Lead Interior Designer

Rice Fergus Miller is seeking a Lead Interior Designer to join our growing Hospitality team, focusing on hotels, gaming/casino, conference centers, retail, and spa environments. This senior, client-facing role requires a designer with 10 years of experience, ready to lead complex, multi-phased hospitality projects from concept through construction, manage client relationships, and mentor project teams.

For nearly 40 years, RFM has delivered meaningful projects that build and strengthen communities. We thrive on creative collaboration, design excellence, and long-term client partnerships, with a portfolio spanning the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Essential Functions

• Project Leadership: Lead the interior design vision for hospitality projects, ensuring design excellence and alignment with brand identity and guest experience.
• Client Engagement: Serve as the primary client contact, facilitating meetings, presentations, and design reviews with owners, operators, and stakeholders.
• Design Development: Develop concept designs, FF&E strategies, finishes, and visual narratives that define project character.
• Team Mentorship: Mentor and guide project teams, providing direction on design intent, documentation, and quality control.
• Technical Documentation: Oversee preparation of Revit-based construction documents, specifications, and procurement packages, ensuring compliance with applicable building design and construction, fire, life-safety, and energy codes, standards, regulations, and guidelines for the purpose of obtaining a building permit.
• Collaboration: Coordinate with architects, consultants, and contractors to ensure cohesive, high-quality interior environments.
• Budget and Schedule Management: Manage project budgets, FF&E procurement, and schedule adherence while delivering design excellence.
• Business Development: Support business development and proposal efforts by representing RFM’s hospitality expertise.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 10 years of professional interior design experience, with significant exposure to hospitality projects (hotels, casinos, conference centers, retail, spas).
• Licensure: NCIDQ certification or in progress; LEED AP or WELL AP certification a plus.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or related field.
• Technical Skills: Expertise in concept development, FF&E design, multi-phased project documentation, and brand-driven hospitality design.
• Software Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, and visualization software (Enscape/Lumion).
• Communication: Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
• Regulatory Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of building codes, accessibility standards, and other regulations pertinent to interior design.

Why Join Rice Fergus Miller

• Location: Work in person at our LEED Platinum, re-imagined warehouse on the waterfront in Bremerton, WA or Downtown Spokane.
• Flexibility: Remote/hybrid flexibility across WA, OR, MT, and ID.
• Culture: Be part of a B-Corp certified firm recognized for design excellence and employee well-being.
• Compensation: Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, professional development, and paid time off.
• Impact: Lead high-profile hospitality projects and influence the future of the Pacific Northwest’s built environment.

Rice Fergus Miller is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.

To apply, submit your portfolio, resume, and cover letter through www.rfmarch.com/jobs.

Salary : $107,000 - $160,783