Senior Interior Designer (10+ years)

Williams Blackstock Architects is an award-winning full-service architectural and interior design firm headquartered in Birmingham, AL. We are dedicated to creating inspiring design solutions that solve complex challenges, positively transform brand perceptions, and elevate local communities and culture. We provide the opportunity to work on a wide variety of design projects, including higher education, corporate office, lifestyle, historic preservation, adaptive-re-use, healthcare, municipal, and other specialty projects. Our design philosophy is to design projects that inspire people and make our communities and the world a better place.

We are seeking a talented Senior Interior Designer to provide design leadership across a wide range of projects and help strengthen our interior design practice. The ideal candidate combines a strong design point of view with technical expertise, client leadership, and the ability to guide projects and teams from programming through construction.
This is an in-office position based in Birmingham, AL

Senior Interior Designer Responsibilities:

• Lead the interior design process for projects of varying size and complexity, from programming and concept development through construction administration and installation.
• Serve as a primary client contact for interior design scope; lead programming sessions, design presentations, workshops, and key design decisions.
• Establish and communicate the design vision and direct space planning, finish and material selection, FF&E, visualization, specifications, and presentation development.
• Lead coordination with architects, project managers, engineers, specialty consultants, contractors, vendors, and manufacturers.
• Oversee the quality and coordination of Revit models, construction documents, specifications, code and accessibility compliance, and interior detailing.
• Partner with project managers to manage interior design scope, schedules, deliverables, budgets, staffing needs, and priorities while maintaining design quality.
• Lead construction administration and FF&E implementation, including RFIs, submittals, site visits, punch lists, procurement coordination, vendor communication, and installation review.
• Mentor and provide day-to-day direction to junior and mid-level designers through work planning, redlines, design critiques, technical guidance, and professional development; supervisory responsibilities may be assigned.
• Contribute to firm growth through design standards, quality initiatives, client relationships, proposals, interviews, project pursuits, and continued development of the interior design practice.

Senior Interior Designer Experience and Desired Skill Set:

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design from an accredited program required.
• 10+ years of professional interior design experience, preferably within an architecture or commercial interior design firm, with a record of leading projects through all phases.
• Advanced proficiency in Revit required; strong experience with Enscape, Adobe Creative Suite, and other visualization tools preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of space planning, FF&E, specifications, construction documentation, interior detailing, building codes, accessibility, and constructability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead client relationships, presentations, multidisciplinary coordination, project schedules, budgets, and complex design decisions.
• Experience mentoring or supervising designers preferred, with strong organizational skills and a collaborative leadership style.
• NCIDQ certification preferred; LEED/WELL accreditation and business development experience are a plus. Portfolio demonstrating design leadership and skills required.