Your Role
At Gensler Columbus, you’ll design education, healthcare, and life science interiors that directly impact patient outcomes, staff well‑being, and community resilience. As a Gensler Interior Designer, you’ll collaborate with recognized, practiced colleagues to translate research, insight, and human-centered design into environments that support impactful outcomes.
This role is ideal for a designer who thrives at the intersection of design excellence, technical rigor, and purpose-driven work—and who wants to grow within a collaborative, mentorship-focused studio.
What You'll Do
- Lead and support interior projects from programming through construction administration, ensuring design intent and clinical requirements are fully realized
- Partner with Design Directors and multidisciplinary teams to develop compelling, high-performing healthcare environments
- Translate conceptual ideas into high-quality 2D/3D models, renderings, and construction documents
- Contribute to space planning strategies, finish palettes, specifications, and detailed interior documentation
- Prepare and present FF&E selections that balance durability, infection control, aesthetics, and user experience
- Apply hand sketching and advanced digital tools to communicate design ideas with clarity and confidence
- Coordinate with consultants, vendors, fabricators, and healthcare stakeholders throughout project delivery
- Support construction-phase activities to ensure design quality, compliance, and execution
- Engage in studio culture, mentoring, learning programs, and emerging technologies (including AI-driven workflows)
What You Bring
- 5-10 years of interior design experience
- Proven experience delivering projects from early planning through construction
- Knowledge of FGI, NFPA, and healthcare-specific regulatory requirements is a plus.
- Deep understanding of interior construction documents, materials, finishes, and specifications
- Confidence navigating building codes, standards, and complex project conditions
- Advanced Revit proficiency and comfort working in fast-paced, multi-project environments
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design from an accredited program
- Collaborative mindset, curiosity, and a commitment to design excellence
- Ability to build and sustain client relationships through trusted project delivery
- NCIDQ certification and LEED AP (or in progress) preferred
Why Gensler?
- Work on high-impact projects shaping the future of the built environment
- Learn from and collaborate with top design leaders
- Grow in a studio that values mentorship, innovation, and purpose-driven design
- Thrive in an environment that balances creativity, technical mastery, and research
Life at Gensler
Gensler is committed to supporting a healthy and balanced lifestyle for our employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability coverage, wellness programs, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, and paid time off. Additional benefits include 401(k), profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice‑annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.
We actively support licensure and professional development through reimbursement for professional licenses, renewals, exam fees, and eligible tuition expenses. We view professional growth as a meaningful investment in our people and our future.
*For consideration, you must submit a portfolio and your resume in PDF format.
To learn more about our compensation philosophy and full benefits offerings, please visit Great People, Great Rewards | Gensler
Skills Required
- 5-10 years of interior design experience
- Proven experience delivering projects from early planning through construction
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Interior Design from an accredited program
- NCIDQ certification and LEED AP (or in progress) preferred
- Advanced Revit proficiency
- Knowledge of FGI, NFPA, and healthcare-specific regulatory requirements
Gensler Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Gensler and has not been reviewed or approved by Gensler.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentive programs include twice‑yearly bonuses and profit sharing that are positioned as meaningful parts of total compensation. Employee ownership elements can reward longer tenure and contribute to overall earnings beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee stock ownership and stock appreciation programs provide wealth‑building avenues beyond salary. These equity mechanisms are highlighted as part of the standard package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, and vision alongside life and disability, EAP/mental‑health resources, and wellness programs. Benefits breadth is described as solid within the industry context.
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What We Do
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors. Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design. We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone. Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.
