Dir-interior Design

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**25074888
**Job Category**Global Design
**Location**Mexico Regional Office, Ejercito Nacional No. 350 Suite 4C, Mexico City, MÉX, Mexico, 11560
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Management

Leads the design process strategically, with focus on efficiency, cost effectiveness and accountability in producing interior design projects reflecting current interior design trends and hotel brand standards.

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
- Leads the Interior Design Program, with effort focused on educating, guiding, and influencing customers as a hotel brand products and services.
- Expected to lead others within the discipline or as assigned.
- Maintain and implement strategic ideas to efficiently lead and evolve the interior design discipline in the continent.
- Responsible for the Hotel Design Review presentation to key executives.
- Partners with Brands to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to drive the business needs of the brands in support of their strategic growth goals.
- Leads the design and project management for the responsible brands, for both standard and customer design facilities giving a solid pipeline of sustainable projects.
- Supports the department leader and functions as backup in their absence.
- Represents the company at the highest level as the ‘face of the hotel band’ at conferences, trade shows.
- Leads collaborative product development, design integrity standards and lessons learned effort related to brands.
- Liaison with developers and Operations to negotiate property brand assignment.
- Continually monitors current business processes, makes recommendations, and implements approved changes as required.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Key Skills/Requirements:

- Knowledgeable about innovation & trends both in & outside of industry
- Excellent business acumen
- Complex problem solving & creative solution skills
- Ability to build & maintain strong working relationships across departments & teams
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to negotiate and be flexible when appropriate
- Excellent organizational skills & ability to manage multiple priorities & resources
- Expert written & verbal communications skills
- Strong people/project management skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to create and inspire a team environment
- Strong background in interior architecture and FF&E.

Education/Experience:

- 4-year degree from an accredited interior design program or construction project management preferred
- Minimum 10 years experience in in Interior Design and Project Management preferably on hospitality projects.
- NCIDQ certificate preferred.
- Professional association membership preferred
- An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
- Experience in the disciplines of interior design, product specification, understanding of procurement.
- Experience in interior design, construction and/or renovation processes.
- Experience in managing the development of scopes of work, estimates of cost, bidding and contracting, procurement of materials, and scheduling management associate with the renovation and/or conversion and/or construction of multiple lodging properties and owner relations.
- Bi literate in Spanish and English or in Portuguese and English
- Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law._

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