Interior Designer (Higher Education)

Interior Designer (Higher Education) St. Louis

Lawrence Group is a place for dreamers.

Thats a quality we look for in our clients and in our employees. These dreams these ideas inspire us. They move us forward. From the very beginning weve built our culture to encourage this kind of thinking. Weve never been about ego or hierarchy. And our approach is not about raw beauty or creativity. Its about finding new ways to bring people together. Helping our clients make what they do more relevant more impactful and above all more meaningful for all.

Lawrence Group is a building design development and project delivery firm headquartered in St. Louis with offices in Austin Florida and New York. With 170 employees Lawrence Group offers architecture interior design landscape architecture furniture procurement and graphic design services to a wide variety of clients including housing hospitality healthcare academic and retail.

This position will adhere to Lawrence Groups core values:

Legendary: We strive to be legendary from the service we provide to our impact on the community.

Innovation: Were driven by ideas and creativity. We take calculated risks and embrace opportunities.

Growth: We seek sustainable growth for our clients our organization and our employees.

Heart: We lead with heart. We celebrate appreciate and care for each other.

Trust: We rely on trust to pursue excellence. We speak honestly act transparently and honor our commitments.

Position Summary:

Lawrence Group is seeking an Interior Designer with 7-10 years of professional experience to join our St. Louis Higher Education team in a full-time position. The team specializes in collaborating with clients to develop innovative active learning environments student collaboration hubs specialized labs among other academic spaces to inspire and meet our clients needs. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with the design team to develop innovative and appropriate design solutions on higher education projects creating overall design concepts from inception to completion including research planning programming development of project presentations for client and business development opportunities providing finish material selection/specifications construction document through construction administration. This candidate will also provide mentorship and creative direction to the design team. Having multiple roles contributing as a member of a larger design team and at other times acting as the primary design interface with clients and consultants..

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Produce complete accurate interior construction document packages utilizing Revit and BIM 360 including: Interior floor plans reflected ceiling plans finish plans and finish schedules interior elevations and enlarged plans construction details furniture plans specifications and documentation.
• Support and assist architectural consultant information within BIM models while maintaining project quality and documentation standards.
• Prepare finish furniture and material documentation and assist with furniture planning specification coordination.
• Participate in quality control reviews implement redline revisions and maintain project documentation throughout the design and construction process.
• Support Construction Administration through RFIs ASIs submittal and shop drawing reviews field observations and coordination with contractors and consultants.
• Assist Project Managers and Senior Designers with production schedules workload planning project coordination and technical problem-solving.
• Support design presentations through finish selections renderings and visualization materials as needed.
• Deliver accurate coordinated construction documents with exceptional attention to detail.
• Effectively manage multiple assignments while meeting project schedules and quality standards.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical issues communicate effectively with project teams and contribute to efficient project delivery.
• Embody a growth mindset with the ability to collaborate effectively and be a team member.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in interior design or interior architecture from an accredited institution.
• NCIDQ certification or actively pursuing licensure preferred.
• Higher Education Project experience preferred (minimum 5 years in a commercial design/architecture firm)
• Basic/entry level Project Management skills including project schedules workload schedules staff mentorship and oversite
• Business Development experience not required but preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage experience level appropriate projects from Concept Project Completion
• Proficiency in Revit BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud Bluebeam Microsoft Office Enscape and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong knowledge of commercial building construction interior detailing building systems finish materials furniture integration and applicable building codes.
• Experience documenting existing conditions field verification applying building codes and supporting projects through Construction Administration.
• Excellent technical production organization communication and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects in a collaborative fast-paced environment.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment with hybrid schedule capability. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

This position requires no minimum ability to lift bend or stand.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical Monday-Friday work schedule.

Travel

Moderate travel is expected for this position.

Reporting Relationship: Licensed Interior Designer

Recruitment Firm Disclaimer:

Lawrence Group is not accepting resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment or staffing agencies at this time. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted to Lawrence Group without a signed agreement in place will be considered the property of Lawrence Group and we will not be obligated to pay any fees for those candidates.

Lawrence Group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age genetic information sexual orientation status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable Federal State or Local law.