National Design Lead

Join a dynamic, design-led studio known for creating thoughtful, human-centric spaces across workplace, commercial, and hospitality sectors. This is a rare opportunity to lead a talented national design team and shape the creative direction of projects across Australia.

The Role:
As National Design Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving design excellence and consistency across studios. Working closely with studio leads, you’ll guide project visioning from concept through to delivery, ensuring innovative, purposeful design outcomes. This position blends hands-on creative direction with high-level strategic thinking, mentoring, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design direction across all studios nationally, ensuring creative quality and consistency
• Work closely with clients and internal teams to develop compelling design narratives
• Oversee conceptual development and guide teams through design phases
• Mentor and inspire designers at all levels, championing a culture of creativity and collaboration
• Collaborate with Directors to align design strategy with broader business goals
• Represent the design vision in client presentations and industry events

• 10+ years' experience in interior architecture or interior design, with a strong portfolio of commercial projects
• Proven leadership in creative direction and studio mentorship
• Comfortable working at both strategic and conceptual levels
• Confident presenter and storyteller with strong communication skills
• Collaborative, curious, and passionate about design that makes a difference

• National leadership position with real influence
• Projects with high design integrity and variety
• A supportive, forward-thinking studio culture
• Fantastic company culture with frequent social events including across state trips, weekends away! 
• Flexible working of 1 day from home supported weekly