Interior Designer - Healthcare - Senior

at M.A. GENSLER. JR & ASSOCIATES ,INC in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Your Role

Join our dynamic team at Gensler Chicago as an Interior Designer, where your creativity will play a pivotal role in shaping innovative experiences within the emerging Healthcare practice area. Our Healthcare practice area, driven by informed and purposeful user-centered design, is unlocking transformative solutions that define the next chapter in the industry. In this exciting role, you will contribute to the development of design strategies that seamlessly integrate virtual and in-person care delivery, enhancing the environment for patients, caregivers, and technologies. Your expertise will be instrumental in redefining the future of healthcare spaces and creating impactful solutions that elevate the quality of care. If you are passionate about transforming healthcare through design, we invite you to be part of our forward-thinking team.

We believe our multidisciplinary model drives innovation. Our Studio is a rich collaboration of talented designers from Healthcare, Education, Sciences and Critical Facilities, leveraging ideas from across Gensler's 33 practice areas to inform our deep healthcare knowledge.

What You Will Do

Lead the creative efforts on healthcare interiors projects, developing overall design concepts and design presentation strategies

Mentor and provide creative direction to design teams

Act as the primary design interface with clients and consultants

Collaborate with team members and colleagues to promote an inter-disciplinary design approach and philosophy

Participate in business development and marketing efforts

Selecting interior finishes, furniture and equipment

Producing space plans, furniture plans, elevations, conceptual and finished design presentation documentation

Provide solutions to design problems and generate design alternatives

Review drawings, mockups, materials, and finish samples submitted by project contractors

Your Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of design or architecture

10+ years of design leadership of interior design and/or architecture projects; recent healthcare project experience is required

NCIDQ certified

LEED accreditation are preferred

Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices required. -Portfolios should include at least 1 project with this particular focus, and candidates should be prepared to talk to this in their interview, especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard , Fitwell and /or Net Zero Building certification

Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and relationship management skills

Proficiency in Revit and other computer design programs

Working knowledge of healthcare planning in a variety of clinical setting

Must have a portfolio inclusive of healthcare projects. Ideally project portfolio will show a range of interior and base building projects for a variety of designs (academic medical centers, medical office buildings, hospitals, outpatient clinics,... For full info follow application link.

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