Senior Interior Designer

This position is grounded in research, common sense, and boundary-pushing creativity. It spans everything from finding harmonious, code-compliant space-planning solutions to designing beautiful and functional casework. We design for our clients, not for our own egos. Our design is a team endeavor, with creative expression and meaningful projects as the ultimate reward.

Responsibilities

• Partner in-person and virtually with the office's Senior leadership to elevate design ideas, values, and standards.
• Participate in marketing and business development, including proposals, interviews, and PR efforts.
• Stay abreast of new design trends and technologies.
• Innovate and solve design challenges creatively.
• Independently act as lead designer for a variety of complex project types simultaneously.
• Manage small to mid-size project teams.
• Collaborate with Project Managers on mid- to large-scale projects.
• Lead meetings with clients, including interviews, pitches, real estate tours, visioning, programming, workplace strategy, and detailed design presentations.
• Lead all phases of project delivery from fit planning, conceptual design, design development, coordination, preparation of documents, project site tours, and construction administration, through project completion and post-occupancy studies.
• Work directly with clients, product representatives, furniture dealers, fabricators, multidisciplinary consultants, general contractors, and building/planning agencies.
• Participate in cost estimate review and overall design budget analysis and management.
• Review design and technical drawings of junior designers and provide mentorship.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit is a must.
• Strong skills in Office 365, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Mural collaboration platform is a must.
• Minimum 12 years of experience working on interior design and/or architectural projects.
• Advanced understanding of corporate commercial real estate objectives.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in all phases of interior design and architectural project delivery.
• Working knowledge of state and local building and fire codes related to interior environments, including accessibility.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Interior Design or Architecture.
• Interior Design Certification and/or WELL accreditation strongly preferred.
• Legal working status in the U.S.
• Sustainable design experience, with a preference for hands-on WELL project participation.
• Experience working in a Citrix environment is highly desired.
• Enscape modeling skills are nice to have.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) skills are highly desired.
• Hand sketching and conceptual drawing skills are a plus.

The work environment involves collaborating both in-person and virtually, working in low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings on any floor. The role requires adaptability in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-based design process. Technologies used include Autodesk Revit, Mural collaboration platform, Office 365 suite, and Adobe Creative Suite.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of San Francisco, CA.

The pay range for this position is $115000.00 - $145000.00/yr.

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

- Opportunity to participate in pre-tax Flexible Spending plans for (Medical, Childcare, Commuter Expenses, and 401k)

- Comprehensive PTO and paid holidays offering

- Enrollment in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan after 1 year

This is a hybrid position in San Francisco,CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 15, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions.

We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through

access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market.

With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S.,

Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without

regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,

sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected

by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or

adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability,

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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the

city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants

with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a

condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law

shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process,

including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications

and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you

acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.