About Four Seasons:
Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.
At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.
About the location:
The Role of Director of Design and Innovation:
We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Director of Interior Design to join our Four Seasons Corporate Office team in Dubai on a 10-month fixed-term contract! There is potential for this position to become a permanent role, depending on business needs.
This role reports to the Senior Director of Interior Design and will be responsible for all aspects of interior design for a shared portfolio of new build, renovation, and conversion projects and providing property opening support in EMEA.
As Director of Interior Design, you will oversee design on new builds, renovations, and conversions; reviewing design from concept through construction documents and specifications; and provide detailed comments to ensure design meets brand standards and creates a superior quality, relevant product. You will assist with sourcing potential Interior Designers and Art Consultants, and providing same for project-specific recommendations, assist with keeping Design Standards current, write Design Narratives, conduct new designer orientations, and arrange and attend design presentations.
You will provide property opening support, supporting the General Manager and On-Site Lead on-boarding presentations, creating Look Books for properties at Pre-Opening Phase to guide the Operations team with curating guest rooms & public areas per Design Vision, and you will liaise with Portfolio Management and Planning & Integration teams on property opening.
Our Ideal Director of Interior Design candidate will have:
A degree in Interior Design or Architecture (with a focus on interiors), a minimum of 10 years’ experience in an international design firm with a focus on hospitality design, and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in Hotel Operator Design Services, including in-depth experience with renovation and conversion projects.
The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of architectural and interior design process and documentation, knowledge of graphic design as applied to Design Narratives, signage and collateral, strong space planning, FF&E specification writing, millwork drawings review skills, and understanding of Lighting Design.
An appreciation of the fiscal landscape and an understanding of individual property’s appetite by ownership for proposed renovations, as well as an ability to assess the physical product (i.e., understand, develop, and write a potential scope of work for renovation or repositioning of the property), is a fundamental requirement.
This role requires a team player with a strong initiative, self-motivation, the ability to work on and prioritize multiple projects and adapt well to changing priorities, be a creative problem solver, have exceptional communication skills to inspire design vision, and ensure proactive refinements to the product as new learnings surface.
This position will be based in Dubai on a 10-month fixed-term contract with the potential to become a permanent role, depending on business needs. You should be comfortable with travel as needed to properties; anticipated to be 60 – 70 travel days per year.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule – people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts and residences around the world, making us an undisputed “employer of choice.”