At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting workplace design projects from concept to completion and mentor junior designers.
- Company: Join JasonL, a fast-growing company transforming workspaces with innovative design.
- Benefits: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance, competitive salary, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with easy access to decision-makers and a focus on creativity.
- Why this job: Shape your own team and make a real impact in the design industry.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in commercial interior design and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
Take the lead on workplace projects in a studio where great design, strong client relationships and real-world delivery all come together. At JasonL, you'll drive briefs, stir design direction, mentor junior talent, and see your ideas through from first concept to finished space. This is a senior opportunity for an experienced workplace designer ready for greater client-facing exposure and genuine ownership of their projects. You'll be backed by a strong team and leadership, and a business that prioritizes quality work, career growth and a sustainable work-life balance.
As Design Studio Manager, you'll create and drive the design process end to end across workplace interior projects. You'll lead client discussions, focus on what really matters in each brief, and turn those insights into compelling design packages, clear documentation and finished spaces that stay true to client needs. You’ll work directly with clients and internal teams, blending creative flair with commercial sense and a focus on delivery. For the right person in the right seat, this role offers real ownership: the chance to shape design direction, deepen client relationships and drive how JasonL design studio delivers great outcomes.
What the Role Involves:
- Lead workplace projects from initial brief and concept through to documentation and handover.
- Create design packages that respond to client objectives, workplace strategy and what the client actually wants.
- Mentor and manage in-house designers and help lift the standard of client-facing design across the studio.
- Prepare styling documents and material presentations that bring design concepts to life for clients.
- Promote and sell our design packages, helping clients choose the right level of design service for their project.
- Present with confidence to clients and build lasting relationships that generate repeat and referral work.
- Make commercially sound, creative design solutions a natural, everyday part of the process.
- Oversee documentation to ensure the finished space reflects the design intent, budget and timeline.
- Keep studio profitability and efficiency front of mind across every project.
About Us:
JasonL is a nationwide fast-growing commercial furniture and workplace fit-out company on a mission to create spaces that inspire, work smarter, and help businesses thrive. At JasonL, we enable people to do great work. Our teams are genuinely passionate about delivering our design packages - practical, high-quality solutions that transform the way people work. The collaboration, creativity and honesty aren't just values on a wall - they are how we operate, every day. We place a strong emphasis on accountability, and this drives our success. We're building a team of talented, driven people who want to make a real impact, and we can't wait to hear from candidates of every background. Expect a recruitment process that's fair, inclusive and genuinely values what you bring to the table.
Why Join Us?
- The career opportunity to build and shape your own team, with full accountability for the studio's growth as Design Studio Manager.
- Direct client exposure across workplace and commercial interior projects.
- Genuine ownership for the right person, with room to shape processes, design direction and project outcomes.
- A healthy work-life balance, backed by a collaborative team and realistic project timelines.
- Easy access to decision-makers and a culture built on curiosity, commitment and practical design thinking.
What We're Looking For:
- This role will suit an experienced commercial interior designer ready to split their time evenly between leading the studio and staying hands-on with design - taking full accountability for driving the team's growth while remaining close to the tools.
- 8+ years' design experience across workplace or office fit-outs in Australia.
- Degree qualified in Interior Design, Architecture or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience building or scaling a design studio team from the ground up is highly relevant.
- Proven budget discipline, with a track record of delivering projects within allocated hours.
- Exceptional commercial design skills and the ability to communicate a clear design narrative.
- Strong visualization skills - sketching or hand drawing, Revit and Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCad.
- Up-to-date knowledge of Australian workplace trends, emerging ways of working, and keeping solutions commercially relevant.
If you're ready to lead Design Studio, build trusted client relationships and grow your career with JasonL, we'd love to hear from you.
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Design Studio Manager in Sydney employer: JasonL Pty Ltd
At JasonL, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that fosters creativity and collaboration in our Sydney design studio. As a Design Studio Manager, you'll enjoy the opportunity to lead impactful projects while mentoring junior talent, all within a supportive environment that values work-life balance and career growth. With direct client exposure and the chance to shape design direction, you'll find meaningful and rewarding employment that truly makes a difference.
