Senior Architectural Interior Designer

About the Studio ICRAVE is an award-winning powerhouse team of designers, strategists, and experts turning bold ideas into reality. With over two decades of design excellence, innovation and industry thought leadership in strategy, interiors, and experience design collaborating with both Fortune 500 brands and up-and-coming companies across a variety of sectors, our work shapes experiences across the globe, connecting cultures and breaking boundaries. In 2022, ICRAVE became a founding studio of Journey , the global design and innovation agency shaping the future through multidimensional experiences (MDX) that connect people, brands, and culture. Journey’s layered MDX approach crafts story-driven, sensory-rich engagement across physical, immersive, digital, and virtual spaces—fueled by creative and technological innovation. Journey’s MDX approach fuels growth and forges lasting value for audiences and partners, by creating cultural connections that resonate with impact. About the role We are looking to work with a new Sen ior Architectural Interior Designe r at Journey. You'll work closely with our design teams, clients, and project consultants to develop and deliver compelling projects across multiple sectors. You'll bring creative leadership to the team, fostering a collaborative process where ideas are shared, challenged, and pushed further. Drawing on your hospitality design experience and technical expertise, you'll help move projects seamlessly from concept through completion while balancing big-picture thinking with the details that bring a design to life. You'll be expected to bring a strong point of view, thoughtful design sensibility, and the rigor needed to uphold Journey's high design standards. Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following • Lead and collaborate with your project team to create and develop projects through all design phases with minimal supervision from more senior members of the design team. • Be able to conceptualize ideas for projects and communicate them clearly and strategically with clients through compelling narrative presentations as well as 3D models and sketches, while continuously contributing fresh ideas to the team. • Lead the coordination and production of technical BIM documentation including models and interior design drawing sets, while providing technical guidance and innovative solutions to resolve complex design challenges. • Select and specify architectural finishes as well as design, detail and specify custom FF&E. • Review design documents including drawings, FF&E specifications and material schedules to ensure they incorporate design intent and technical accuracy. • Coordinate and communicate design intent between the design team, client, project consulting team and vendors. • Address RFI responses, perform shop drawing and submittal reviews and participate of punch list reviews during design coordination/CA phases led by the project AOR. • Coordinate with the Design Managers to ensure the design meets our scope of services as well as project budget and schedule. • Support the Design Manager in the supervision and mentorship of more junior interior designers. • Support the Design Manager with resource management and project schedules efforts. • Be an active participant and a positive influence on the creative culture of the studio. Candidate Qualifications & Skills Required: • B.Arch. or bachelor’s degree in interior design from an accredited school • 7+ years of post-graduate desi gn experience within an architecture or interior design studio • Interior design experience within the hospitality industry • Excellent communication skills and experience presenting to clients and /or the client’s team • Experience hand