Job Description
OVERVIEW
Position
Design Director
Job Code
Reports to
Executive Director, Line Design
Direct Reports
TBC
Division
The Line Design Group
Sector
The Line Proponent
Role Purpose
The Design Director in The Line Design team will lead and manage the design of different assets related to The Line. The Director of Design will lead a design team with respective plans, schedules, and will organize and coordinate the design work is executed on projects of all scales.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES
Key accountabilities:
- Responsible for design quality and vision
- Accountable for Delivery of design through Plan of Works
- Single point of contact for project Leadership
- Escalation point for Design Consultants
Role and responsibilities:
- Develop THE LINE architecture design and ensures implementation across the module.
- Responsible as part of the senior management team for delivering THE LINE Design Management mandate, including stakeholder engagement internally and externally
- Managing the design by creative approach and aesthetic design
- Design delivery from concept design to completion.
- Responsible to deliver the design of various architectural typologies: residential, mixed use, commercial, public, healthcare, educational, civic and cultural, etc.
- Manage architectural design consultants to deliver NEOM architectural content and context
- Strong ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and presentations
- Supervise the production of visualization, pre-concept, concept, developed and detailed design
- Acts as Lead reviewer of qualitative architectural design review process, providing analysis, comment, and recommendation to executive management.
- Management and oversight of Senior Architects, Architects, Designers within the department and across different sectors/departments.
- Draft comprehensive architectural sets from concept until detailed design documents
- Manages Design and Asset Brief compliance, completeness and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines
- Lead, develop and review design asset briefs
- Prepare SoW, specifications, reports and related data tables
- Lead and develop design manuals, standard design documents
- Manages preparation of and checks materials schedules and sample boards and mock-ups
- Manages preparation of and checks FF&E schedules and sourcing, including samples and mock-ups as appropriate
- Understanding materiality and its specifications
- Understanding Public realm design and application
- Technical detailing and construction administration experience
- Ability to solve design issues in a creative and pragmatic way by developing multiple designs options that meet the design approach and budget
- Manage communication, coordination, and management of consultants, contractors, various NEOM departments/sectors
- Produce deliverables in accordance with NEOM standards and policies.
BACKGROUND, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Knowledge:
- Excellent conceptual and design skills, with emphasis on aesthetics
- Fluent in writing and speaking English, spoken and written
- Ability to negotiate,
- Flexibility and attitude towards company objectives.
Job Details
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Job Location
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Saudi Arabia
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Company Industry
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Other Business Support Services
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Company Type
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Unspecified
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Employment Type
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Unspecified
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Monthly Salary Range
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Unspecified
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Number of Vacancies
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Unspecified