Design Manager, Luxury & Lifestyle Hospitality

Join a new and growing global design team, shaping some of the world's most distinctive luxury and lifestyle hotel brands. Based in our global HQ in Windsor, with 3-days a week office based. From Six Senses, Regent and InterContinental to Vignette Collection, Kimpton and Hotel Indigo, each of our brands has its own identity, sense of place and guest experience. In this role, you'll help nurture those identities as our brands grow. You'll report to the Senior Manager, Global Design Strategies, turning brand thinking, market insight and creative ideas into design projects, guides and programmes that help our brands grow and succeed. Working across all of our brands, you'll collaborate with brand, design, operations and regional teams to bring exceptional ideas to life in hotels worldwide. What you'll do

• Help shape the design direction for each of our brands, from early thinking through to the finished hotel.
• Create new concepts, prototypes, design signatures and style and atmosphere guides, and keep the guidance up to date for regional and hotel teams.
• Work with internal teams, external consultants and agencies to see design projects through, keeping budgets and timings on track.
• Bring your expertise to specialist themes including lighting, sustainability and sensory design, supporting human-centred and inclusive approaches across our brands.
• Understand the commercial impact of design ideas, balancing guest experience with cost and day-to-day operations, and support the annual brand standards and budgeting.
  
  A degree or equivalent in Interior Design, Interior Architecture with experience in luxury or lifestyle hospitality design; having a focus on design strategy, styling, brand experience or creative programmes.
• A refined eye for brand aesthetics, design standards and hospitality trends, with an understanding of sustainable practice in interior design and architecture.
• A warm, easy way of working with senior colleagues across functions, cultures and regions, with polished writing, speaking and presentation skills.
• Sound project management skills and a working knowledge of InDesign, PowerPoint and Excel, with a knack for turning creative ideas into clear, practical guides.
This is an opportunity to help shape how some of the world's best-loved hotel brands look, feel and evolve. If you pair creative design thinking with a deep understanding of luxury hospitality, we'd love to hear from you.