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Director of Design Jobs at CI Select

Director of Design Jobs at CI Select

Sample Director of Design Job Description

Director of Design

Functional Responsibilities:

  • Maintains company culture and lives by CI Select Core Values:
    • Give It Your All
    • Enjoy Doing It
    • Grow Together
    • Inspire Confidence
  • Recruits, hires, and trains professional design staff.
  • Maintains leading edge prominence within the industry.
  • Responsible for the review process and development of new procedures necessary to make the Team and Process more efficient.
  • Educating and enforcing adherence to CI Select brand standards.
  • Monitors performance, time, and productivity of design staff.
  • Facilitates weekly departmental meetings and reviews projects and priorities.
  • Guides and advises the design team on projects, providing overall design direction to ensure consistent, high-quality, and on-time design throughout the department.
  • Fosters a strong commitment to external and internal client service.
  • Keeps well connected with manufacturers and design industry to ensure access to newest and most innovative products and services available.
  • Reviews bid requirements and delegates bid work based on size, complexity, and deadline.
  • Responsible for workload projections, scheduling, and assigning projects/teams.
  • Incorporates and utilizes standards for all projects and processes.
  • Provides guidance to the design team and facilitates working through the processes with all team members within the other departments to implement a successful project.
  • Assists in preparation and delivery of design presentations to clients and drives consultant work to achieve design goals.
  • Acts as a mentor by coaching and motivating the design team and individuals; fostering an environment of mutual respect and trust among members of the design team, sales, project management, and project coordinators.
  • Keeps the design team abreast of new products, trends, and technology.
  • Conducts performance reviews for all employees in the design department.
  • Supports programs and develops Continuing Education opportunities to expose the design staff to influences which will stimulate design creativity and innovation. Supports growth of design team to strive for NCIDQ certification, if they are interested.
  • Maintains attendance records and report to Human Resources.
  • Assists design/sales staff with appropriate product application and selection.
  • Recommends and implements training needs within the department.
  • Identifies need for department equipment and software upgrades, including cost analysis.
  • Assists executive team in special projects and assignments, as needed.
  • Participates with other Directors of Design from other Dealers to discuss best practices.
  • Selects appropriate product for a project based on customer budget and practical needs.
  • Recommends work flow improvements for customer's business needs.
  • Verifies pricing and discount structure.
  • Works with sales support personnel.
  • Participates in marketing and business development opportunities with Sales, Business Development, and Manufacturers Representatives.
  • Leads the marketing team on the development and maintenance of marketing campaigns, materials, website, social media, newsletter, premier events, and overall proposal preparation. Helps to oversee the development of standard materials that describe the business and processes.
  • Assists in the preparation of press releases and other materials publicizing the company.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

About CI Select:

CI Select offers furniture, workplace technology, architectural products, artwork and signage to many of the markets' most prestigious and largest companies, government agencies, K-12 schools and higher education, healthcare, hospitality and non-profits. We work in close collaboration with our industry partners including leading Design and Architectural firms, Commercial Real Estate and General Contractors on behalf of our shared clients. CI Select is the leading office furniture dealer in St. Louis and is among the largest Knoll dealers in the country. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, CI Select also has an office in Columbia, MO.


At CI Select, our mission is clear and one we embrace every day for every client on every project: to create positive energy in the workplace. Our clients count on us to help them foster their cultures and brands while enhancing employee productivity, collaboration, and pride in their workplace. Through furniture, flooring, workplace technology, architectural products, artwork, and signage, CI Select creates workplaces in harmony, delivered in sync. CI Select is a certified Women-Owned Busines.


Successful candidates will not just adhere to but will thrive on delivering on our core values of Give it Our All, Enjoy Doing It, Inspire Confidence and Grow Together. They will be equal parts determined experts as they are creative, lighthearted and fun.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at CI Select:

Harmony occurs when multiple complementary parts come together to create something beautiful, balanced, and better than what any one of them could achieve on their own. At CI Select, our promise to our customers is to design and deliver a workplace in harmony.


That same mission is true to the way we run our company. Harmony can only be fully realized with a community of employees from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds, skillsets, and perspectives who embrace differences and crave harmony within our workplace for us to produce the very best of ideas for and with our clients, suppliers and partners.

Education / Certification / Experience Needed:

  • Degree in interior design and/or marketing-Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Eight or more years of experience in commercial interior design.
  • Four or more years of experience managing and leading direct reports.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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