Principal Interior Designer

The Principal Interior Designer role is an elevated position that combines strategic leadership, technical expertise, and creative vision to deliver exceptional aviation interior designs. As a key driver of innovation, you will guide multidisciplinary teams in creating designs that exceed client expectations and shape the future of aviation interiors. This role is both collaborative and hands-on, requiring a deep understanding of the industry, a passion for mentoring talent, and the ability to transform visionary concepts into production-ready solutions. If you’re ready to elevate design excellence while inspiring others, this is the role for you.

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Why We Need This Position

As a leader in innovation and creative excellence, we need a Principal Designer who can bridge the gap between visionary design and technical execution. This role is vital in crafting design solutions that align with client brand and product goals while inspiring teams and driving innovation in aviation interiors.

Who We’re Looking For

You are a dynamic and collaborative designer with a strong aesthetic sense, deep technical expertise, and a passion for aviation interior design. You thrive on mentoring teams, engaging clients, and delivering exceptional design solutions that align with strategic goals. With a keen eye for detail and a love of innovative challenges, you excel at guiding projects from concept through implementation. Your ability to inspire, communicate, and deliver on time and on budget makes you a critical asset in achieving design excellence.

A typical day might include leading client presentations, scoping and resource planning, mentoring design teams, reviewing project phases, and ensuring design intent is maintained through production.

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• Experience : Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design or equivalent work experience in the field of interior design, Environmental Design, or Interior Architecture; 10 years in interior design; thorough knowledge of aircraft interiors, systems integration, and certification requirements.
• Skills : Exceptional presentation and communication skills; expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office Suite, InDesign, and Keynote; strategic and analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Special Requirements : Domestic and international travel up to 30%; passion for aviation and design innovation.
• Leadership : Proven ability to inspire teams, mentor talent, and collaborate across disciplines to achieve creative excellence.
• Role : Lead design efforts, guide multidisciplinary teams, and deliver innovative and strategic solutions for aviation interiors.
• Personality : Collaborative, forward-thinking, and driven by a relentless commitment to quality and client satisfaction.

If you’re passionate about combining technology with creative design solutions and want to make a significant impact on the future of aviation interiors, this is the role for you!

Salary Range : The salary range for this job in most US geographic locations is $130,686 - $185,836.

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What We Offer

At Teague, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We search the globe to find and attract top talent from diverse backgrounds and value unique perspectives and experiences.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that rewards you based on performance and recognition for the value you bring to Teague. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. In addition, our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes employer provided Short & Long-Term Disability and Life / AD&D insurance, alongside competitive dental and medical plans with a Health Savings Account option, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401k, and Parental Leave. We also offer voluntary benefits for vision, additional life, additional AD&D, accident & injury, critical illness, identity theft protections, legal and long-term care. Additionally, Employees enjoy discounts on pet insurance and access to HealthCare Bluebook. As part of our comprehensive benefits package, full-time employees start by accruing 4 weeks of paid time off a year (prorated for part-time hires) and 10 paid holidays throughout the fiscal year. On-Call or Temporary employees accrue 1hr of PTO for every 30hrs worked. Full-time intern benefits start the first month following 60 days of hire, and are not eligible to participate in Teague's 401k plan.

We are a Washington State based company. All employees must reside in the state of Washington (unless otherwise noted for specific roles) and be able to access one of our studio locations in the greater Seattle area.

Teague is an EEO / AA employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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This is a hybrid role requiring a few in-office work days / week. Are you local to Seattle, WA and able to commute to Teague's offices in Renton & Everett, WA? If not, are you willing to relocate?

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Salary : $130,686 - $185,836