Director, Workplace Strategy & Design

The posting, as Hearst wrote it

About This Role

Help support the businesses behind one of the world's most diversified media, information and services companies. As Director, Workplace Strategy & Design, you'll shape workplace strategy, interior design and space planning across Hearst's domestic locations, including Hearst Tower and Sheffield, helping Hearst create workplaces that reflect its brand and culture, support employees, and operate efficiently. In this role, you'll join Hearst Corporate's Corporate Real Estate & Facilities Planning team, helping our businesses succeed and advance our mission to inform and inspire.

What You'll Do

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

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th AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, test-fit tools, or comparable design and workplace planning software.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with space management, furniture management, workplace, or project management systems is preferred.
• Demonstrated design expertise is required, including meaningful experience with corporate interiors, workplace planning, FF&E, materials, finishes, and design decision-making.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Excellent verbal, written, visual communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Strong design judgment, strategic thinking, and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, budgeting, negotiation, and vendor management skills.
• Ability to translate business objectives into practical workplace and design solutions.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to review and evaluate design documents, furniture specifications, schedules, budgets, and construction-related information.
• Ability to prioritize work, delegate effectively, and make sound decisions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and related design, workplace, space management, and project management software.

Benefits

Hearst provides a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more.
Compensation

The base salary range below is the Company's good-faith estimate for this position in the posted work location at the time of posting. Final starting salary will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, training, certifications, education, location and market considerations.

Base Salary Range

$150,000 — $170,000 USD