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Design Director to lead spatial planning and concept design on luxury hotel projects, combining strategic insight with creative direction at the early design stages.Position:This is a critically important, front-end leadership role at the very heart of the studio’s design process. The Director will lead on the conceptual foundation of every project, setting the spatial tone, operational logic, and guest experience strategy from the very beginning. This role quite literally defines how each project will function, flow, and feel.With full oversight across all live projects in the studio, you will shape and guide high-level spatial planning, key adjacencies, circulation, and interior layouts for luxury hotel schemes. Your work will ensure that every environment is not only visually compelling, but also commercially viable, operationally robust, and genuinely guest-friendly.You will sketch ideas with speed and clarity, test and challenge layouts through hand drawing and AutoCAD, redline drawing packages, and continuously propose smarter, more refined spatial solutions. Acting as a design authority and guardian of spatial integrity, you will ensure that ambitious creative concepts are translated into clear, buildable and beautifully resolved spaces. This role requires exceptional conceptual intelligence, deep technical insight, and the confidence to influence creative direction at the highest levelCandidate:The ideal candidate will bring 15+ years of experience within high-end interior design, with a strong recent focus on luxury hospitality and hotel projects. You will be a true front-end thinker, deeply hands-on, and actively producing, reviewing and interrogating layouts through both exceptional hand sketching and AutoCAD.You will have an outstanding understanding of hotel environments, including guest journeys, operational adjacencies, back-of-house/front-of-house planning, and the nuanced expectations of the luxury market. Your spatial thinking will be both highly creative and rigorously practical, ensuring layouts are inspirational, workable, and commercially sound.You will be a natural leader and mentor, able to elevate design teams, confidently challenge spatial decisions, and communicate with clarity and authority to consultants, operators and clients. You will bring deep sector-specific knowledge of luxury hospitality, alongside the confidence and credibility to lead from the front at concept stage.Studio:This is a highly sought-after and well-established studio with an international portfolio of projects. As this role is highly confidential, further details about the studio will be shared with shortlisted candidates.Apply:Apply via LinkedIn or email interiors@ with the subject line: FC2452. Applicants must have valid Right to Work (RTW) in the UK, as those without will not be eligible.Due to the high volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those shortlisted for the position. We thank you for your time and interest.Refer a Friend:We are always interested to connect with industry #talent. If you know someone open to new opportunities, connect us. If we place them, you'll receive up to £500 as thank you.FOLIO is a leading agency specialising in design recruitment. We partner with top practices, boutique studios, and global design groups to connect talent with opportunity. Explore current vacancies and learn how we support design careers at