Design Director - Eastern Seaboard
Job Opportunity
If you think your skills, experience, and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States. Preference may be given to candidates that can work in any of the CannonDesign offices located in our Eastern Seaboard, which includes Arlington, VA, Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, and New York, NY.
About the Role
This role is responsible for the leadership of creative and innovation excellence in a specific geographic area consisting of 150 - 300 people spread across multiple local offices, each with their office design leadership. This role reports to the firm’s Executive Design Director and will be accountable both to CEO as well as the executive team and will be evaluated both as a single region as well as on the performance of all the regions collectively.
Responsibilities
You will be a leading voice for how our Living-Centered Design ethos is translated through our work with clients.
You will partner with marketing and communications teams to build strong narratives and communicate the impact of our work at a regional level. Most importantly, you will be an ambassador with your regional leadership team of our brand, responsible for demonstrating how our Living-Centered Design ethos comes to life in our culture and in the way we partner with clients and in our work.
Areas of Focus
Transforming design excellence
- You will be accountable for design excellence and the overall design quality across the region.
- Your region will be expected to regularly submit and successfully win design awards, contributing to the firm’s portfolio.
- You will deliver solutions uniquely responsive to deliver innovative design concepts that synthesize our clients’ culture, goals, and aspirations with the needs of people, community, society.
Transforming the design team
- You will nurture a community of designers in your region by setting the standard for an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
Transforming the organization
- You will be the leading regional voice for the firm’s design aspiration to be one of the most innovative, creative, and highly regarded impact-driven solutions design firms in the world.
- You will be a key participant in the definition and execution of a strategic regional growth plan.
Requirements
- B.Arch from an NAAB-accredited architecture program required. M.Arch from an NAAB-accredited architecture program preferred.
- Current Architectural Registration in the US and LEED AP preferred.
- A minimum of 20 years of related work experience in A/E/I industry and proven track record of the ability to lead and inspire others.
- Ability to lead a diverse team of creative architects, designers, and other disciplines across multiple offices.
Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $213,750 to 237,500 annually. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan, and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at CannonDesign Careers Benefits.
About Our Firm
We’re a design practice at the nexus of strategy, experience, architecture, engineering and social impact. We dream up, create, and bring to life solutions that enhance human vitality, further equity, strengthen communities, and safeguard our planet all at once.
About Working Here
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us – and focused on the future of design.
- We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.
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CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.
