Director Design

About HMSHost:

HMSHost is a world leader in creating dining for travel venues. For over 120 years, we have used our experience and global reach to ensure that travelers are feeling good on the move by bringing a unique mix of local, regional, national and international food and beverage amenities to travel venues around the world.

About The Role:

The purpose of the Director of Design is to establish and maintain policy and procedure relating to facility planning and design and develop internal plan & design standards.

Essentials Functions:

• Provides a full range of professional management services required to support a multi-million dollar design/build department.
• Leads internal design direction during RFP and lease extension proposal development including participation in oral presentations and interviews with clients, as required.
• Manages external interior design consultants developing schematic design packages, including layouts, renderings, materials boards and design narratives, for RFP and lease extension proposals.
• Creates and maintains HMSHost plan standards including plan set structure, standardized details, responsibility matrix, and related.
• Creates and maintains HMSHost design standards for furniture, finishes & kitchen equipment. Partners with Culinary and Procurement teams on development of same.
• Sources and secures external interior design firms and food service designers. Partners with regional Pre-Construction Directors to source local designers for RFPs.
• Trains external design partners on HMS Host plan standards, design standards, and Design & Construction procedures/processes.
• Provides information to Estimating and Procurement departments to establish budget parameters for projects.
• Provides design support to standardize equipment, materials, and finishes.
• Provides project management support of internal concept finishes, equipment, and operating requirements.
• Provides support in the development and maintenance of new and existing concepts.

Reporting relationship and other important information:

• The Director Design position as described falls under the Fair Labor Standards act as an Exempt position
• The position reports to the Sr. Director, Design & Construction Program Support
• Requires ability to travel up 30% of the time

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

• Requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited school of architecture, design or relevant experience.
• Requires five years varied experience in the hospitality, food service or design field with an emphasis on interior architecture and design build projects.
• Requires proven ability to successfully work on and manage multiple projects at varying stages of development.
• Requires knowledge of CAD and graphic software (Adobe Acrobat & Bluebeam).
• Requires advanced project management skills to manage multiple projects and tasks effectively.
• Requires strong analytical skills and excellent business judgment with the ability to communicate persuasively to all levels of management
• Requires strong oral & written communication and relationship building skills.

HMSHost is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.