Interior Designer Project Manager Jobs in California

Stantec's Sacramento office is seeking a design-focused, client-facing Senior Interior Designer with experience in health sector projects preferred. This Senior-level role is suited for a professional with 8+ years of experience who is passionate about design excellence, collaborative leadership, and working directly with developer clients.
You will play a key role in the design and delivery of health sector projects, contributing to and helping lead design efforts from early concept through construction. Working within Stantec's integrated architecture and interiors practice, you will collaborate across disciplines while maintaining a strong design voice and an active presence with clients.
We are seeking a Senior interior designer with strong architectural understanding and a holistic approach to residential design, someone who is comfortable thinking across interiors, building design, detailing, and helping form the overall design vision.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a design leadership capacity while remaining engaged in the technical and collaborative realities of project delivery. Candidates should balance strong design thinking with an understanding of constructability, project budgets, operations, and the resident experience.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to design-driven multifamily projects, including building and unit types, common spaces, amenity areas, and residential interiors
• Participate in and help lead client meetings, presentations, and design workshops
• Develop clear design concepts supported by compelling graphics, drawings, and narratives
• Coordinate closely with project managers, architects, interior designers, and consultants to ensure design intent is carried through all project phases
• Support design quality, technical coordination, and documentation across SD, DD, and CD phases
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to a collaborative, studio-based culture
• Assist with business development efforts, including proposals, interviews, and maintaining client relationships

Qualifications
Qualifications

• 8+ years or more of professional experience in interior design, with a strong portfolio of multifamily housing work
• Professional degree in Architecture or Interior Design; architectural licensure or NCIDQ certification preferred
• Demonstrated design leadership and a strong aesthetic sensibility informed by constructability and market realities
• Experience working directly with clients, developers, and stakeholders
• Solid understanding of residential building systems, codes, and detailing (interiors and/or architectural)
• Proficiency in Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft PowerPoint required; visualization and 3D rendering skills preferred. Strong graphic presentation abilities are a plus.
• Experience seeing projects through multiple phases with increasing responsibility
• Portfolio submission required

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Interior Design or related field is required.
• IIDA accreditation is preferred.
• Pursuing Interior Design Licensure is preferred, licensure not required.
• Minimum of seven years related experience is required.
• LEED Green Associate or LEED AP preferred.
• Must have a valid drivers license and a clean MVR

At Stantec, we design with community in mind. Our Sacramento studio is highly collaborative and design-driven, with architects and interior designers working closely together from early concept through project delivery. We work on a diverse range of multifamily housing projects that respond to market demand while emphasizing livability, equity, and long-term value.
This role offers direct exposure to developer clients, meaningful influence on design direction, and opportunities to contribute to business development and thought leadership within the multifamily sector, all within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
Stantec is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Hybrid work flexibility available.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required in this job; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Us
Stantec's Buildings team is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.
Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.
Join us and design your place with Stantec.
About the Team
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements