Overview
Executive Director, Creative Jobs in Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR at Sands China
Join Sands Design Studio Development & Project Management Team and work in a rewarding, dynamic and strategic department. Your role will be diverse and challenging in driving the creative process with the interior design firms to ensure alignment with the luxurious standard of ‘Design Excellence 2.0’ across all areas of Macao properties from Hotel, F&B, Gaming, MICE Space, and public community spaces.
The Executive Director, Creative leads the vision, development, and execution of the company’s creative strategy across hospitality, development, brand and guest experience touchpoints. This role is responsible for shaping a distinctive creative point of view that elevates properties and projects while ensuring alignment with business goals, budget, and operational requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead the creative strategy and interior design direction for luxury hospitality projects from Ideation through implementation, being mindful of Owner budgets and schedules.
- Ensure the design sophistication and aesthetic of the overall interior design to meet global standards and adheres to the Brand requirements of the organization, drive the creative design process resulting in award winning projects.
- More specifically this role requires conceptual thinking, to guide interior designers and design collaborators on spatial planning, finishes, FF&E direction, detailing, and overall guest experience.
- Drive Luxury Brand alignment, establish and enforce design standards, style consistency, and brand identity across all properties, providing mentorship to our key partners including internal stakeholders, Operations and DPM Teams.
- Ensure design intent is translated accurately into deliverables, documentation, and stakeholder ready presentations.
- Manage ID delivery process for new projects and CAPEX plan initiatives, providing strategic recommendations to improve the inherent value of the asset, quality of the guest experience through elevated design enhancements.
- Responsible for creation and issuance of Design Briefs for each project that define visual and descriptive design cues to guide the consultant team to achieve ‘Design Excellence 2.0’ expectations.
- Approve finish samples, FFE selection, decorative lighting, artwork and accessories specifications and comment on suitability/coherence to the holistic design vision.
- Monitor and report on progress of interior design work on projects, identify opportunities and challenges with respect to cost and time constraints and recommend solutions.
Requirements
- 15+ years of relevant experience with proven track record in Hospitality Design, within the luxury sector at major ID / Consultancy Firm, Hospitality or Development / Ownership companies.
- Strong strategic planning, project management and organizational skills, including the ability to handle details through to completion, ensure project objectives are met and projects are successfully delivered on par with ‘Design Excellence 2.0’.
- Experience and knowledge of all aspects of design, including space planning, interior design, FF&E, finishes and materials.
- Experience with managing teams and complex projects, including design team organizational structures and resources.
- Excellent leadership capabilities, charisma, and communication skills to influence, inspire and motivate key stakeholders around a single vision.
- Complex problem solving and creative solution skills, and ability to work in a fast-paced, and changeable environment under pressure while meeting challenging deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills to relate well with all project-related functions, consultants and contractors.
Title: Executive Director, Creative
Company: Sands China
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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