Senior Interior Designer

2 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Kappa Executive Search Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Take the lead on premium hospitality and aged-care interiors projects, shaping design with your expertise and vision.

You'll drive concept development and design integrity across a variety of high-profile projects, while mentoring junior designers and influencing the studio's creative direction.

With hybrid flexibility and a design-focused environment, you'll have the space to do your best work and the support to keep pushing boundaries.

What you'll do

  • Lead interior design across hospitality, aged-care and hotel projects, guiding concepts from initial ideas through to delivery.

  • Presenting concepts to clients, managing feedback and maintaining strong relationships will give you valuable influence over the final outcomes. You'll also coordinate closely with architects, engineers and builders to keep everything aligned with budget, buildability and design intent.

  • Mentoring junior and mid-level designers will be a key part of your impact, helping develop their skills while maintaining the high quality of the studio's output. You'll also contribute to business development through proposals and pitches, helping to grow the practice.

  • Staying up-to-date with design trends, materials and technologies in hospitality and aged-care will let you bring fresh ideas into the studio, keeping projects innovative and relevant.

About the Company

This award-winning, multidisciplinary design practice delivers architecture and interior design projects across hospitality, residential, aged-care and workplace sectors.

The studio has a reputation for combining creativity with technical precision, producing work that's both visually compelling and highly functional. Collaboration, innovation, and a strong design culture underpin every project.

They have 4 offices, 2 in Australia and 2 in Asia. Their Sydney Studio is based in stunning waterside offices, with 50 staff locally.

Projects

The studio's interior design work covers Australia and overseas, with projects ranging from luxury residences and senior living environments to hospitality and workplace spaces.

Their approach combines architectural discipline with a refined sense of interior detail, bringing a hotel-level finish to aged-care and multi-residential projects while delivering distinctive fit-outs for restaurants, cafés and commercial interiors.

Internationally, they have completed interiors for landmark residential towers and bespoke penthouses across Asia, each designed with sensitivity to local culture and craftsmanship.

Across all projects, the focus remains on timeless materiality, intelligent spatial planning and a seamless connection between architecture and interiors, creating spaces that balance aesthetic sophistication with comfort and purpose.

What you'll need

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or related field
  • Proven experience leading interior design projects in hospitality, aged-care or similar sectors
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and manage teams
  • Commercial awareness and understanding of Australian building codes, accessibility standards and operational requirements

For a confidential discussion, contact
Shane O'Brien at
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Alternatively, click Apply Now to submit your application.

Kappa Executive Search is a specialist recruitment firm based in Sydney, dedicated to connecting top talent with leading architecture, interior design firms across Australia.

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