Hybrid Design Lead

at CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)

• Job title: Design Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, United States

About the role

• Design Lead at CIC creating innovative commercial interior spaces with a focus on design management and team collaboration. Contributing to multiple projects globally leveraging design aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Absorb and contribute to CIC’s culture and execute designs that demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the larger design aesthetics across expansion sites
• Simultaneously lead multiple projects of varying levels with different timelines and in different locations across the globe, and offer support and consultation for other design team members' projects
• Perform site analysis, including surveying existing conditions and obtaining field measurements
• Meet with external parties to gather their objectives and vision for a new project and execute a design that balances those project-specific interests with CIC’s proven best practices.
• Produce plans, elevations, details, reflected ceiling plans, millwork design, furniture layouts, finish plans, color plans, and schedules (Architect of record documents and details will be by outside firms)
• Provide color/finish/material research and use selection boards and other presentation materials to sell design vision to multiple stakeholders
• Manipulate advanced design elements such as proportion, color, light, texture, and scale
• Coordinate with consultants to ensure material and furniture selections comply with local code requirements
• Provide project coordination for the finished plans, specifications, and material selections required for construction
• Provide construction administration services for projects, including answering and reviewing RFIs, review of submittals, finish samples, and shop drawings
• Research and participate in FF+E selection, creation of specifications, and procurement while being sensitive to the confines of project budget
• Act as design liaison between internal teams such as construction, finance, operations, and sales, as well as external teams such as local architects, engineers, and partner companies for specific projects
• Coordinate with consultants related to HVAC, electrical, low voltage, plumbing, fire protection and safety

Requirements

• A minimum 5 years experience working (not including internships) in the field of design or architecture, preferably with a focus on commercial projects
• Fluency in AutoCad, Revit, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign, Bluebeam, Sketchup, and rendering software
• A degree in interior design or architecture
• The ability to effectively produce layouts and space plans
• Advanced knowledge of furnishings, materials, and unique fixtures and features; experience with branding, signage design, and wayfinding is a plus
• Strong 3D modeling, graphic design and presentation skills
• The ability to travel (up to 20% of the time, depending on the specific project) to sites in new and existing locations around the world
• The ability to participate in business meetings outside of normal business hours in your time zone (estimated to be less than 20% of the time, but does happen due to the global nature of the role)

Benefits

• 100% company paid premium healthcare and dental benefits.
• 100% company paid long and short-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401k (must be 21+).
• Three weeks vacation from the start (more with seniority), plus thirteen paid holidays.