Manager, Interior Design - EMEA

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

The Role of Manager, Interior Design – EMEA:

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Interior Design – EMEA, to join our Four Seasons Corporate Office team in Dubai!

Reporting to the Senior Director, Interior Design – EMEA, you will be responsible for supporting interior design work stream on new build, conversion, and renovation projects in the region, from pre-concept to post opening. Your focus will be on elevating design and product quality to ensure each project delivers a best-in-class Four Seasons guest experience.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the EMEA Interior Design team in advancing new build and renovation projects, ensuring alignment with Four Seasons Design Standards and Design Briefs to deliver best-in-class guest experiences and exceptional ambiance.
• Supporting and potentially leading renovation projects with Senior Director oversight for select projects, being the key FS contact for the Owner and Consultant team. Responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary Design Services team and internal stakeholders tasked with providing FS input for projects within the region.
• Supporting development of Design Briefs with Senior Director oversight by liaising with internal departments to obtain data, conduct research, undertake analysis and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
• For renovation projects, supporting the development of comprehensive Master Vision and Renovation Scope documents to outline short- and long-term interior design improvements to ensure alignment with brand quality requirements, product consistency, and a competitive market position.
• Preparing Interior Design-related Consultant recommendations with Senior Director oversight.
• Reviewing concept and schematic design presentations, detailed design drawings, finishes, FF+E specification submissions, shop drawings, material samples, and preparation of associated design review reports.
• Conducting quality checks to ensure all projects are delivered in accordance with brand requirements and ensure the design incorporates both creative innovation and operational efficiency.
• Attending core team meetings, design presentations, model room reviews, and site reviews as required, as well as support the production of related reports.
• Supporting review of all FF+E and providing comments, including, but not limited to, specifications, drawings, materials, prototype reviews and model room reviews (as required).
• Supporting and developing project lookbooks.
• Contributing to sourcing preferred Interior Design and related consultants by presenting potential candidates for internal review, coordinating submission of qualifications, and supporting submission evaluation.
• Conducting design research, travel trends and market research, image searches, etc., to contribute toward content for Design Briefs.
• Contributing to internal Design Services initiatives and staying current with design trends, materials, and technology, implementing relevant innovations into Design Standards.

Our Ideal Manager, Interior Design - EMEA candidate will have:

A degree in Interior Design, and a minimum of 8 years’ experience in an international interior design firm focusing on hospitality design including luxury hotels, resorts, private residences, restaurants, bars, and entertainment projects. You should also have a minimum of 4 years of luxury brand corporate design team experience managing projects from the operator side, and at least 2 years of design management experience leading interior design projects. A Licensed / Registered Professional status (i.e., Registered Interior Designer, etc.) and LEED accreditation would be beneficial.

You combine creative concept development skills with strong technical expertise, from space planning and FF&E review to coordinating multidisciplinary design input, with a passion for elevating guest experiences through thoughtful, innovative design.

Proficient in industry-standard software and tools, you are detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities. Above all, you are a collaborative partner and creative problem solver, with the adaptability, initiative, and leadership presence to deliver projects that reflect Four Seasons’ standards of excellence.

Travel will be required in this role, up to 40 – 60 days per annum.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule – people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts and residences around the world, making us an undisputed “employer of choice.”