Vice President of Interior Design

COMPANY OVERVIEW LOGE Camps is inspired by the outdoor travel culture of the 70’s, creating destinations that have the relaxed energy of a road trip with friends. We believe community plays a huge role in people’s lives and their adventures, and we created LOGE Camps to be much more than just a place to stay the night. Since our beginning in 2016, LOGE has grown to six open Camps and more than a dozen in development —?all near our favorite towns and trails. With a range of ways to stay – rooms, van hookups, tent spots, as well as group meeting spaces - LOGE inspires the best of the outdoors and community. JOB BASICS The Vice President of Interior Design role offers an incredible opportunity to join a fast-growing hospitality brand and help (literally) shape the future of LOGE Camps! LOGE’s Vice President of Interior Design will oversee the Interior Design Team, helping recruit, hire, and train designers and drafters. They will direct unique property designs across our growing portfolio and will steward the brand positioning and experience of LOGE. Not your average Vice President Interior Design position, this role will have a foundational impact on the growth of LOGE Camps. We’re looking for someone with a strategic long-term view and keen ability to translate brand into a full-scale hospitality experience. If you’re excited to build out an Interior Design Team and up LOGE’s interior design game with a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, we’d love to hear from you! SKILLS NEEDED • A passion for building out spaces that help people have a great time, with an understanding for how small details can affect the overall guest experience. • A deep expertise of hospitality design, and the ability to help others understand the overall design vision for a project. • A strong ability to lead (with or without authority) and to authentically represent a company’s brand and culture, inside and outside the company. • An ability to develop a low-ego, highly collaborative interior design department, and to build a design process that incorporates input from outside of the design team. • An entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment. • A teaching and learning mindset, with a capacity to share best practices and learn new ways of doing things. • A demonstrated ability to proactively problem-solve, make good judgement calls and operate with integrity. • Previous experience traveling, exploring, adventuring and staying in a variety of hotel, hostel, and campground locations. RESPONSIBILITIES • Lead the LOGE Interior Design team and structure its growth as additional team members are added. • Partner with architects and consultants to develop design and specifications. • Establish and oversee the Interior Design creative process for LOGE, including: • Create FF&E schedules and specifications. • Produce Interior Design construction documents for permitting. • Present the design to senior level executives and owners. • Conduct market research and facilitate design review and planning meetings. • Establish and maintain the company’s interior design materials library and interior design production templates. • Support Development Managers in the development and realization of projects, start to finish. • Review documents to ensure they follow all local, state, federal and jurisdictional regulatory codes. • Interpret design documentation requirements for subcontractors, responding to RFI’s, handling redline construction and millwork documents. • Support construction administration and create punch list for contractors. • Research interior design materials and methods regarding constructability, cost, quality, and schedule concerns to internal LOGE team members. • Conduct pre and post opening analysis of materials and making required fixes. • Coordinate with Procurement departments for purchasing of FFE and materials. • Advise on bid tender for vendors and large purchases of materials. • Conduct site inspections to ensure conformance to design specifications and LOGE positioning. • Build and maintain relationships with internal team members and external vendors. • Guide development team and company at large about emerging design trends, new building regulations, and consumer behaviors in the hospitality and outdoor industries. • With the brand creative team, support the evolution of brand design and vision for LOGE Camps. REQUIREMENTS • Minimum 6-years' experience in the design field, preferably in the hospitality design industry • 4-year degree from an accredited interior design program preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. • Excellent high-energy communication skills • 4+ years previous experience in design leadership, with a track record of building productive, low-drama teams • Ability to inspire exceptional design from an interior design team, and to drive productive collaboration with folks outside the design and development department. • Strong experience implementing design concepts in a team environment through completion that is on schedule and meets budget and design intent. • Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines. Must be able to multitask on various projects running at the same time with short, similar deadlines. • Experience working with development vendors, including GCs. • A deep understanding of the hospitality industry, the outdoor industry, and the guest experience journey • General understanding of construction industry best practices, including building & ADA codes. • Ability to read design plans and blueprints and to create presentation boards. • Experience with scope writing and RFPs. Specification writing & material selection experience preferred. • Required software skills: AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office/Excel and Bluebeam OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS • Candidates for this role will be asked to submit a digital portfolio showcasing examples of their previous interior design work. • The base salary band for this role is $120,000 to $145,000. • Work environment information: • The role is based in Salt Lake City full-time and will work out of LOGE’s office in Salt Lake City. Depending on business needs, there may be an opportunity to split time working from home and in the office (hybrid working). • The role requires travel at least 50% of the time. • The person in this role may have to lift/carry up to fifty (50) pounds on a daily basis. • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud (typical of a hotel setting). • The person in this role may have to remain stationary for one (1) hour, move about/traverse property spaces, push, kneel, bend, balance, squat, reach and stretch for up to eight (8) hours per day COMPANY CULTURE LOGE is made up of trail-wanderers, bikers, climbers, hammock-nappers, bbq-throwers, builders, and dreamers passionate about the outdoors, travel, philanthropy, and the environment. Our goal is to create unique lodging experiences in the center of great outdoor recreation hubs that give our guests a place to connect with others, try out new gear, and explore unfamiliar territory. We love to travel, we love the outdoors and we believe community plays a huge role in both our lives and our adventures. Opportunity and Equity at LOGE ? At LOGE, the first of our seven values is We Welcome Everyone. We believe that there’s no single right way to be outside and invite everyone to join us on our journey. Each unique voice and point of view can help someone feel more welcomed and can show us all how to be more welcoming. Love the outdoors and want to share it? Then we’ve got a place for your authentic whole self here at LOGE. LOGE Camps is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to providing a workplace where crew members feel welcome and where all aspects of employment (including hiring, promotion, and discharge) will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. Our goal is to attract the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool, by offering equal employment opportunities to all applicants and current crew members without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Learn more at www.logecamps.com | follow us and see what we’re all about! @logecamps