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HDR · 1 week ago

West Region Design Director

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$174K/yr - $249K/yr

15+ years exp

HDR is a company dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for its employee-owners. As the West Region Design Director, you will develop innovative design solutions, mentor junior staff, and lead design efforts while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure design excellence and sustainability.

ArchitectureConsulting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Develop highly innovative, creative, integrated and effective design solutions

Have an established design reputation evident through design awards, publications, education or other venues, and positive client references

Guide initial design concepts and ideas from pursuit and selection through successful project completion on multiple projects

Meet design excellence goals while meeting management goals and project budgets

Teach and train other designers and interdisciplinary AE project teams in the essentials of design excellence and in the critical tenets of HDR's Design Philosophy

Mentor and develop junior design staff, challenging, inspiring and/or motivating others to join in the constant pursuit of design excellence

Be a key design leader who must have the vision and attitude to lead design efforts while effectively partnering with the global design director, office management, project management, and AEP discipline leaders on all efforts

Capable of identifying, attracting and retaining key design staff, and will be responsible for targeting and developing strategies for hiring senior and junior design talent

Be active in local, national or international professional design related organizations

Qualification

Architectural DesignDesign Excellence ProgramLeadershipSustainable Building DesignClient Relationship ManagementMentoringCommunication SkillsCollaboration