Posted 3 months ago
Senior Interior Designer - Team Lead
@ TalentSphere
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
TalentSphere is hiring a Senior Interior Designer and Team Lead for a Revit-based architecture firm in Toronto, Ontario. The role leads mid to high mixed-use residential projects and is open to candidates on track for a Department Head role after 18-24 months. Pay is $105k-125k plus good benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a design team across multiple residential projects
- Keep projects on time and on budget, with timesheets
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, consultants and regulators
- Mentor junior designers and review construction drawings
- Lead or support design presentations and colour and finish selection
Requirements summary:
- 9-12 years of full-time interior design experience
- 5+ mid to large residential projects of 100+ units
- Revit, Adobe InDesign and Bluebeam proficiency
- Strong knowledge of OBC, NBC and AODA
- Advanced FFE, millwork and lighting skills
- ARIDO tracked or PMP certification preferred
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-17
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-16
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Design & creative |
| Experience | 9+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | ARIDO, PMP, NCIDQ |
| Driver’s licence | preferred |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus, Free or discounted meals |
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TalentSphere
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 329 |
(Team Lead) Senior Interior Designer
Toronto, Ontario
Architecture & Design Firm
Mid to high mixed-use residential projects
$105k-125k + good benefits
Other Titles: ARIDO Tracked Designer, Condo Designer, Mid Rise Interior Designer
The role:
TalentSphere is partnering with a larger Revit-based architecture firm urgently seeking a seasoned Senior Interior Designer: Team Lead Interior Designer. The firm has expertise in large scale residential projects with multiple stakeholders; & seek an Interior Designer with 9-12 years of full-time experience; ready to transition to a Department Head role, with mentoring, after 18-24 months. You are confident; have A-Z interior design experience. Reporting to the Lead Interior Designer and other leaders, you seek continued growth in a firm with decades of experience and repeat clients. Varied project typology welcome; but you must have 5+ mid to larger scale residential projects (100+ units) experience. Preference for ARIDO tracked candidates or PMP certification.
What they seek:
- 9~12 years of full-time Interior design experience; preference for candidates that are ARIDO tracked; or with PMP certification
- Preference for candidates living in Markham, Newmarket, Vaughan, Richmond Hill or North York with a dedicated car and G license
- Proficiency in Revit skills; Adobe Suite especially InDesign; experience with Bluebeam and Revit rendering software
- Proven experience managing teams across multiple projects; keeping projects on time and on budgets; timesheets, mentoring others
- Strong OBC, NBC and AODA knowledge; confidence overseeing projects with multiple authorities having jurisdiction
- Advanced FFE skills; solid millwork and lighting (reflected ceilings); lead or support color selection, finishes and material palettes
- Ability to coordinate closely with internal and external teams, including clients, contractors, consultants, and regulatory agencies to drive project progress.
- Exceptional communication skills including free-hand sketching to communicate ideas quickly to decision makers in structured teams
- Experience mentoring others; reviewing construction documentation drawings
- Experience in leading and participating in design presentations
What Our Client Offers:
- payment of professional dues (NCIDQ) and professional development coursework
- Lunch and Learn and on-site continuing education units
- Good benefits and annual discretionary bonus
- The opportunity to be mentored into a senior leadership role with good career growth
What to do now
Given the urgency of this role, qualified candidates should apply for immediate consideration at [email protected]. Candidates will need CV; portfolio of relevant projects; & Project List from the last 6 years.
Keywords: Toronto North, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Markham
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