Director of Design / Senior Residential Designer

Director of Design / Senior Residential Designer

About Level Workforce, LLC

Level Workforce is an innovative consulting and workforce solutions agency dedicated to empowering businesses and business owners in the construction, real estate and finance industries. With over 25 years of combined industry experience, we are passionate about helping clients achieve their goals through strategic guidance, streamlined processes, and operational excellence.

Our team of seasoned professionals offers a range of consulting services, from business advisory to executive hands-on consulting, and staffing solutions to help develop tailored solutions that address our client's unique challenges and goals. We take a client-first approach and prioritize communication, collaboration, and transparency to ensure that our clients feel supported throughout their engagement with us.

THE LEVEL WORKFORCE MISSION

To help businesses build, optimize, and lead their operations. We are committed to providing strategic guidance, streamlining processes, and improving operational efficiency to help our clients thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape. We are committed to helping our industry modernize by implementing automations, sharing our expertise, and facilitating cultural and organizational changes.

Position Details

• Title: Director of Design / Senior Residential Designer
• Type: 1099 Contract
• Location: Hybrid: Remote and in-person collaboration in Atlanta, GA / Newnan for site visits and team interaction
• Hours: approximately 10-15 hours per week to start
• Compensation: $50-$85 per hour (based on experience)
• Reports To: Chief Development & Executive Officer

Position Overview

The Director of Design / Senior Residential Designer will help lead design execution for Bohanon Farms, our first farm club community prototype, while also supporting select real estate, construction, and development clients through the Level Workforce platform.

The ideal candidate is someone with elevated residential design capability combined with the practical experience to bring ideas to life efficiently; balancing creativity, budgets, schedules, construction realities, and client experience. The right person will truly value design, stewardship, collaboration, and building a lasting platform.

Core Responsibilities

Design Leadership & Execution

• Help lead the design execution for Bohanon Farms, our first farm club community prototype.
• Refine prototype home plans and finish packages.
• Balance creativity with budgets, schedules, construction realities, and client experience to bring ideas to life efficiently.
• Support select real estate, construction, and development clients through the Level Workforce platform.
• Create repeatable systems and processes that make design execution efficient and scalable.

Team Mentorship & Development

• Mentor and develop our emerging interior design and architecture team.
• Lead teams, vendors, and consultants toward consistent, high-quality design outcomes.

Design Coordination & Collaboration

• Lead design coordination with development, construction, civil, site architecture, licensed architects, and builder partners.
• Collaborate closely with our Director of Construction and broader design-build leadership team.
• Manage selections and client experience for spec homes, custom homes, and pre-sale opportunities.
• Guide client conversations and design decisions from concept through completion.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• High-end / elevated residential design, architecture, interiors, or design-build experience.
• Practical experience bringing designs to life within real budgets, schedules, and construction constraints.
• Strong process orientation and the ability to create repeatable systems.
• Comfortable leading teams, vendors, consultants, and client conversations.
• Availability for in-person collaboration, site visits, and team interaction within the project footprint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience across the full design-build lifecycle, including spec homes, custom homes, and pre-sale opportunities.
• Experience mentoring or building an interior design and/or architecture team.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a desire to build something unique.
• Based in or near the Metro Atlanta / Newnan / I-85 corridor.

What We Offer

• Flexible, remote contract structure
• Opportunity to support growing construction and professional service brands
• Direct collaboration with experienced business leaders
• Ability to expand responsibilities over time based on performance