Designer (Mérida)

Curioso is a collective of architects, interior designers, and artists designing meaningful experiences around the world. Our award-winning projects represent a range of industries, including luxury hospitality, lifestyle hospitality, restaurant, wellness, multifamily, and professional spaces. We're a collaborative studio driven by curiosity, empathy, and an entrepreneurial spirit, with a diverse, multicultural team across our studios in Chicago, IL, and Mérida, Yucatán, México.

We're looking for an experienced Designer to join our Mérida studio.

Position Overview

The Designer will work directly with our design studio team, contributing to every stage of the design process—from initial concepts to construction administration, team management, and design implementation. You will be responsible for crafting compelling visual presentations, articulating Curioso’s vision, and designing a project through all project phases, which includes client interactions and consultant coordination. 

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration

  • Convey a compelling story/narrative to the internal team and external stakeholders on projects 

  • Work collaboratively with project teams through sketching/modeling design solutions, preparing drawings, editing presentations, sourcing materials, finishes, FF&E, producing construction drawings and specifications

  • Represent Curioso and the design for all consult coordination meetings

  • Manage and streamline the design process for team members in both Chicago and Mérida to drive projects toward implementation

Candidate Requirements

  • 4-5 years of interior design or interior architecture experience, hospitality-focused preferred, including experience in all phases of design and construction (Concept, SD, DD, CD, and Construction Administration)

  • Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup/Enscape, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite (INDD, PSD), Microsoft/Google office

  • Strong conceptual and design skills; excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong communication skills

  • Proficient hand-sketching abilities

  • Experience in developing thoughtful material palettes and FF&E selections that are in line with project budgets, meet brand standards, and meet lead times.

  • A flexible and open attitude towards new and iterative ways of working are values we highly encourage at Curioso.

  • Accredited Degree in Interior Design or Architecture

  • Fluent in English and Spanish

Also in Your Toolkit (Beneficial, but not required)

  • 3D Max and/or Lumion

  • SpecSources, Designspec or similar FFE specification programs

  • Sketches, Concepts, Procreate or Morphofolio trace (tablet apps)

  • Autodesk Construction Cloud 

  • Not Required but beneficial: NCIDQ Certification, state licensure and LEED Accreditation

Location: Must be located in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, or willing to relocate.

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