Director, Interior Design - Europe

About Four Seasons :

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return.

Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart.

We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves.

Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime.

It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location :

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing.

Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide.

At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

Director, Interior Design Europe

We are looking for a Director, Interior Design (Europe) to be responsible for overseeing all aspects of interior design on new build and renovation projects in the region.

What You’ll Be Doing :

Oversee interior design on both new builds and renovations.

Review design from concept through construction documents and specifications. Provide detailed comments to ensure design meets brand standards and creates a superior quality, relevant product in line with Four Seasons Design Narrative

Assist Senior Dir. Interior Design and VP Interior Design to source potential Interior Designers

Present potential new Interior Designers having previewed portfolios, determined studio viability, ability to deliver and quality of documentation.

Assist with keeping Design Standards current.

Contribute updates to Design Standards, participate in annual or bi-annual review of Design Standards to ensure accuracy prior to issuance.

Assist Senior Dir. Interior Design with Interior Design and Art Consultant recommendations.

Assess project needs and confer with Senior Director Interior Design to build a team of designers to recommend to owners for both new builds and renovations.

Write Design Narrative

Assemble necessary background information, do research, and write a Design Narrative with Senior Director oversight to guide the team to appropriate product.

Conduct new designer orientations.

Convey FS Brand Standards, expected deliverables, our modus operandi DUR review and approval process to new designers.

Arrange and attend design presentations and workshops under the guidance of project leads and Sen. Director Interior Design

Schedule and arrange attendance and agendas.

What You Bring :

• 4-year university level degree in interior design or architecture
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in an international design firm with focus on hospitality design, plus minimum 3 years’ experience on Hotel Operator Design Services
• Strong knowledge of architectural and interior design process, and documentation
• Knowledge of graphic design as applied to Design Narratives, signage and collateral.
• Strong space planning, FF&E spec writing and millwork drawings review skills
• Understanding of Lighting Design
• Excellent knowledge of ACAD, Sketch up, Word, Excel, Power Point.

Key Skills / Who You Are :

• A hospitality design specialist with proven track record and extensive experience in hotel, restaurant, and bar design.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written English
• Team player. Ability to work collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Creative problem solving.
• Understanding of fiscal landscape and appetite of ownership for improvements.
• Disciplined communication; comprehensive and regularly scheduled.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation.
• Good work ethic, and time management skills
• Excellent diplomacy and conflict management skills
• Resilience and positive attitude while managing competing priorities.
• Ability to assess physical product re : potential scope to reposition property as relevant and stylish.
• Ability to work with internal and external teams.
• Great communication skills to inspire design vision and to convey concepts in a clear and understandable fashion.
• Good documentation skills.
• Disciplined adherence to schedules and consistent performance on deliverables.
• Proactive refinements of style program as new learnings surface.
• Contribution to key departmental initiatives

Travel :

Approximately 60 70 travel days per year.

This role will be a Hybrid working model, which will require 3 days per week in the Four Seasons Corporate Office located in Geneva #LI-Hybrid