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Design Director
WeWork
London, , United Kingdom
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Role Overview & Responsibilities:
As a Design Director, you will be responsible for leading our team in the pursuit to meet the region’s objectives of quality, cost and speed. WeWork product within your assigned region. In the pursuit of delivering the best product possible, you will be supported by Technical and Creative Directors, and oversee a regional, interdisciplinary team that includes architects, interior designers, engineers, graphic artists, and technologists. With this in mind, you must be adaptable in your management style and capable of communicating with people with a variety of backgrounds and skill levels. Key to success in this role is establishing a successful relationship with the regional Development Director, the Creative and Technical Directors as well as the extended team and establish the context for them to be successful in your pursuit of achieving your regional goals and the higher level mission of producing the best workplaces in the world.
The position requires a proven track record as an exceptional manager, an understanding of our brand at its deepest level, and demonstrable expertise across many design disciplines. Particularly important to the role is the ability to harness the strengths of your regional team, both on the individual and group level.
• Design Direction - Oversee effective planning and delivery of Pre-Design and Design phases, including Due Diligence, Programming, Layouts and Finish sign offs for assigned region. Ensure projects are designed to budget, time and product quality objectives
• Product & Brand Alignment - Ensure regional product aligns with global direction of WeWork product, through constant open communication with HQ
• Resource Management - Manage design resources to ensure region is properly staffed to achieve goals. Analyze future pipeline and assess potential resourcing needs for team to achieve defined regional goals.
• Mentorship - Act as a mentor to regional team members (provide guidance, feedback, and help determining paths of growth for individuals). Be responsible for the continuous optimization of individual team members, as well as the regional design team in its entirety
• Innovation - Run initiatives at Product Development level to improve both process and product on a global scale. Support technical improvements both in the product as well as the process we use to document our design, by working alongside Creative and Design Directors. Be a key member in the definition of our product’s future design direction by working collaboratively with the Product Development team.
• Communication - Espouse excellent and efficient decision-making skills. Champion excellent team communication and consultant coordination as necessary to support the project design and delivery effort.
• Collaboration - Work collaboratively with regional Development Director, Technical Director and Creative Director to execute goals for region, within designated project timelines
• Reports to the global Head of Design
About WeWork
WeWork is the platform for creators, providing more than 50,000 members around the world with space, community and services that enable them to do what they love and create their life's work. Our mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living, and our own team members are central to that goal.
The WeWork team believes deeply in the power of “we” and in the movement we’re a part of. We challenge convention and achieve amazing things through dedication and collaboration. There is a contagious energy in our spaces as we work together toward accomplishing our goals.
Our hunger for building great spaces; empowering startups, freelancers, and small businesses; and connecting interesting people is far from being satisfied. We’re just getting started, and our journey gets increasingly exciting as more team members join the movement!
Our values guide who we are and everything that we do.
Inspired
We do what we love and are connected to something greater than ourselves.
Entrepreneurial
We are creators, leaders and self-starters. We try new things; we challenge convention; and we’re not afraid to fail.
Authentic
We are genuine to our brand, mission and values. We’re not perfect and we don’t pretend to be. We are, though, always honest and as transparent as we can be.
Tenacious
We never settle. We get sh*t done and we get it done well. Be persistent and knock down walls – literally if you have to. You have our permission.
Grateful
We are grateful for each other, our members, and to be part of this movement. We don’t take success for granted. We’re happy to be alive.
Together
We are in this together. This is a team effort. We always look out for one another. We have empathy; we know we’re all human, and know we can’t do any of this alone.