Design Director - Retail

Job Role - Design Director (Retail Experience Design)

Report to Store planning Head

- The Sr Retail Designer ensures creative excellence in every aspect of The One Off's client delivery and offer to clients. You make critical inputs at the key stages of every client we undertake from initial concept creation through to successful implementation and assessment of effectiveness; analysing and challenging the client brief to ensure that 'the big idea' that we deliver is robust, progressive and commercially strong. The Sr Retail Designer is able to simplify the complex when presenting at board level.

Leads The One Off's creative output; responsible for creativity, performance and profitability.

Your Role :

Creative Thinking:

- Creatively direct store/space design projects ; Champion design excellence across the whole studio

- Lead, inspire, motivate and develop project teams

- Able to analyse complex multi-disciplined briefs and lead the team on the best creative response.

Creative Conceptualisation:

- Explore the possibilities; consider multiple factors in analysing and challenging client brief

- Work with designers at all levels to develop and present concepts and creative thinking effectively

Client:

Direct the design team, lead multiple projects, addressing profitability, working on stakeholder engagement; overseeing the detail design output. An extremely creative but strategic approach to projects:

- Overseeing project strategy & delivery

- Lead client workshops

- Building relationships with senior clients

Provide valuable insights from the client's industries to create clever design solutions that add real enhancement to their brands

Planning:

- Plan, organise and scope projects of all size, ensure that work flows through studio efficiently.

- Proactively plan up to 3 months ahead; making sure appropriate resourcing and structures are in place.

Function and product knowledge:

- A sound understanding based on practical experience of the design approach to use and time required to ensure profitability

- Work with project teams across disciplines to ensure that the creative quality and delivery of the project is consistently high

Communication:

Professional and Technical Experience :

- Minimum 8 years' experience within a retail design environment

- Degree (5 years) in Architecture/ Interior Design

- Expert knowledge of Revit/AutoCAD software programs and experience setting up and working in managed office CAD standards

- Knowledge of MEP systems and ability to communicate with Clients and Engineers as required

- Knowledge of coordinating consultants

- Experience managing and developing specifications, material schedules.

- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills