Beijing, China
Lead senior interior designer
Büro Ole Scheeren is looking for a lead senior interior designer to join its growing team in Hong Kong or Beijing.
Büro Ole Scheeren is an international firm that practices architecture, urbanism, interior design, and research.
Our work ranges from city-defining structures and innovative urban prototypes to carefully crafted cultural buildings and their interiors, with projects across Asia, Europe and North America.
We have recently completed the Guardian Art Center in Beijing, DUO in Singapore, and MahaNakhon in Bangkok; our current developments include 1500 West Georgia in downtown Vancouver, an innovative adaptive re-use in Frankfurt, a high-rise complex in Ho Chi Minh City, and a landmark super high-rise in Southern China.
For our growing Hong Kong/Beijing team, we are looking to appoint a senior interior designer to develop and head our growing interiors team.
At the interface of our bold architectures and their interior expressiveness, you will share a passion for translating and extrapolating the story of ambitious architectural designs into compelling interior spaces.
You will develop sophisticated concepts and their materialization, and evolve them with rigour into comprehensively detailed information fit for construction.
You will represent and communicate the project both internally and externally with clarity and a strong sensitivity to our design approach. You will impart your design standards as well as your technical and practical experience to your team, and coach and mentor them.
As an integral part of our office leadership team, you will have the potential to take on a key role in the design and management operations of our company.
You have an extensive track record of at least 10 years post-qualification in-depth involvement and leadership in the interior design of complex medium to large-scale projects, predominantly in the residential and hospitality sectors.
You have worked in internationally acclaimed architectural or interior design firms, pair strong design sensitivity with technical and managerial knowledge, and are able to communicate concepts and experiential factors precisely and comprehensibly.
You excel in a dynamic work environment, enjoy the responsibility of leading and managing a team, and have exemplary time management and delivery skills.
You are literate in AutoCAD and Adobe CS, ideally also in Rhino. English fluency is a key requirement, with business level Cantonese or Mandarin skills a plus.
We offer long-term prospects within the supportive and stimulating environment of our international design network, with the opportunity to further your career, as well as competitive salary and benefits. We embrace diversity in all applicants’ backgrounds.
Positions are currently based in Hong Kong and Beijing.
If this role excites you, please email your CV and portfolio, in PDF format, size less than 10MB, no website links please to: [email protected], quoting ‘Senior Interior Designer – Hong Kong / Beijing’ in the subject line of your email. All application information will be treated as strictly confidential.