Senior Interior Designer

We are seeking a visionary, highly skilled Senior Interior Designer with exceptional leadership abilities and extensive project experience across commercial, retail, and hospitality interiors to lead our expanding design team. This role is suited to a senior-level designer who excels in creative direction, complex space planning, and technical execution. The ideal candidate has a strong track record of steering projects from concept through to final delivery, and leading high-stakes client presentations. Preference will be given to candidates with international exposure having lived, studied, or worked abroad who bring a refined design sensibility shaped by multicultural experience.

Hands-On Creative Design & Concept Production

• Actively work on all design stages, personally prepare, review, and monitor the physical production of interior design concepts from initial brief to final client sign off.
• Translate high-level client briefs, brand objectives, and commercial requirements into original design narratives, spatial layouts, and comprehensive design packages.
• Personally build, develop, review, and monitor advanced mood boards, sophisticated material palettes, color stories, and immersive visual themes.
• Drive innovative approaches to space planning, circulation flow, color psychology, materiality, advanced lighting, and texture through direct design work.
• Personally prepare, review, and monitor high-impact concept presentations, 3D renders, and technical design proposals that align with brand identity, project timelines, and strict budgets.

Design Development & Technical Execution

• Personally prepare, draft, review, and monitor detailed shop drawings, layout plans, and comprehensive design development packages.
• Directly produce, review, and monitor architectural and interior drawings, ensuring absolute precision and consistency with approved creative direction.
• Execute, review, and monitor sketches, layouts, and iterative design revisions hands on throughout all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with production, procurement, project management, and site teams to ensure the physical design intent is maintained during execution.

Project & Site Involvement

• Conduct critical site visits to evaluate spatial conditions, verify precise measurements, and directly inform accurate design development.
• Participate in coordination meetings with external consultants, contractors, engineers, and internal stakeholders to defend and adapt active designs.
• Ensure all created solutions are practical, buildable, compliant with local regulations, and strictly aligned with project schedules.

Client Interaction & Design Leadership

• Spearhead client pitches and personally present creative concepts, design packages, and strategies with confidence and authority.
• Engage directly with clients to gather feedback and execute design modifications hands-on while safeguarding the core design vision.
• Demonstrate best practices in hands-on design production.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or related field.

Experience

• Minimum 6-8 years’ experience in a creative interior design role.
• Proven mastery in concept development, advanced mood boards, and high-level design storytelling.
• Extensive experience producing and overseeing comprehensive design packages for client and authority approvals.
• Substantial project exposure across large-scale commercial, retail, and hospitality interiors.
• Superior blend of visionary creative thinking and rigorous technical understanding.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Arabic speaking is a strong plus.

Preferred

• International exposure: lived, studied, or worked abroad (Europe, UK, US, Canada preferred).
• Extensive experience in design-led studios or high-end interior fit-out environments.
• Proven background in GCC or international multi-project delivery environments.

Employment Package

• Demonstrated history of successful client-handling and business development support.

Technical Skills

• AutoCAD
• SketchUp
• Photoshop (or equivalent)
• 3D visualization / rendering tools
• Advanced expertise in concept generation, storytelling, and custom millwork/detailing.
• Exceptional ability to translate high-level creative ideas into fully coordinated concept layouts, 3D visualizations, and documentation.
• Deep knowledge of global materials, finishes, custom furniture specifications, and spatial lighting design.
• Comprehensive understanding of interior construction methodologies, building codes, and cross-discipline coordination.
• Proven capability to manage multiple complex design projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.

Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional creative vision and refined aesthetic sensibility.
• Outstanding visual, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Confident, engaging, and persuasive presenter.
• Detail-oriented, highly imaginative, and solutions-driven mindset.
• Strong leadership qualities paired with collaborative team spirit.

Professional Attributes

• Concept-driven yet disciplined and meticulous in execution.
• Deeply passionate about global design trends, sustainable materials, and design innovation.
• Receptive to feedback and dedicated to continuous team and personal improvement.
• Professional, composed, and authoritative in high-pressure client-facing situations.

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