Senior Designer
WS Development, United States
Job Description
Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work in-house for one of the largest mixed-use developers in the country. We seek a teammate who can help WS create places where people want to be, someone who strives for excellence the way we do. We are fast paced and dedicated to delivering best in class and hope that you find the same satisfaction from results. The position’s primary focus will provide critical design support to The Studio with creative contributions, design resources and deliverables to help deliver projects, ranging from urban mixed-use developments to lifestyle centers nationally.
The ideal candidate has a passion for design and architecture, possesses a curiosity for the world and wants to help WS ideate, conceptualize, and ultimately create the best places, including details from conceptual design architecture, site furniture, signage, and retail tenant fit outs. Efficiency and timeliness are critical to the success of the candidate to meet fast paced deadlines. Stellar time management is required to manage a multitude of different tasks. The candidate is flexible and proactive to prioritize short term and long term demands with teammates.
THE POSITION
The position’s primary focus will provide support for design leadership within internal Studio teams and cross-functional corporate teams including Development, Construction, Leasing, and Marketing for a range of new and existing retail and mixed used developments.
The Senior Designer will be responsible for the following:
- Act as design ambassador for all assigned projects by articulating, orchestrating, and realizing the design goals of the projects.
- Assist the design team’s efforts on a range of projects from Feasibility and Planning through Design and Construction.
- Support internal Design Architecture and Master Planning needs of the team, developing design concepts and studies.
- Conduct design reviews of external consultants’ documentation for architecture, landscaping, signage and wayfinding, lighting, FFamp;E, and other related components.
- Conduct design reviews of tenant build-out documentation, including architecture, signage, and interiors.
- Create critical documentation and collateral to Leasing teams for tenant negotiations.
- Assist with managing the selection of design consultant teams through initial outreach, RFPs, award and contract execution and contract administration.
- Develop brand standards for properties and create content for site-specific Tenant Design Manuals.
- Collaborate, train, and delegate to junior teammates within the Studio to aid in the execution of all responsibilities.
- Responsible for daily design project requirements such as meeting minutes, correspondence, file maintenance and assistance with any other required documentation maintenance and/or creation.
Requirements
- Exceptional design aesthetic, graphic representation ability, critical thinking and ability to develop design concepts
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Experience working with architects, engineers, lighting designers, and landscape architects
- Strong team player with resourcefulness, flexibility, time management and a collaborator with the ability to balance teamwork and independent assignments
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
- 4-7 years of previous experience required
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, 3D modeling (Sketchup and Revit)
- Work Samples and/or portfolio are required as part of application.
THE STUDIO
In addition to guiding the design ethos of the firm, the Studio, comprised of in-house architects and designers, provides planning and design solutions, serving as an important partner to Construction, Development, Leasing and Marketing departments.
About WS Development
Massachusetts-based WS Development is a mixed-use developer with a singular mission: creating places people want to be. With an approach that values art, science, innovation and, above all else, people, WS strives to engage each community it serves with best-in-class experiences, designed with our customers, tenants and partners in mind. Established in 1990, WS is one of few vertically-integrated real estate companies that conceptualizes, owns, operates and leases more than 100 properties that range from cutting-edge urban spaces to lifestyle and community centers. With over 22 million square feet of existing space and an additional nine million square feet under development, it is one of the largest privately-owned development firms in the country.
WS is where great ideas and great people come together to design, build, and operate some of the best loved real estate projects in the country. We live at the int