Olson Kundig is a design practice founded on the ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. The firm’s work can be found across the globe, with projects as wide-ranging as huts to high rises, homes—often for art collectors—to academic, cultural, and civic projects, museums and exhibition design, places of worship, creative production, urban design, and interior design.
We are currently seeking a Senior Interior Designer to work in Olson Kundig’s Seatle office. The Senior Interior Designer is responsible for executing and/or participating in project delivery with a specific focus on technical execution or complex projects.
Primary Responsibilities
• Provides professional interior design consultation in the planning, design, and coordination of projects.
• Coordinates with or acts as the project manager to directly supervise the team’s design and technical
delivery.
• May include special expertise roles such as workplace planning, residential outfitting and styling,
hospitality design etc.
• Reviews, compiles, and prepares project specifications as required.
• Takes on aspects of external project communications with subconsultants/clients.
• Can be relied upon to present directly to the client on technical and design solutions.
• Prepares construction documents, including technically related interior design components and details
as well as material, FFE, art and outfitting specifications.
• Independently executes/leads the construction administration process.
• Manages project quality control.
• Supervises and guides the work of less experienced interior design team members.
• Contributes ideas, solutions, and deliverables in team and project environments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Able to organize and cartoon an interior design drawing set as well as a full FFE specifications package.
• Review and coordinate consultant drawings.
• Develop any aspect of the project deliverables (permit drawings, CDs, specifications).
• Technical design skills and ability to direct this type of work for more junior team members.
• Demonstrates mentorship qualities to advance firm goals/initiatives and develop project team members.
• Exhibits a high attention to detail and takes responsibility for delivering accurate, high-quality work.
• Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and effectively prioritizes multiple activities with little guidance in a fast-paced, creative and dynamic work environment.
• Communicates effectively verbally and in writing, demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of internal and external “clients” and vendors.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset and an aptitude for presenting opportunities for process improvement and technology solutions, including learning new software and systems.
• Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills, including the ability to present solutions and recommendations for non-standard situations.
Qualifications
• Professional degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or another related field.
• A minimum of ten years of related professional experience. 15 years of experience preferred
• Proficient modeling and documentation skills using Revit.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite
Desired Additional Experience
• Experience with Bluebeam Revu/Bluebeam Studio.
• Experience with Deltek Project Planning.
• Experience with SPEXX or equivalent spec writing software.
• Experience with sustainability-focused project assessments such as Living Building Challenge, LEED,
WELL, and high-performance building.
• A portfolio of work demonstrating design, technical, and drafting abilities.
Working Conditions
• Sitting for long periods at a time working at a computer.
What can you expect from us?
In addition to a dynamic and creative culture, Olson Kundig provides a generous benefits package that includes 16 days of paid time off, paid holidays, health plan, 401k match, bonuses, profit-sharing plans for qualified positions, a monthly travel subsidy for public transportation, and more.
As a firm, we are committed to pay practices that are fair, competitive, and reflect internal pay equity. At the time of posting this job, the hiring range for this position in New York City is between $94,000 to $117,000 annually. Final salary decisions are made based upon the extent and relatedness of the candidate’s education and experience and considering internal equity and external market factors.
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.
Now in its sixth decade of practice, Olson Kundig is a collaborative design practice led by 13 principal/owners whose work includes cultural and museum projects, exhibition design, commercial and mixed-use design (including wineries and sports facilities), private and multi-family residential, hospitality projects, places of worship, interior design, product design and landscape design. With deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, the firm and its team of over 350 work with clients around the world.
The firm began its creative existence in 1966 with the architect Jim Olson, whose work at that time centered on explorations of the relationship between dwellings and the landscapes in which they inhabit. Olson started the firm based on the essential ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture, histories, and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives.
Among the firm’s accolades are the 2009 National AIA Architecture Firm Award (as Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects), national and regional design awards from the American Institute of Architects, Jim Olson’s 2007 Seattle Medal of Honor and Tom Kundig’s National Design Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt and his Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Books on the firm’s work include Tom Kundig: Complete Houses (The Monacelli Press, 2025); Tom Kundig: Working Title (Princeton Architectural Press, 2020); Jim Olson: Building • Nature • Art (Thames & Hudson, 2018); Tom Kundig: Works (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015); Jim Olson: Art and Architecture (August Editions, 2013); Tom Kundig: Houses 2 (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011); Jim Olson Houses (The Monacelli Press, 2009); and Tom Kundig: Houses (Princeton Architectural Press, originally published in 2006 and re-released in 2021).
