Senior Interior Designer

Job Description

AECOM’s Chicago Buildings + Places team is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Interior Designer to lead the design and execution of interior design projects across multiple typologies. The Senior Interior Designer is responsible for setting the strategic direction, creative vision, and technical excellence of interior design projects. This role combines design leadership, and client engagement, while ensuring projects are delivered with design quality, financial discipline, and operational efficiency. This role is a hybrid position located in Chicago, IL.

AECOM is a globally recognized architecture and engineering design firm whose diverse, creative teams deliver positive impact to millions of people worldwide. We operate collaboratively across business lines and regions, trusted to deliver some of the most complex projects on the planet. Our Client Promise - excellence, innovation, measurable value - reflects our dedication to understanding needs, exceeding expectations, and achieving shared goals, grounded in integrity, collaboration, and innovation.

About the Chicago Buildings + Places Team

Our practice is one of the fastest growing and highest-performing B+P practices in AECOM’s West Region. We offer a full suite of services: architecture, interiors, building systems and structural engineering, urbanism and planning (including landscape), workplace transformation, advisory services, technology solutions, and digital delivery - and serve as a Center of Excellence for many of these disciplines.

We work in a collaborative model across the West Region with other B+P practices, as well as with AECOM’s Transportation, Water, Environment and Advisory business lines to support vertical infrastructure and comprehensive solutions. Our Chicago-led client base is global and includes Public Non-Federal, Cultural + Civic, Commercial, Science & Technology, Transit, and Federal clients. Most clients are repeat partners, recognizing our service model and outcomes as excellent. Recognized by over 45 design awards in the past five years, we aim to be the design firm of choice for clients and the employer of choice for diverse, best-in-class talent - doing the work that matters.

Recent/ongoing projects include Corporate Headquarters Interior Fit-Out, Milwaukee County Courthouse; Interior Fit-Outs for National Financial Client; City of Chicago Joint Police and Training Center Emergency Medical Services Addition; Lake County Convention Center.

What You’ll Do

In partnership with the Desing Director, the Senior Interior Designer serves as a trusted advisor to clients and a mentor to design teams, elevating the firm’s brand, culture and market presence. This role balances hands-on design leadership with client engagement and mentorship, elevating design excellence and supporting project needs, profitability, and long-term client relationships in alignment with regional and national objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Design Leadership & Vision

• Lead concept development and design excellence across multiple project types and scales
• Ensure consistency in quality, innovation, sustainability, and technical rigor
• Review and guide major project milestones from concept through construction

Client Leadership & Business Development

• Serve as a trusted client partner, translating vision and goals into clear, actionable design strategies
• Present design concepts and solutions, incorporating client feedback through design development
• Maintain strong client relationships that drive repeat work and referrals
• Strengthen AECOM’s presence in the design community through relationships with clients, consultants, and industry partners

Project Oversight & Delivery

• Provide design oversight for multiple projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget adherence
• Generate design documentation, including concepts, renderings, material selections, and technical drawings
• Collaborate with project managers to manage risk, staffing, and resourcing
• Resolve complex design, technical, or delivery challenges

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Mentor, and inspire members of a multidisciplinary interior design team
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high‑performance culture
• Promote continuous learning, innovation, and emerging design trends

The following characteristics/experience are essential to the success of this position:

Proficient in design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, Powerpoint, and rendering tools like V-Ray or Enscape.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design + minimum 6 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, Powerpoint, and rendering tools like V-Ray or Enscape.
• 15+ years of experience in commercial interiors
• Professional licensure in field of study
• Experience across a range of project sizes and typologies
• High attention to detail with a strong sense of design craft
• Self-motivated, proactive, and accountable
• General Understanding of building codes, regulations, and construction processes.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable balancing creativity with technical and practical constraints
• Experience with Change Management
• LEED Accreditation
• Valid driver’s license

Additional Information

• This position will not offer sponsorship now or in the future.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com. 

What makes AECOM a great place to work 

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.