Apac Interior Design Lead

Are you currently looking for the **best career move** you’ll ever make? Where you will **directly contribute** to the development of world-leading interior design and **community-defining projects** that bring people together across the entire Asia-Pacific (APAC) region?

**About us at Populous**
At Populous, our teams **design the places where people love to be together**. We are a unique global design company built on the philosophy and power of **drawing large groups of people together** to have incredible experiences. The spaces and experiences we create inside of these venues and our projects is equally important to the overall architectural look and feel.

**APAC Design Lead - Interior Design**
Populous are currently on the lookout for a world-class Interior Design Lead to take us into the future as we continue to enhance the design related aspects of our national and international projects. You will be working hand-in-hand with the Head of Interior Design, interior and architectural teams around the region to assist with both design inspiration and design outcomes on all projects in the office.
Our future APAC Design Lead - Interior Design will:

- Work with the Head of Interior Design, the wider interior design team and architectural teams within APAC to enhance our overall interior design culture, processes, approaches and standards.
- Provide direct advice, input and guidance to project teams across a range of projects.
- Be a key client facing team member who presents interior design concepts and approaches to our clients.
- Naturally coach, mentor and develop our next generation of interior designers.

This role will initially be focused on the Australian and New Zealand markets, before extending out into the rest of APAC and will ideally be located in our Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne studio. Having a direct reporting line through to the Head of Interior Design, APAC and very close lines of interaction with our APAC Directors, ensures this role is positioned at a senior level within the company.
Your experience should include:

- 15+ years in an interior design field.
- Extensive experience in the hospitality design field.
- Proven track record of highly recognised interior design outcomes.
- Experience organising and managing teams of designers.
- Clear and considered communication skills with an obvious strength in presenting interior design concepts and their delivery.
- Extensive understanding of materials, finishes and colour palettes used in the industry along with ongoing developments in these fields.
- Good understanding how interior design documentation packages and details are put together for a range of project scales.

You will be
- Helping develop the interior design structure for Populous APAC, this may include aspects such as the design review process, design inspiration and education and mentoring for the team.
- Taking a proactive and self managed approach to developing the design skills amongst the interior staff to ensure project design quality is up held and desired project outcomes are met.
- Providing design inspiration and guidance of current trends in the sectors Populous works in.
- You should be available for interstate travel and sometimes international to meet and develop teams around the region.

**Why Populous stands out from the rest**
We don’t consider ourselves just another design company. At Populous, we know that our strength comes from our **diversity**. Our APAC team represent over 35 different nationalities from all walks of life. We actively **celebrate** **these cultures** and are committed to creating a connected team culture that embraces and supports this. We are a truly global company, with offices and projects located throughout the APAC region - **which means endless opportunities, development **and* adventures**. **Our diversity also extends into the teams we have. We are a company that understands the **value of having highly skilled support teams** that enable our design teams to truly focus on creating world-class urban design projects.

We invest heavily in **sustainable design** practices and have active **Corporate** **Social Responsibility and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion** strategies in place that are making a difference to not only our team, but the wider communities in which we operate across the APAC region. We, of course, also provide industry leading salary packages, benefits and continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities, including in-house leadership development pathways and technical knowledge sharing workshops just to name a few

We also fully understand that work is only a portion of our lives and that our team have **commitments**, **hobbies and interests outside of work**.* To support this, we offer benefits which enable a healthy balance between work and life and include things like a wide range of **extended paid leave entitlements, industry leading** **support services for various stages of life* and **fle