Your Role
As a Gensler Senior Interior Designer in our Lifestyle practice areas, your job is to combine creativity and technical skills with a thorough understanding of the design to produce highly creative, environmentally conscious and budget responsive spaces for clients. You should have exceptional conceptual design skills, a background in hospitality design or interior architecture and a portfolio of innovative design concepts.
What You Will Do
Lead interior design assignments across F&B, hospitality, and lounge projects, including concept design, space planning, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administrationProvide creative and strategically minded design leadership, supporting the organisation, production, and execution of projects from concept through deliveryCollaborate seamlessly with internal and external teams, including consultants, contractors, fabricators, and specialist partners, to achieve design, programme, and budget objectivesLead and participate in design development and iteration, producing 3D models and visualisations using Revit, SketchUp, Enscape (or similar) Generate and review interior architectural drawings, driving technical resolution and detailing, ensuring design intent is clearly communicated and buildableWork closely with product representatives, furniture dealers, and fabricators to realise design, brand, and budget goalsAct as a client-facing design lead, supporting presentations, managing feedback, and helping to build and sustain strong client relationships within the hospitality and F&B sectorGuide and mentor teams, supporting multiple projects at a high level while fostering a collaborative studio environmentContribute to business development efforts, supporting the growth of the studio’s F&B and hospitality portfolioActively participate in office culture, initiatives, and learning programmes, promoting design excellence and an interdisciplinary approach across the studioYour Qualifications
Highly creative interior designer with 8-10+ years' experience delivering F&B, hospitality, Retail or lounge projects from concept through deliveryRetail design experience would also be beneficialConfident hands-on designer, actively creating, detailing, and driving projects while mentoring the teamProven ability to run complex projects end-to-end, managing design, programme, budget, and stakeholdersAbility to craft memorable, brand-aligned interior environments that combine atmosphere, materiality, and spatial storytelling across diverse hospitality and F&B projectsStrong sector insight in F&B and hospitality, with a clear personal point of view and the ability to translate it into distinctive, commercially relevant designsHigh proficiency in SketchUp, Revit, and Adobe Suite, ensuring efficient, high-quality project outputsStrong technical and detailing capability, producing buildable, well-resolved interiorsCredible client lead with strong presentation skills, stakeholder management, and existing or developing F&B/hospitality contactsDemonstrated appetite for business development, including growing client accounts and expanding the studio’s F&B portfolioTrusted to represent the studio externally while remaining deeply involved in project deliveryPlease upload your portfolio/work samples along with your CV.
Life at Gensler
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and twice annual bonus opportunities.
As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.
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