PROJECT LEADER (8-12+ YEARS EXPERIENCE)
The Project Leader should be client focused and experienced in all aspects of the design and delivery process. The successful candidate will lead projects with a balance of design sensitivity, technical expertise, and operational control, ensuring a high-touch client experience while maintaining accountability for execution and outcomes.
CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
• Manage the Client relationship throughout the duration of the project
• Ensure prompt (within 24 hour) communication and responsiveness
• Lead client meetings with clarity and confidence
• Plan, establish, and meet deadlines with Clients
• Troubleshoot and resolve client concerns proactively
• Guide clients through decision making while maintaining design direction
• Lead a team in preparing presentations and deliverables
PROJECT LEADERSHIP
• Lead multiple projects from concept through installation
• Maintain ownership of project timelines, budgets, and deliverables
• Drive weekly project tracking and accountability across team members
• Anticipate and resolve issues before they impact schedule or design
• Ensure alignment between design intent, documentation, and execution
• Maintain full visibility on all project moving parts
TEAM MANAGEMENT
• Lead and manage internal design teams across multiple projects
• Delegate work clearly and ensure accountability for deadlines and quality
• Mentor and develop team members through active project involvement
• Identify gaps in performance and address proactively
• Coordinate workload and support team efficiency
DESIGN
• Carry a project from initial conceptual meeting through final installation
• Lead a team to formulate design presentations, preliminary space plans, and concept studies
• Oversee design development to ensure alignment with CDD standards
• Source and suggest furniture, fabrics, materials, and finishes
• Oversee FF&E selections, concepting, and integration into overall design
• Ensure design intent is maintained throughout all phases of the project
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
• Lead a team to produce and review scaled floor plans, elevations, details, and reflected ceiling plans
• Oversee furniture plans, shop drawings, and material and finish schedules in Revit and AutoCAD
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of construction documentation
• Review and approve shop drawings and submittals
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Founded in 2018, Chad Dorsey Design is an award-winning interior architecture and design studio known for creating authentic, unapologetic interiors that redefine modern luxury. With a team of 16 designers, architects, and creative professionals, the Dallas-based firm crafts highly personalized residential environments rooted in the belief that spaces are meant to be lived in, not just admired.
The studio’s work is distinguished by a sophisticated balance of structure and warmth. Drawing from Chad Dorsey’s architectural training and a deep appreciation for craftsmanship, each project is grounded in natural materials, handcrafted details, quiet palettes, and a seamless relationship between architecture and interiors. Custom furnishings, artisan collaborations, and carefully curated pieces are layered to create homes that feel both refined and approachable.
Authentic. Unapologetic. Interiors. These three words define the firm’s design philosophy. Rejecting the predictably aspirational, Chad Dorsey Design creates spaces that are deeply personal, richly layered, and impossible to replicate. The studio embraces contrast—mixing refined and raw, contemporary and vintage, custom and collected—to create interiors with character, tension, and soul. No two projects look alike because every home is shaped by the individuality of its client and the unique qualities of the architecture itself.
This perspective is informed by a diverse design background that extends beyond residential work. Prior to founding the studio, Chad Dorsey designed hospitality environments ranging from luxury hotels and private clubs in Las Vegas, Montana, and Cabo San Lucas to private aircraft interiors. That experience continues to influence the firm’s rigorous design process, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes.
Today, Chad Dorsey Design is recognized as a leading voice in contemporary luxury interiors. The firm’s work has been featured in Architectural Digest, EL
