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Senior Interior Designer, Planning, Design & Construction

Cincinnati, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Apr 2025

About the role

Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors

Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to 53,235 students, nearly 12,000 faculty and staff and 350,000+ living alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times has called “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.”

With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, the oldest and one of the largest cooperative education programs, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget stands at $1.85 billion, and its endowment totals $2 billion.

UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service. We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success.

Job Overview

Responsible for supporting and managing all interior design related activities to present creative, solution-based interior design and related interiors project management support in space planning, drafting/CAD, furniture products, color and materials application, as well as internal graphic and verbal presentations related to interior design and interior architecture/fit out.

Essential Functions

Lead project management from initiation through project closeout. Duties include planning, scope of work determination, cost estimating, code evaluation, competitive bidding, contractor negotiations, cost control, work inspections, scheduling, work coordination, move planning and management, project close out, and post occupancy follow up.
Coordinate with leadership in various university departments and committees, the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, consulting Architects and Interior Designers and construction/furniture vendors firms, as well as internal P+D+C project managers and related constituents.
Oversee major capital projects’ interior design portion of scope, supporting project managers to ensure consulting firms follow University methodology of delivering work as in compliance with the P+D+C’s Project Manager’s Manual, OFCC guidelines and University Standards. Development and oversight of campus interiors and FF&E University Standards.
Help develop, maintain, and execute annual and life-cycle budgeting, repair, and replacement of FF&E and finishes inventories (e.g., residence hall corridor carpet upkeep and replacement program).
Improve space utilization by promoting and ensuring all projects move towards greater flexibility and scalability to reduce the cost of reconfigurations as well as increase net gross usable space.
Critically evaluate business cases for warehousing of surplus inventory, reuse, and/or disposal/sale of FF&E that vastly reduces our back stock against better upkeep for reuse of inventories.
Partner with the Procurement Office to support means by which to leverage best practices to get value and positive outcomes out of the solicitation process.
Development and oversight of the interior designers with the goal of supporting productivity, delivery methodologies, best practices and standards and means by which to assure best in class service.
May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design or Architecture.
Nine (9) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.