Design Directors

Role requirements

Creative Leadership

• Define and lead the creative vision for key projects, pursuits, and competitions.
• Act as a design leader, ensuring consistency and excellence across the regional portfolio.
• Shape architectural language, innovation, sustainability, and client-focused design strategies.
• Represent the practice publicly through client presentations, design reviews, and industry forums

Project Oversight

• Provide strategic oversight across major projects and key client accounts.
• Lead design governance, review processes, and critical decision-making points.
• Guide teams through complex stakeholder environments typical of large-scale International and Middle East developments.
• Support business development through design leadership in bids and interviews.

Team Mentorship

• Inspire, mentor, and develop senior design leaders and future directors.
• Build and sustain a high-performance, design-led collaborative studio culture.
• Support succession planning and long-term capability building within the practice.

Quality & Delivery

• Ensure design excellence is maintained from concept through delivery across all project stages.
• Oversee design risk management, authority engagement, and design integrity during construction.
• Set benchmarks for quality, innovation, and best practice across the region.