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Featured Job: Creative Director | Los Angeles Job Description On the cutting edge of how the world defines Hospitality Design, this globally renowned design firm is seeking a Creative Director of Hospitality Interior Design. Setting the standard of five star Hospitality design, this firm is the world’s leading design consultants […]

Architects, Star Wars, and Gingerbread For 23 years, a team of local architects, contractors, and chefs, have partnered with the Sheraton Seattle to bring attention to and raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) here in Seattle. This group of creative professionals comes together and uses their design, […]

Featured Job: Project Architect | Seattle, WA Job Description A well established and growing design firm, located in Seattle, Washington, has contracted with DBI to find and hire multiple Project Architects. This firm is unique in their aesthetic and their design approach. With a deep interest in the design philosophies […]

Featured Job: Healthcare Studio Lead | San Francisco Job Description The question has power, the solution has impact. This is the way forward for dbi’s new client based in San Francisco. Our client is hiring a Healthcare Studio Lead. This candidate will be responsible for leading the Studio in all […]

The One Thing That a Firm Needs to do Now to Attract More Talent News flash! The war for talent is here! For those of us on the front line of this war, it has been here for a while. The economy has reached a point where there is no […]

Featured Job: Senior Interior Designer – Hospitality Portland | Seattle Job Description Committed to creating well-designed spaces where people and communities thrive is the foundation of our new client’s approach to design, employees, clients, and business. This firm is creative, driven, and team oriented. Working in the place where team […]

Featured Job: Senior Project Manager – Seattle, WA Job Description DBI has been retained by a stalwart Seattle firm to fill a Senior Project Manager. This mid-size, full service firm is hiring a new Senior Project Manager to manage business relationship, provide support and guidance to staff and project managers, […]

DBI Welcomes Don Humphreys DBI is very excited to announce that Don Humphreys has joined our office in Seattle. Don comes into the firm at the level of Senior Recruiter. In this role he will be supporting recruiting efforts for DBI across several design specialties and for clients around the […]

Featured Job: Sports Architecture Market Specialist Job Description Multi-disciplined architecture design firm, located in Des Moines, IA, is actively hiring for a Sports Architecture Market Specialist. The firm has built its success on their team-oriented design focus. With a focused effort, the firm strives for a blend of professional knowledge […]

Featured Job: Technical Coordinator (REVIT) in New York City Job Description DBI has been retained by an international architecture and design firm with an extensive portfolio of corporate and hospitality projects who is looking to hire a Technical Coordinator for the firm’s office in New York City. The candidate will […]

“I want to work projects from start to finish, but I want to work in a big firm where there is more consistency.” I hear this a lot when talking with candidates that are considering a career move. To be honest, in my experience, this doesn’t really exist and I […]

Featured Job: Project Architect in Seattle, WA Our new client, a well-established and expanding full-service architectural firm in Pioneer Square (Seattle) is hiring a Project Architect to join their firm. This firm believes in dense, vibrant, well-designed urban environments. They believe, without apology, that these well-planned urban environments provide a […]

Here are 4 free websites to get you architecture portfolio online.  Having an online architecture or design portfolio is a must in today’s fast-moving, digital world. It is a critical tool in being able to attract potential employers in a tight job market, an excellent way to stay organized as […]

Featured Job: Senior Designer – Hospitality – Dallas, TX Job Description DBI has been retained by a global Hospitality design firm to engage a Senior Designer for their Dallas office. The right candidate will own the process of inception to buildable product. The right candidate must be of two minds, […]

DBI Welcomes Dawnielle Owens DBI is very excited to announce that Dawnielle Owens has joined our office in Seattle. Dawnielle is our new Senior Recruiter. She will be supporting recruiting efforts across the globe. Dawnielle comes from a very fast-paced recruiting environment. Starting her recruiting career in 2012, she quickly […]

Website Launch! Welcome to the New dbifirm.com! The website, like everything else, has evolved over the last year. It is no longer the static billboard for a company. It is no longer the best and polished side of a firm, a glittery mirage of what you hope to be. In […]

  Are you passionate about design?  More importantly, are you passionate about designs influence on the world?  Does creating spaces that are aspirational, memorable, and unique the reason you started in design?  If this is you, my client may be a great place to move your career. By starting with […]

  In my last post I discussed what interviewers should ask design talent to uncover their potential.  This week I want to speak to the talent. Design talent, you know who you are, if there is anything to understand at this moment in time it is that you are in […]