About Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hospitality company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to our Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company\xe2\x80\x99s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

The Role of Manager, Design and Innovation, EMEA:

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Manager Design and Innovation EMEA, to join our Four Seasons Corporate Office team in Dubai!

This role reports to the Senior Director Design and Innovation, EMEA and will be responsible for supporting the interior design lifecycle of both new hotel projects and operating hotels from pre-concept design to opening. The focus will be on elevating design and product quality to ensure each project delivers a best-in-class Four Seasons guest experience.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing renovation strategies in collaboration with Design and Innovation leads and other Four Seasons stakeholders. Outlining improvements over the short and long term to ensure we are in line with brand quality requirements and a competitive market position. Reviewing of proposed design scope, attendance of design presentations, model room reviews and production of related reports
• Review of concept and schematic design presentations, detail design drawings, finishes and FF&E specification submissions for renovation and new build projects. Preparation of design review reports
• Presenting potential new Interior Design Consultants, Art Consultants and Restaurant and Bar Design specialists for internal review. Assisting in obtaining their portfolios, company profiles outlining studio structure, and validating quality of design documentation and ability to deliver a best in class Four Seasons product
• Developing the foundation of design briefs. Collaborating with the Project lead and Project Interior Design lead in review of the area summary, development facilities summary, owner/developer insight, and site data. Conducting desk top research on destination, competitive market, imagery, and information to be used in development of design narrative document
• Contributing to design standards updates, participating in annual or bi-annual reviews of design standards to ensure accuracy prior to issuance
• Creating and updating monthly internal project status reports and renovation progress reports

Our Ideal Manager, Design and Innovation candidate will have:

An undergraduate degree in Interior Design, and a minimum of 8 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience as design lead or senior interior designer in an international hospitality design consultancy. Thorough understanding of hospitality, restaurant, and bar design principles. Experience gained in design department of a luxury hotel operator would be a plus.

The ideal candidate will have exceptional knowledge of architectural and interior design process and documentation, excellent space planning skills, FF&E design, millwork design, excellent knowledge of materials, finishes and specification writing. Graphic design skills and excellent command in English as applied to design briefs and design narratives, proficiency in related software such as Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD, Publisher, InDesign, Photoshop and Sketchup.

This role requires a team player with exceptional work ethic, strong initiative, self-motivation, ability to manage conflicting priorities of multiple internal and external stakeholders, understanding of fiscal landscape and appetite of ownership for improvements, and ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Travel will be required in this role, up to 40 \xe2\x80\x93 60 days per annum.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule \xe2\x80\x93 people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts and residences around the world, making us an undisputed \xe2\x80\x9cemployer of choice.\xe2\x80\x9d

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