Creative Director
Who we are...
AvantStay delivers exceptional, unique stays for group travelers. The company has built a tech-enabled millennial hospitality brand to be the new standard for group experience. We are venture funded and growing rapidly in the explosive $100+ billion dollar STR industry.
What we are looking for…
A Creative Director who will embody and inspire the AvantStay aesthetic by creating unique, branded and beautiful spaces tailored for the millennial traveller. The Creative Director’s vision will go far and beyond traditional interior design to consider and curate all elements of the group travel experience. They will be an interior designer and a strategist, an artist and an inventor, an entrepreneur and a taste-maker who has an endless curiosity and mindful approach to design. If you want to have a critical role in building the aesthetic for the future of group travel, this role is for you!
What you’ll do...
- You will have the ultimate creative space to think outside the box and to bring forward our aesthetic and brand in ways that will create lasting impact for our business.
- You will be responsible for leading the design, furnishing and styling of a growing portfolio of luxury homes and boutique hotels across the country, ensuring every space and feature enhances the guest experience and exudes the AvantStay brand, turning an empty space into an unforgettable experience.
- You will be responsible for managing and growing an incredible and diverse team, guiding them in the best practices in design frameworks, coordination, procurement, tools and processes.
- You will be hands-on in problem-solving and strategizing with all areas of the business, ensuring the AvantStay vision and brand is consistent across all guest touch points and building and leveraging preferred relationships with suppliers and vendors that elevate the design aesthetic and guest experience.
What you’ll bring...
- 8+ years of professional experience in interior design, with a minimum of 4 years in the field of hospitality design and 3+ years leading people with the mindset of inspiring and supporting them to become their best selves at work and beyond.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in a design related field. Unique creative flair: You will be a muse and an artist, with exceptional design skills supported by a mastery of all things digital like Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, inDesign. You obsess over hospitality design and have a detailed knowledge of hotel and resort architecture, interior design and FF&E.
- You are able to ideate and think creatively about the future of hospitality and how to craft a unique experience. You like to create, test, reiterate and perfect. You are able to understand customer needs and design to the customer.
- You are naturally curious and enjoy asking questions, understanding how companies prosper and pushing to ensure we are operating as effectively as we can. You understand the holistic need for quality, cost and complexity to be considered when designing new programs and to always know how to measure success.
- You have strong leadership, communication and relationship management skills, with a deep network of suppliers, vendors and hospitality experts to draw from.
- Legal right to work in the United States.
- Salary: $100,000 - $150,000++
- Stock option plan
- Benefits and Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Team bonding and off-site events
- Complimentary and discount stays at AvantStay properties
- Dog-friendly office
When you join AvantStay…
You’ll be doing work that matters alongside an experienced and dynamic team, transforming the way people travel and vacation. Your place within the colossal travel and real estate industries will leave you with a wealth of opportunities to feel both challenged to innovate and rewarded for your efforts. Of course, we will offer you pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. AvantStay is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at AvantStay.
Perks and Benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity...
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.