Director, Workplace Strategy & Design

Responsibilities

Workplace Strategy and Space Planning


* Develop and implement short- and long-term workplace strategies for Hearst Tower, Sheffield, and other domestic locations.


* Assess current and future workplace needs using business objectives, headcount projections, organizational changes, work styles, and operational requirements.


* Lead programming, test fits, blocking and stacking, adjacency planning, occupancy planning, and workplace scenario development.


* Recommend strategies to improve space utilization, flexibility, departmental adjacencies, employee experience, and operational efficiency.


* Partner with business units and senior leadership to gather requirements and translate them into effective workplace solutions.


* Establish and maintain workplace planning standards, guidelines, and reporting processes.


* Provide regular recommendations regarding space allocation, capacity, utilization, and future planning needs.

Corporate Interior Design and FF&E


* Lead the design direction for corporate interiors, ensuring consistency with Hearst's brand, culture, workplace objectives, and design standards.


* Develop and maintain standards for space planning, furniture, materials, finishes, color, lighting, signage, branding, and workplace typologies.


* Review design concepts, test fits, finish palettes, furniture plans, specifications, and construction documents.


* Provide design recommendations to executives, business leaders, user groups, architects, interior designers, dealers, and manufacturers.


* Lead the selection, specification, procurement, and installation of furniture, fixtures, equipment, lighting, accessories, and related interior elements.


* Review and approve FF&E specifications, pricing, orders, substitutions, and vendor recommendations.


* Manage the master furniture inventory in New York and support inventory visibility and procurement nationwide.


* Establish preferred products, vendors, and purchasing strategies that improve quality, consistency, flexibility, and cost efficiency.


* Review and update Hearst Design and Construction guidelines as needed.


* Balance design quality, functionality, durability, sustainability, employee experience, schedule, and cost.

Space Management and Workplace Changes


* Oversee the workplace space management system, including WISP and office space assignments.


* Maintain accurate occupancy information, floor plans, departmental allocations, space assignments, and chargeback data.


* Coordinate office moves, adds, changes, reconfigurations, and other workplace modifications.


* Improve processes for managing internal workplace changes and configurations.


* Partner with Human Resources, Facilities, Technology, and business units to coordinate workplace changes and minimize disruption.


* Manage relationships with movers, installers, furniture vendors, and other workplace service pr...