- This role is based at our corporate office in McLean, VA***
This is your chance to be part of an in-house Brands team of industry experts in the domains of hospitality, brand management, innovation, food and beverage, wellness, owner relations and more for all of Hilton's unique brands! As a Director of Design - Luxury Brands, you will support the team that leads our luxury brands with the steadfast goal of strengthening and growing the Hilton portfolio. On the Luxury Brands team reporting to the Vice President, Architecture & Design - Luxury Brands, you will provide leadership, inspiration, and guidance to our teams, owners and partners as a subject matter expert in strategic planning, design and innovation to develop and drive global initiatives while supporting our efforts to help grow all Luxury Brand properties in the United States & Canada (NAM) region.
How We Will Support You
Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:
- Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Learn more about the rest of our benefits
At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.
- Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.
How You Will Make An Impact
Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.
What Your Day-to-day Will Be Like
- Lead Luxury Brand initiatives with polish and a passion to increase performance, innovation, brand definition, Net Unit Growth (NUG), and elevated PIP development.
- Explore and define opportunities, communicate the vision, and guide active project initiatives.
- Engage partners - internal Brand, Development, Food & Beverage, Wellness, IT, and MEP colleagues and our Ownership teams to envision and facilitate elevated, necessary renovations and new development projects.
- Support our Architecture, Design & Construction (AD&C) and Development teams with the review and assessment of our luxury brand design narratives, presentations, and Architectural, FF&E and General Construction standards.
- Deliver as the face and voice of our Luxury Brand team thoughtfully composed oral, written and visual presentations for internal and external publication and negotiations.
How You Will Collaborate With Others
- Demonstrate passion and vision through an understanding of people, talent, capabilities and resources. Inspire creative and meaningful thinking while being mindful of business and operations objectives and unique circumstances as the face of our Luxury Brands.
- Collaborate with both our teams and external partners such as owners, operators (both Hilton and Franchise), developers, design and technical consultants to promote our benefited approach relative to programming, planning, and design to deliver operational efficiency and increase revenue generating opportunities.
- Provide mentorship to the consultants of hotel owners and General Managers through the process of programming, team assembly, Brand immersions, collaborative workshops (both in person and virtual), design submittals and reviews, all through the lens of relationship-building with our partners.
- No direct reports at this time.
What Projects You Will Take Ownership Of
- Lead collaborative design initiatives between Brand and AD&C to elevate our portfolio through innovation in our Luxury and Lifestyle influenced market segment.
- Guide brand representation for the evolution, maintenance and new development of strategic Luxury Brand initiatives and resource documents for relevance, being Brand Design Narratives, Design Guides, regional D&C Standards, Global Key Brand Attributes, communication tools, and design award submissions.
- Re-tool DRC Presentations to our executive committee and project updates to our Brand leaders.
- Help write RFPs and PIPs while driving diversification of consultant resources, providing proposal assessments to best identify project specific consultant talent.
- Support portfolio-wide AD&C CapEx planning strategies and partner with Operations to establish renovation guidelines.
WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT
You Have These Minimum Qualifications
- Five (5) years of Luxury & Lifestyle Brands commensurate experience in hospitality design, project management and construction roles
- Four (4) years of experience in direct ownership communications and team management
- Mastery of all things digital including: SketchUp, AutoCAD, InDesign, Bluebeam, Microsoft PowerPoint and Project
- Travel up to 50% of the time
It Would Be Useful If You Have
- Four (4) years of experience in direct corporate communications at all levels
- Seven (7) years of experience in Luxury brand strategy-focused planning, design and construction for hotel, resort and branded residential projects
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture
- Advanced degree in Architecture, Interior Architecture & Design, or Real Estate Development
What It Is Like Working For Hilton
Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!
It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.
Work Locations
Hilton - Global Headquarters - McLean
Schedule
Full-time
Brand
Hilton Corporate
Shift
Day Job
Job Level
Director
Job
Brands
