Senior Interior Designer
Azori · Bellevue · $78,100–$145,000 (stated in the posting)
About Azori
Founded in 2011 by two Bellevue locals, we have grown to become the preeminent Eastside luxury home builder today. Since Day 1 we have been driven by innovation and obsessed with setting our homes apart through their overall design and functionality. We truly get a thrill doing what we love most: building thoughtful homes that inspire community. Learn more about us and see our work at: https://azori.com
Why Azori?
We pride ourselves on our empowered team environment and dedication to taking care of our people. We believe in setting you up to succeed with clear career progression, learning opportunities, and ownership of your role from the get-go. Accountability is huge for us, and we place a lot of trust in our employees to do the right thing. We believe that a supportive and inclusive culture yields happy people, and happy people are the most successful at what they do.
About This Role
The Senior Interior Designer is an experienced design professional who leads interior design on residential projects from concept through construction and serves as a mentor and technical resource for the Interior Design team. They bring deep experience with luxury and residential design, systems thinking, experience with design technology, advanced documentation skills, and the ability to manage high-complexity projects with minimal oversight. Additionally, the Senior Interior Designer develops material collections and design standards and serves as a source of design expertise for the rest of the team. This role is an individual contributor reporting to the Manager, Interior Design.
On a Given Day, Your Work Might Include:
- Leads design on projects from presale through construction close-out, managing all associated documentation.
- Leads the development and refinement of design collections, including material and finish curation, vendor coordination, and documentation of design standards.
- Produces Revit-based interior elevations, FF&E schedules, and construction documentation that meets Azori's documentation standards.
- Partners with Project Managers, Architecture, Procurement, and Construction to coordinate design intent through the build process and resolve RFIs and submittals.
- Mentors Interior Designers and Design Coordinators on design decisions, documentation quality, and professional development.
- Identifies and drives process improvements for design workflows, updating or creating standard work to support team efficiency and documentation quality.
- Guides presale homebuyers through complex design decisions and upgrades with confidence and clarity.
- Sources products and materials, manages vendor relationships, and negotiates terms consistent with project budgets and design intent, in partnership with procurement.
- Participates in collaborative design pods with the internal Architecture team to create desirable and profitable homes that meet the lifestyle needs and expectations of luxury buyers.
- Visits job sites regularly to assess ongoing design projects, determine design direction, confirm design intent and to meet with PMs, homebuyers and custom clients as needed.
- Proactively researches industry trends, materials, and emerging vendors to keep Azori's design offerings current and competitive.
- Serves as a trusted partner and company ambassador for all internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborates on cross-functional projects or initiatives as needed or required.
- Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical
- Demonstrates deep knowledge of the functional and stylistic benefits of materials, finishes, and design elements used across Azori's product lines.
- Demonstrates strong visualization skills with the ability to convey design intent clearly to clients, contractors, and cross-functional teams both verbally and visually.
- Ability to manage a portfolio of complex, high-touch projects simultaneously, prioritizing workload and meeting deadlines across multiple production timelines.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel for FF&E schedule management and project tracking.
- Proficiency with Revit required; AI Motif or AutoCAD preferred.
- Proficiency with Salesforce, BuilderTrend, and Bluebeam preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
- Expert knowledge of:
- Space planning principles and human factors/ergonomics, building codes, ADA compliance, and life safety basics (egress, fire ratings).
- Ability to demonstrate client-facing and executive-level presentation skills.
- Materials and finishes knowledge (flooring, textiles, wall coverings, surfaces).
- Basic understanding of lighting design principles.
- Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) specification basics.
- Construction documentation fundamentals (floor plans, elevations, reflected ceiling plans, schedules).
- Concept development and design narrative articulation.
- Color theory and application.
- Basic understanding of residential design differences.
- Ability to create mood boards, material boards, and/or design presentations.
Change Management
- Quality is A Value, Not a Tradeoff: Demonstrates deep expertise in quality systems, process design, and upstream decision-making that shapes quality outcomes across teams; builds systems or processes that sustainably raise quality across teams; prevents future issues by influencing upstream decisions; and sets a quality benchmark others aspire to; chooses quality even under pressure and helps others do the same.
- Learn Faster Than the Problem Changes: Demonstrates expert-level interior design knowledge combined with broad awareness of the industry, business, and technical shifts on the horizon; turns learning into a competitive advantage for the organization; builds learning capability in others through coaching and systems; stays ahead of industry and technical shifts; regularly helps the organization avoid future problems through foresight.
- Speak Up Early When Something's Off: Demonstrates advanced understanding of organizational dynamics, risk patterns, and the conditions that allow small issues to become significant failures; challenges assumptions even when uncomfortable or unpopular; models the courage required to surface difficult truths; and creates conditions where speaking up feels safe and expected; prevents significant failures by intervening early; is trusted as a voice of integrity and sound judgment.
- Decide Like an Owner, Not a Bystander: Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of business strategy, customer impact, and organizational interdependencies that inform high-stakes decisions; thinks and acts like a steward of the business; makes tough, high-impact decisions with limited information; and aligns stakeholders around clear outcomes; consistently leaves things better than they found them.
- Bias for Action Without Creating Chaos: Demonstrates expert ability to create momentum while managing complexity across functions; deep proficiency in risk identification and mitigation; creates momentum across teams or functions; makes decisive calls that unlock progress for others; and delivers fast results without sacrificing quality or trust; is known for calm, focused execution under pressure.
- Hold a High Bar for Talent: Demonstrates deep understanding of team health, talent development practices, and the organizational dynamics that drive long-term performance; attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent; actively raises the talent bar within the team and function; identifies and raises performance issues quickly and constructively to leadership; partners with leadership to build teams that consistently outperform over time.
Values
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- Innovation: Thinks beyond immediate challenges to improve systems, workflows, and how work gets done across the organization. Challenges existing assumptions, identifies root causes, and leverages emerging technologies, including AI, to create new possibilities and drive meaningful improvements. Serves as a catalyst for modernization by developing scalable solutions, influencing adoption, and creating lasting impact across teams and functions.
- Collaboration: Raises the capability of others through mentorship and hands-on coaching, using their own experience to help teammates grow and build confidence. Builds partnerships across teams and functions, recognizes the strengths of those around them, and helps others reach their full potential by providing guidance, encouragement, and opportunities to contribute.
- Growth Mindset: Pursues mastery as a continuous discipline, using feedback and reflection to improve the quality of their work while elevating the standards of those around them. Takes ownership of closing skill and knowledge gaps by actively seeking the experiences needed to solve more complex problems and assume greater responsibility. Embraces growth through challenge, viewing setbacks as opportunities to learn, adapt, and improve.
What You Bring to Azori
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required; and
- 8 + years of luxury residential or hospitality interior design experience required.
Working Environment & Physical Requirement
- This position requires frequent use of a computer, including keyboard functions and visual acuity of 20 inches or fewer daily.
- Frequent sitting for long periods of time, within an office environment.
- Standing and/or walking for extended periods of time when visiting job sites other outside of the office requirements. Must be able to ascend stairs and uneven terrain on job sites where accommodation options are not available.
- Be able to lift up to 20 pounds on occasion with or without accommodation.
- Must be able to work in office Monday – Friday, within core business hours of 8AM-5PM.
Travel & Vehicle Requirements
- Regular travel between job sites, vendor sites and/or the office using personal vehicle is required (mileage compensation is provided by the company).
- Must possess and maintain on file with the Company, a valid state specific Driver’s License is.
- Must maintain an acceptable driving record, which includes having no more than one minor driver violation and no more than one at-fault accident, or no more than two minor violations within the past 36 months. Also, having no “major violations” within the past 36 months. “Major violations” include, but are not limited to the following: Driving under the influence, driving while license is suspended or revoked, racing, reckless, careless or negligent driving (30+ MPH over the posted speed limit is careless/negligent violation), unlawful use of a vehicle such as an accident due to a felony, speeds greater than 20 MPH over the posted speed limit, hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident or using a vehicle to commit a felony, driving while texting or use of a mobile device, also referred to as Electronic Driving Under Influence (E-DUI), fatality accident within the previous one-year dependent upon police report review, speeding in a school zone, etc.
- Must maintain on file with the Company proof of vehicle insurance. The Company should be listed as an additional insured party on your personal the vehicle insurance.
Employee Benefits
- 100% covered employee premiums for medical and dental self-coverage
- 100% employer-paid life insurance
- 100 % employer-paid long term disability insurance
- Paid medical and family leave
- Critical illness insurance
- 401(K) with generous company match, no vesting schedule, and access to professional financial advisors
- 20 days of PTO & 9 holidays
- New iPhone for your personal and business use
- Free onsite parking
- Company paid events
- Complimentary snacks & beverages
Hours & Compensation
This is a full-time position paying $78,100 - $145,000. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Individual placement within a salary range will vary based upon factors including but not limited to candidate experience, knowledge, individual, skills, and organizational performance.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Azori we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Azori is an equal opportunity employer