Interior Designer II - Military veterans preferred

Interior Design Project Manager

Do you want to work somewhere that can grow with you and support your growth? Do you want to help drive strategy to win multi-million-dollar projects? Are you interested in playing a key role in the growth of a firm within a region? Are you passionate about all facets of Architecture and Engineering services and the role they play in our communities? 

GMC is a multi-disciplined Architecture and Engineering (AE) firm ranked at #14 for Top Design Firms in the Southeast by ENR Magazine and #26 nationally as a top AE firm by Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Magazine, Giants 400 Report. We are also honored to be ENR's Southeast Design Firm of the Year. 

Our Architecture and Interiors Team is actively seeking an Interior Designer II in our Birmingham, Alabama office working directly with our Birmingham architecture and interiors team. We’re looking for an experienced Interior Designer who is ready to be an instrumental part of our team, supporting not just Alabama, but other offices across our footprint throughout the southeast.

We’re a company with a vision towards growth that’s dependent on having great people equipped to do their best. We are honored to be able to make a difference in people’s lives with the services we provide. We are a loyal, supportive architecture team that supports work/life balance, values collaboration and appreciates a healthy sense of humor, patience and professionalism. 

Do your skills and experience exceed what we have listed below? Then we’d still love to talk to you. We are always looking for great people that can exceed our expectations and find a place for them.  

We are:

• A growing multi-disciplined AE design firm built on a solid foundation.
• Excited about our future and the people that will help us get there.
• Creating opportunities for our employees to grow and excel.
• Dependent on having great people and supporting them in order to be successful.
• Guided by our core values of integrity, quality, creativity, and care.

 You excel at:

• Working with internal clients at all levels, independently and on a team
• Managing time and projects with little supervision.
• QA/QC
• Having a sharp eye for quality assurance and attention to detail 
• Strong communication and writing skills 
• Layout, color, lighting, materials selection and installations
• Delivering consistent, exceptional customer service 
• Preparing proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for architectural projects or programs 

Needs:

• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite or other design programs 
• Computer skills required: (Microsoft Office Suite; Revit; Rendering software minimum) 
• Knowledge of industry best practices, ADA Codes, building materials and construction details 
• Capable of managing multiple projects with overlapping critical deadlines and coordinate schedules
• Ability to perform QA/QC on projects
• Team Management skills
• Willingness to support various interior design efforts as needed locally, regionally, and across our footprint

Job Requirements

Musts:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university in Interior Design
• NCIDQ or other Certifications 
• Expertise in layout, color, lighting, materials selection and installations
• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite or other design programs 
• Knowledge of industry best practices, ADA Codes, building materials and construction details 
• Be persuasive and diplomatic with communication both verbally and visually
• Experience delivering consistent, exceptional customer service 
• Sharp eye for quality assurance and attention to detail 
• Ability to balance multiple projects and meet deadlines 
• Works well under pressure with a sense of urgency, not panic
• Demonstrates creativity, initiative, and reliability

Wants:

• 8+ years’ proven interior design experience
• Management skills
• Effective communicator with internal and external clients
• Strategic thinker who understands AEC world and what it takes to win

AA/EOE 

About GMC 

We are a regional firm with national experience located in 22 offices throughout the Southeastern United States. We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all of the services associated with architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying and disaster recovery.