Design Manager

Organizational Responsibilities & Accountabilities: Support design leadership in maintaining best-in-class performance and advancing Blue Heron's growth and brand through integrated operations, team alignment, and proactive problem solving. Incorporate Blue Heron design standards for conceptual design integration and support best practices development and documentation Oversee that design direction aligns with Blue Heron design ethos Ensuring project team adherence to design tools, processes, and standards to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. This includes, but not limited to: Guaranteeing accuracy of collateral from Design to support the Sales & Marketing Teams Collaboration and coordination with Visualization for Luminary homes Creation and management of Discovery assets as required by Discovery and Sales teams, including, but not limited to, presentations, lot fits, and KMZ view studies. Positively and actively collaborate with leadership and cross-departmentally with teams to ensure adherence to internal processes and quality standards Provide insight on project and Blue Heron design ethos as needed by the Sales and Marketing teams Management of designer staff and workload distribution Training, coaching, and mentoring of designer staff Interview and hire, mentor and train, for qualified design team roles Create, monitor, maintain, update, and train processes and procedures for all design related tasks Encourage routine and consistent use of design software including SketchUp, Revit and Bluebeam. Collaborate within design teams to ensure processes and procedures are implemented with project teams Provide architectural design direction and oversight for Luminary homes 'Moderator' of the BH Design Committee, actively calibrating the committee members to the priorities of the day Perform as designer as needed or required on high profile projects Present SketchUp models and visualization assets to potential clients for Luminary homes Requirements Essential Qualifications Exceptional cross-functional collaborative attitude and drive to deliver effective results Proven experience leading design efforts and adherence to design standards The ability to be decisive in establishing priorities and setting expectations Experience working cross-functionally with interdisciplinary teams including Construction, Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, and Accounting Demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to pivot, motivate, develop, and hold teams accountable Experience working in a high-energy and fast-paced environment Exceptional professionalism, effective communicator, and problem solver Minimum 6+ years residential and/or hospitality architectural experience in an architecture or hands-on homebuilding/construction organization with 3+ years of architectural management experience Professional Bachelor's or Master's Degree from an accredited Architecture program Architectural Registration preferred, or on track for Architectural licensure Routine use of software including Sketchup, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office Suite (Familiarity with Revit, Adobe Suite, Lumion, Enscape Preferred) Blue Heron