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# Certified Project Interior Designer at Cuningham

- **Company:** Cuningham
- **Location:** Denver, CO
- **Compensation:** $90k–$128k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham/325c54c1-19d4-4e89-b394-ac7f76cb899c

## Job description

At Cuningham, we design environments that shape how people feel, engage, and connect. In this role, you will lead the design process through all project phases, developing design solutions and documentation required to meet project intent and local governing codes. You will lead small to medium-scale project scopes and manage small, multi-level teams in a collaborative design environment. We are seeking a Certified Project Interior Designer with a strong Interior Architecture background preferred to join our Denver team. This role is ideal for a highly technical, design-forward professional who can lead interior projects through all phases while leveraging an architectural understanding to strengthen coordination, documentation, and design intent across disciplines.

What You'll Be Doing:

- Participate in forming high-performing teams alongside Project Managers, aligned with established teaming processes.
- Lead design development, coordination, and production efforts across small to medium-scale projects through all phases.
- Drive iterative, collaborative design processes aligned with project success metrics.
- Lead client communication and manage expectations, ensuring clear, effective bi-directional feedback between internal teams and clients.
- Develop and present strong interior design concepts and presentations throughout all project phases.
- Manage finish, material, lighting, and furniture selections, coordinating with specifications teams.
- Oversee interiors coordination with architecture and all consultant disciplines to ensure conceptual and technical alignment.
- Produce and review drawing sets, including redlines, ensuring accuracy and alignment with design intent.
- Ensure compliance with building codes and support permitting processes related to interior projects.
- Participate in construction administration, including site visits, observations, submittals, RFIs, and field verification.
- Identify project risks and escalate concerns to Project Managers and Project Executives as needed.
- Support project pursuits, including proposals, interviews, and presentation preparation.
- Mentor and support junior team members through thoughtful task assignment and development opportunities.
- Encourage regenerative design thinking across built, social, and natural environments.
- Utilize MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, Revit/BIM 360.
- Build familiarity with Rhino, Enscape, and Lumion for design development and visualization.

What We Look For:

- NCIDQ Certification (or equivalent interior design certification) required
- 7+ years of professional interior design experience leading projects through all phases (concept through construction administration)
- Multi-market experience (workplace, hospitality, themed entertainment & attraction, gaming, healthcare, education, civic, retail, mixed-use, or similar)
- Strong Interior Architecture background preferred, with ability to understand and coordinate architectural systems, details, and documentation impacts
- Experience working across both interior design and architectural documentation environments is a strong plus
- Proven experience producing and coordinating construction documents, including redline review and technical documentation
- Strong understanding of building codes and permitting processes related to interior projects
- Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to clients and leading design discussions
- Proficiency in Revit/BIM 360, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office
- Familiarity with Rhino, Enscape, and Lumion is a plus

What Helps You Succeed:

- You lead confidently while staying collaborative and grounded
- You balance strong design vision with technical precision
- You operate comfortably between interiors and architecture without losing design intent
- You communicate clearly and manage expectations across clients and teams
- You mentor others while maintaining high personal production standards
- You stay organized in complex, multi-disciplinary project environments

Why Cuningham? At Cuningham, we believe the best work happens when people are supported, challenged, and connected. Whether collaborating across teams, engaging with our communities, or shaping meaningful design solutions, we bring pragmatic creativity and disciplined execution to every project — and we support each other through it all. We nurture an equitable work environment where curiosity is celebrated, craft is valued, and growth is prioritized. Alongside a team that brings low-ego expertise and active leadership day-to-day, you’ll work on complex, high-stakes projects that demand bold thinking and disciplined delivery. _________________________________________________________________________________ Cuningham is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the strength diversity brings to the workplace when combined with equity and justice. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, military, or veteran status.

## About Cuningham

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cuningham is an architecture, interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture firm that creates enduring experiences for a healthy world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- **Founded**: 1968
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Architecture and Planning (including interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture)
- **Target customers**: Organizations investing in complex, high-stakes built environments across sectors such as hospitality & gaming, themed entertainment & attractions, healthcare, workplace/corporate campuses, and mixed-use developments.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Design for social and ecological well-being." The firm is committed to creating architecture and design that restores natural and human systems.

## Products & Services
Cuningham offers integrated design services across multiple disciplines:
- **Architecture**: Full-service architectural design for complex projects, from vision to delivery.
- **Interior Design**: Crafting interior spaces that spark joy and build belonging.
- **Urban Design**: Shaping intentional spaces at the city and community scale.
- **Landscape Architecture**: Integrating natural systems into built environments.
- **Project Management**: Active leadership to manage complexity, reduce risk, and support grounded decision-making throughout the life of a project.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of approximately **$66 million** (latest available, per LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (no external funding rounds identified). The firm operates as a privately held, employee-owned culture.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 217 employees (+0.3% YoY, +1 person)
    - **LinkedIn Followers**: 13,998 (+8.0% year-over-year growth)
    - **Office Locations**: Seven offices across the U.S.: Minneapolis (HQ), Denver, Culver City (Los Angeles), Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, and San Diego.
    - **Open Positions**: Actively hiring for roles across multiple sectors, including Project Managers, Architects, Interior Designers, and a National Market Leader for Healthcare.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nearly 60 years of experience** (founded 1968) with a proven track record across diverse sectors, building types, and delivery models.
- **Integrated, multi-disciplinary approach** (architecture, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture) under one roof, allowing for seamless collaboration.
- **Commitment to ecological and social well-being** as a core design principle, differentiating them from firms focused solely on aesthetics or cost.
- **Emphasis on disciplined execution** — "real-world constraints become creative momentum" — appealing to clients with complex, high-stakes projects.
- **Distributed workforce model** with seven offices, enabling national reach and local presence.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding into high-demand sectors such as **Healthcare** (hiring a National Market Leader) and **Themed Entertainment & Attraction Design** (multiple open roles). Actively recruiting for market leadership positions to drive growth.
- **Direction for growth**: Deepening expertise in complex, high-stakes sectors while maintaining a distributed office model to attract top talent across the U.S. Focus on delivering "bold in vision, precise in execution" projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and collective success. The firm states: "Brilliant design is not an act of ego. It's an act of empathy." Values include equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a commitment to giving every team member a voice.
- **Work Model**: **Hybrid and on-site** options available. Offices in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and others. The firm promotes a "distributed work force model" and "flexible schedules" to support a healthy life-work flow.
- **Notable Perks**:
    - Competitive, flexible healthcare and benefit packages.
    - 401k with traditional and Roth options with competitive employer matching.
    - Paid parental leave with support upon reentry.
    - Pre-tax dependent care benefits.
    - Long- and short-term disability insurance.
    - Support for professional development, including licensure and certification support and growth curriculums.
    - Volunteer opportunities to support local communities.
- **Engineering/Creative Culture**: Encourages cross-team collaboration — "You are not limited to your initial team but encouraged to find and cultivate the right place for you within the firm."
- **Employer Rating**: 3.4/5.0 on LinkedIn (62 reviews), with Work-Life rated 3.6, Compensation 3.3, Culture 3.3, Career 3.3.

## Sources
1. [cuningham.com - About Us](https://cuningham.com/about-us)
2. [careers.cuningham.com - Careers Page](https://careers.cuningham.com/)
3. [linkedin.com - Cuningham Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/cuningham-creates)
4. [jobs.lever.co - Cuningham Open Positions](https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham)

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