Design Manager - Multi-res & Hotel
About this role
This major industry player is an established and successful luxury developer and lifestyle brand. The group has recently experienced rapid growth within boutique residential, mixed-use, and build-to-rent sectors as well as hospitality and leisure resulting in expansion across the whole business. This is the chance you’ve been waiting for to move from architecture into client-side Design Management! Join their growing design team and contribute to projects from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities
As a Design Manager, you will help continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in design, always challenging the norm to create amazing buildings and spaces. This role will take lead of projects from a design process, in terms of vision, creation and delivery across all business units.
- Work with marketing stakeholders on vision to align with design.
- Coordinate and lead consultant team members through all design stages including concept design, detailed design, construction and delivery on site to ensure design resolutions are achieved and projects timelines are met.
- Assist in the preparation of project briefs and development briefs.
- Analyse and critique a set of architectural drawings to optimise design benchmarks
- Coordinate consultant inputs for TP and VCAT submissions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the businesses key design pillars
- Coordinate, prepare and assist in the review of marketing collateral
- Provide assistance to the sales team where customisations are required
- Provide assistance to the delivery team in the resolution of onsite project matters, review mock-ups, protype apartments and defect reviews when required.
- Submission of drawings, drawing reviews and comments, responding to RFIs and resolve site issues for projects under construction
Skills and Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in Architecture or equivalent
- 6-8 years of experience in architecture or development, within high-end multi-residential and hotel developments
- Leadership experience, mentoring and guiding your team to succeed
- Solid understanding of local planning codes, relevant building contracts and the ability to prepare a feasibility drawing set which addresses these
- Ability to build strong relationships internally and externally
- Strong problem solving skills
- Appreciation for brand and vision within the luxury design space
Benefits & Culture
- Social and collaborative culture with a flat hierarchy
- Quality, high-end luxury projects
- Be invested in and valued
- Competitive remuneration
