Interior Designer

**Your Role**

As a **Mid-Level Gensler Interior Designer, **your job is to combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for our clients.
You should have exceptional design skills, a background in architecture with a focus on Interiors or Interior Design, and a portfolio of innovative design concepts.
You must be an integral part of your teams and actively foster a respectful, creative, and inspiring design environment.
You should have a great reputation in the design community at large.
**What You Will Do**:

- Perform interior design assignments that include programming client needs, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning and construction documentation
- Performs work requiring independent judgment in evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques and procedures.
- Participate in the selection and presentation of furniture, furniture systems, fabrics, equipment (FF&E), color palettes, and lighting
- Generate finish plans, specifications, and material selections needed for construction
- Generate Interior finishes and reflected ceiling plans, elevations, details, specifications, and material selections needed for construction
- Provide design support and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts
- Work with external consultants, product representatives, furniture dealers, and fabricators
- Generate design with 3D models, Revit, Sketchup or other software, create digital 3D view to communicate design concepts
- Guide and mentor junior designers
- Work in a synergistic manner with other design and professional staff
- Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs

**Your Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture or related field
- Licensed or registered architect preferred
- 5+ years of interior design experience
- Knowledge of furniture, finishes, materials, color selections, and specifications
- Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
- Ability to handle difficult situations with tact, grace and emotional intelligence
- Proven fiscal accountability and responsibility on various project types
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Has the ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relation
- 100% bilingual English/Spanish, well written with excellent verbal communication skills
- Legally authorized to work in Costa Rica preferred
- US Visa and valid passport
- Proficiency in REVIT, Sketch Up, Photoshop, InDesign, and Microsoft office
- Additional software skills in AutoCAD, 3d Max, Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper, and Autodesk Certified are a plus

**Life at Gensler**

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design.
From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to "Well-being Week," our offices reflect our people's diverse interests.
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life.
Our comprehensive benefits include subsidized health and life insurance, profit sharing, annual bonus, LinkedIn learning, holiday observance, additional PTO days every 5 years and employee assistance programs.
As part of the firm's commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees.
In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes.
We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.