Associate Principal - Interior Designer, Living

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description: 

At Arcadis, the Associate Principal – Interior Design is a senior design and business leader responsible for shaping exceptional residential and mixed-use environments. This role combines creative leadership, client engagement, business development, and team mentorship to deliver innovative, people-centered interior design solutions while supporting the growth of the Living practice.

Role accountabilities: 

• Lead the vision, design strategy, and delivery of complex residential, hospitality-inspired, and mixed-use interior design projects. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, cultivating long-term relationships and identifying opportunities for repeat business. 
• Drive business development efforts, including proposals, presentations, interviews, and pursuit strategies. 
• Provide executive oversight of project performance, ensuring excellence in design quality, client satisfaction, schedule, and budget management. 
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through all phases of programming, concept development, design documentation, and construction administration. 
• Mentor and develop interior designers and project leaders, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 
• Champion design excellence, innovation, sustainability, and wellness-focused design principles across the practice. 
• Represent Arcadis at industry events, client meetings, and professional organizations to elevate brand visibility and market presence.

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or a related design discipline. 
• 12+ years of progressive interior design experience with a focus on multifamily, residential, mixed-use, and Living-sector projects. 
• NCIDQ certification, Registered Architect (RA), or equivalent professional credential preferred. 
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale interior design projects from concept through construction. 
• Proven business development experience, including client relationship management and successful pursuit of new work. 
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team management capabilities. 
• Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills. 
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape, SketchUp, and other industry-standard visualization and design tools.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $102,400 - $153,600. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.