Luxury Residential Interior Design Studio | Mountain View, CA
Full-Time | In-Office (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM)
Spectrum Interior Design is seeking an exceptional Lead Interior Designer to lead and elevate the execution of our luxury custom residential estate projects.
This is a senior leadership role for a designer who brings both technical mastery and thoughtful people leadership. You are responsible for translating the Principal Designer’s vision into highly resolved, buildable documentation while mentoring and strengthening the design team that brings that vision to life.
You will play a central role in shaping studio standards, technical excellence, and execution across architecture, landscape, interior architecture, interior design, and custom fabrication. This position offers the opportunity to lead with clarity, precision, and care within a collaborative, detail-driven studio where trust, accountability, and shared ownership define how we work.
The Role:
As Lead Interior Designer, you serve as the studio’s authority on technical design resolution and documentation. You guide how ideas become drawings, how drawings become construction, and how the team consistently delivers exceptional work.
You lead the design team by setting standards, reviewing work, and ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency across all project documentation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys teaching by example, guiding others, and building a high-performing team grounded in shared standards and mutual respect. You thrive in a leadership role that supports creative direction while owning technical excellence.
Senior Technical Design Lead
The Principal Designer leads concept and final approvals; this role serves as senior technical authority overseeing execution, documentation, and team leadership across complex luxury residential estates.
Lead technical design from concept through construction. Translate vision into cohesive, fully detailed drawing packages. Produce and manage advanced AutoCAD sets including plans, sections, elevations, and construction details. Develop custom detailing for millwork, cabinetry, stairs, ceilings, wall systems, stone, metalwork, and specialty finishes.
Coordinate documentation with architects, consultants, builders, and fabricators. Oversee furniture and lighting plans, specifications, and presentations. Establish studio technical standards and workflows.
Manage scopes, budgets, and schedules. Support construction administration, site visits, and shop drawing reviews. Oversee installations to ensure design integrity and quality control. Clearly communicate design intent in site meetings.
Mentor and review team work with high standards. Maintain professional, responsive client communication with discretion.
Qualifications
Degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or related field
8+ years in high-end residential design or architecture
Expert in AutoCAD (Asana, Photoshop, Studio Designer a plus)
Estate-level technical documentation experience
Strong construction knowledge
Leadership and communication skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities
Valid driver’s license
Portfolio & Assessment
Submit a portfolio demonstrating advanced technical experience in high-end residential work, including construction documentation, interior elevations, and custom millwork detailing.
Final candidates will complete an AutoCAD technical detailing assessment and a design logic/hand-sketching exercise.
Who We Are & What We Stand For
At Spectrum Interior Design, we design for the extraordinary. Our clients are global leaders with the highest of standards, hiring us to design to the fullest of our imagination. We operate with clarity, creativity, and composure, delivering every project with the highest degree of discretion, execution, and service.
