The Associate Designer will leverage a combination of education, experience, creativity, and knowledge of healthcare environments to develop furniture and interior solutions that support patient care, staff efficiency, healing environments, and operational excellence. This role will work on projects of varying size and complexity across hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers, specialty care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates, organizes, and leads the design for medium-to-large-scale healthcare projects
- Works closely with Bialek Health Account Managers and Project Managers to deliver exceptional client experiences and project outcomes
- Plans, schedules, and directs the development of healthcare interior project requirements
- Develop design and specification documents that support healthcare design concepts and project implementation activities
- Delivers client presentations and facilitates design discussions with stakeholders
- Performs healthcare-focused interior design, space planning, and development tasks, including drawings, calculations, cost estimates, furniture specifications, and finish selections
- Serves as a primary client contact for design-related questions, comments, and requests
- Provides timely client communication, feedback, and follow-up throughout project execution
- Reviews and interprets drawings, specifications, and design concepts prepared by internal and external project partners
- Participates in meetings and project activities, both remotely and in person
- Collaborates effectively as a team player across multidisciplinary project teams
- Reads, responds to, and develops FF&E bids, specifications, and proposal responses
- Maintains awareness of healthcare design trends, evidence-based design principles, regulatory considerations, and evolving care delivery models
- Leverages approved AI tools to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency
Qualifications:
- BS/BA Degree required from a FIDER/CIDA-accredited Interior Design program
- Excellent organizational, presentation, and communication skills required
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage multiple healthcare projects simultaneously
- Experience in healthcare interiors, healthcare furniture, or the commercial furniture industry strongly preferred
- AutoCAD and CET experience required
- 5+ years of furniture systems, healthcare planning, and/or space planning experience required
- Strong understanding of healthcare design principles, workflows, and the architectural design process
- Knowledge of healthcare environments, including acute care, ambulatory care, specialty clinics, and administrative healthcare spaces preferred
- NCIDQ Certification required
- LEED, EDAC (Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification), or other healthcare-focused credentials preferred
- Strong work ethic, leadership qualities, and client-service mindset
Physical Demands: This position requires long times of sitting, standing and walking, and must be able to drive to client locations.
Bialek is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request.