The Role
Manage day-to-day administrative operations, supervise staff, oversee property management, manage office budgets, and implement operational improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In
If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The successful candidate will be located in our Houston office and will also provide support to our Dallas office, partnering closely with office leadership and staff on the day-to-day operations of the office.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Responsible for managing day-to-day administrative operations. Works closely with Director of Business Practices/Business Practice Leader.
- Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to supervising, coordinating workload, assigning tasks, and managing performance of support staff; managing office administration and procedures to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and safety.
- Communicates and implements office practices in conjunction with office leadership.
- Oversees property management issues; manages relationships with vendors and service providers.
- Manages office budgets in partnership with BPL.
- Implement opportunities to improve office operations and employee engagement.
- Train and/or mentor new office coordinator, administration, or reception staff.
- Proficient in required computer software programs.
- Manages confidential information with discretion
- Other duties as assigned.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience required.
- Minimum High school diploma or GED required. Associates degree in relevant field preferred.
- Prior supervisory experience preferred.
- Experience working in a professional services firm preferred.
- Exceptional time management, problem solving and organizational skills with the ability to multitask, maintain and prioritize deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels, internally and externally, is essential.
- Comfortable with fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required.
For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits
ABOUT OUR FIRM
CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. At the heart of everything we do is Living-Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It’s more than a philosophy — it’s who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day.
ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives.
- We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.
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As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.
CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.
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The Company
What We Do
As an integrated design firm, we do a lot of things. But at our core, we help people continuously flourish.
We leverage the heart, passion and intelligence of our more than 1,000 creative thinkers to develop solutions for some of the greatest challenges facing our clients and society. Whether designing for equity in education, accessible healthcare, inclusive communities, new scientific discoveries or the “next big idea” in business, we partner with organizations to help them improve human life.
We do this through a design approach we created called Living-Centered Design. Our approach realizes that to create a world where people continuously flourish, we must address the complex interdependencies that exist between people, businesses, communities, society and the environment.
Learn more at cannondesign.com/livingcentereddesign.
