles, space planning methodology, furnishings and finishes, and furniture layout concepts.
• Expert sketching, rendering, and interior architecture detailing skills; extensive knowledge of CDs, building systems, codes, ADA, and contract administration.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong presentation and graphic communication skills; Affinity Program or equivalent experience helpful.

Please submit a portfolio or work examples with your application.

Interior Architects, Inc. (IA) provides equal opportunity in all aspects of recruitment and employment to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, nationality, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities.