Senior Interior Designer

About Azori

Founded in 2011 by two Bellevue locals, we have grown to become the preeminent Eastside luxury home builder today. Since Day 1 we have been driven by innovation and obsessed with setting our homes apart through their overall design and functionality. We truly get a thrill doing what we love most: building thoughtful homes that inspire community. Learn more about us and see our work at: https://azori.com

Why Azori?

We pride ourselves on our empowered team environment and dedication to taking care of our people. We believe in setting you up to succeed with clear career progression, learning opportunities, and ownership of your role from the get-go. Accountability is huge for us, and we place a lot of trust in our employees to do the right thing. We believe that a supportive and inclusive culture yields happy people, and happy people are the most successful at what they do.

About This Role

The Senior Interior Designer is an experienced design professional who leads interior design on residential projects from concept through construction and serves as a mentor and technical resource for the Interior Design team. They bring deep experience with luxury and residential design, systems thinking, experience with design technology, advanced documentation skills, and the ability to manage high-complexity projects with minimal oversight. Additionally, the Senior Interior Designer develops material collections and design standards and serves as a source of design expertise for the rest of the team. This role is an individual contributor reporting to the Manager, Interior Design.

On a Given Day, Your Work Might Include:

Leads design on projects from presale through construction close-out, managing all associated documentation.

Leads the development and refinement of design collections, including material and finish curation, vendor coordination, and documentation of design standards.

Produces Revit-based interior elevations, FF&E schedules, and construction documentation that meets Azori's documentation standards.

Partners with Project Managers, Architecture, Procurement, and Construction to coordinate design intent through the build process and resolve RFIs and submittals.

Mentors Interior Designers and Design Coordinators on design decisions, documentation quality, and professional development.

Identifies and drives process improvements for design workflows, updating or creating standard work to support team efficiency and documentation quality.

Guides presale homebuyers through complex design decisions and upgrades with confidence and clarity.

Sources products and materials, manages vendor relationships, and negotiates terms consistent with project budgets and design intent, in partnership with procurement.

Participates in collaborative design pods with the internal Architecture team to create desirable and profitable homes that meet the lifestyle needs and expectations of luxury buyers.

Visits job sites regularly to assess ongoing design projects, determine design direction, confirm design intent and to meet with PMs, homebuyers and custom clients as needed.

Proactively researches industry trends, materials, and emerging vendors to keep Azori's design offerings current and competitive.

Serves as a trusted partner and company ambassador for all internal and external stakeholders.

Collaborates on cross-functional projects or initiatives as needed or required.

Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical

Demonstrates deep knowledge of the functional and stylistic benefits of materials, finishes, and design elements used across Azori's product lines.

Demonstrates strong visualization skills with the ability to convey design intent clearly to clients, contractors, and cross-functional teams both verbally and visually.

Ability to manage a portfolio of complex, high-touch projects simultaneously, prioritizing workload and meeting deadlines across multiple production timelines.

Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel for FF&E schedule management and project tracking.

Proficiency with Revit required; AI Motif or AutoCAD preferred.

Proficiency with Salesforce, BuilderTrend, and Bluebeam preferred.

Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.

Expert knowledge of:

Space planning principles and human factors/ergonomics, building codes, ADA compliance, and life safety basics (egress, fire ratings).

Ability to demonstrate client-facing and executive-level presentation skills.

Materials and finishes knowledge (flooring, textiles, wall coverings, surfaces).

Basic understanding of lighting design principles.

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) specification basics.

Construction documentation fundamentals (floor plans, elevations, reflected ceiling plans, schedules).

Concept development and design narrative articulation.

Color theory and application.

Basic understanding of residential design differences.

Ability to create mood boards, material boards, and/or design presentations.

Change Management

Quality is A Value, Not a Tradeoff: Demonstrates deep expertise in quality systems, process design, and upstream decision-making that shapes quality outcomes across teams; builds systems or processes that sustainably raise quality across teams; prevents future issues by influencing upstream decisions; and sets a quality benchmark others aspire to; chooses quality even under pressure and helps others do the same.

Learn Faster Than the Problem Changes: Demonstrates expert-level interior design knowledge combined with broad awareness of the industry, business, and technical shifts on the horizon; turns learning into a competitive advantage for the organization; builds learning capability in others through coaching and systems; stays ahead of industry and technical shifts; regularly helps the organization avoid future problems through foresight.

Speak Up Early When Something's Off: Demonstrates advanced understanding of organizational dynamics, risk patterns, and the conditions that allow small issues to become significant failures; challenges assumptions even when uncomfortable or unpopular; models the courage required to surface difficult truths; and creates conditions where speaking up feels safe and expected; prevents significant failures by intervening early; is trusted as a voice of integrity and sound judgment.

Decide Like an Owner, Not a Bystander: Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of business strategy, customer impact, and organizational interdependencies that inform high-stakes decisions; thinks and acts like a steward of the business; makes tough, high-impact decisions with limited information; and aligns stakeholders around clear outcomes; consistently leaves things better than they found them.

Bias for Action Without Creating Chaos: Demonstrates expert ability to create momentum while managing complexity across functions; deep proficiency in risk identification and mitigation; creates momentum across teams or functions; makes decisive calls that unlock progress for others; and delivers fast results without sacrificing quality or trust; is known for calm, focused execution under pressure.

Hold a High Bar for Talent: Demonstrates deep understanding of team health, talent development practices, and the organizational dynamics that drive long-term performance; attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent; actively raises the talent bar within the team and function; identifies and raises performance issues quickly and constructively to leadership; partners with leadership to build teams that consistently outperform over time.

Values

Innovation: Thinks beyond immediate challenges to improve systems, workflows, and how work gets done across the organization. Challenges existing assumptions, identifies root causes, an