To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
The Designer position encompasses a group of individuals who possess a varying range of education, experience, portfolios, and length of service with WDD. For accounting purposes only, Designers are assigned to one of three groups (Designer I, Designer II or Designer III) based on these criteria
Designer III:
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Bachelors/Professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction or Project Management from an accredited academic institution is preferred
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Minimum of 1-3 years of design and/or project management and/or experience with leading design teams, including a minimum of 1-3 years of experience in significant hospitality and/or entertainment-related design projects
Designer II:
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Bachelors/Professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction or Project Management from an accredited academic institution is recommended
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Minimum of 4-7 years of design and/or project management and/or experience with leading design teams, including a minimum of 4-7 years of experience in significant hospitality and/or entertainment-related design projects
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Must have recently completed (with-in the past 24 months) significant resort hospitality projects through construction administration with field and project closeout experience
Designer I:
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Bachelors/Professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction or Project Management from an accredited academic institution is required
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Minimum of 7-10 years of design and/or project management and/or experience with leading design teams, including a minimum of 7-10 years of experience in significant hospitality and/or entertainment-related design projects
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Must have recently completed (with-in the past 24 months) significant resort hospitality projects through construction administration with field and project closeout experience
Preferred for Designer I, Designer II and Designer III:
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International project and/or client experience within the past three years
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Four and/or Five Star resort hospitality or residential experience
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Strong previous peer consultant relationships based on successful project experience and trust
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NCARB Architectural registration and/or NCIDQ Interior Design accreditation
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Comprehensive experience and understanding of the entire project process from concept to completion and have seasoned experience in working with peer consultants of world-class reputation.
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Familiarity or working knowledge of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture 2018. (experience with the 2020 versions preferred)
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Computer Graphic skills, such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Premiere Pro, etc.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and current Windows operating systems (Office 365 preferred)
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Familiarity or working knowledge of Sketch-Up or other 3D modeling/massing software
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Experience working within database systems
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Working knowledge of project management software (Microsoft Project, Procore, Primavera.)
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Ability to work in a creative, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced team environment.
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Ability to approach all tasks with proactive thinking and a comprehensive plan of action.
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Must be self-motivated, self-directed, and possess strong leadership qualities.
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Must have an excellent personal presentation and possess the necessary skills and attributes to represent the qualitative character of WDD in all forms of communication and representation.
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Must be an articulate and effective communicator with the ability to direct and coordinate the work of others.
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Must be design sensitive, have finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities, and have a broad design vocabulary in order to support high-profile clients, high-caliber design teams, and high-end design projects with exceptional attention to detail.
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Must be able to communicate visually through excellent drawing ability, illustration, and descriptive writing.
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Industry knowledge and awareness of design processes, procedures supporting world-class/leaders in design and innovation.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Ability to read, comprehend, and compose complex instructions, correspondence, and memorandum. Ability to author correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to wide-ranging audience types.
Consistently demonstrate active listening.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with the accuracy necessary to understand and coordinate complex technical documents and specifications as part of the design, documentation, and construction process.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out simple and complex instructions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Essential duties for this position include but are not limited to, the following: able to work within a variety of climates. Safely lift and/or move up to thirty (30) pounds on occasions as well as sit for up to 90% of the workday. Repetitive bending, kneeling, stooping, pushing and pulling will potentially be required throughout the shift and exposed to potentially hazardous conditions. Page 6 of 6
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. When on a project site, the noise level increases too loud. When on a project site, team members are required to comply with all contractor-imposed safety procedures.
Due to changes within the design and development process, nature of the design industry, team members must be able to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the company. Extensive travel will be intermittent and requires the team member to have the necessary documentation to enable international travel.