One of our largest sectors across the globe is hospitality design. Hospitality design, which mostly consists of hotels, is the major emphasis of Portico Recruitments available roles, we tend to sit in the hospitality sector. Space planning, budgets, concepts, and ff&e are just some of the skills are tested in this typology. We concentrate on identifying interior designers who've had demonstrable expertise working on projects for upscale hotels. We need to talk if you have expertise in designing five-star hotels and can provide samples in your portfolio.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Designer to join our client's Dubai studio on a full-time basis. This is a senior design role suited to someone with strong technical expertise, deep knowledge of hospitality design workflows, and the ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
You will work closely with the design leadership team, managing the technical design and documentation of complex, high-end hospitality projects from concept through to construction and delivery. This role requires someone who is design-aware, commercially minded, and capable of translating sophisticated creative concepts into precise technical specifications and construction documentation.
This senior leadership role is suited to someone who thrives in creative businesses but is not looking to be a designer. You will run the commercial and operational heart of the studio: ensuring projects are profitable, the team is directed, supported and accountable, and the business grows with clarity and confidence while partnering closely with the Founding Creative Directors.
The Regional IT Manager will lead and oversee all information technology operations across the offices in Bangkok, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, and London. This role ensures that IT systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital collaboration tools are consistently reliable, secure, and aligned with the firm's operational and creative needs.
The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical expertise with strategic oversight, managing both in-house systems and external vendors to deliver seamless IT support across regions.
As a Senior Interior Designer, you will be at the forefront of shaping innovative, luxury interior designs while maintaining the creative, collaborative spirit that defines our studio. You will strive to lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams on high-impact, local & global projects, ensuring the highest standards of design excellence, client satisfaction, and environmental responsibility. This role requires both creative vision and leadership as you will be working closely with other members of the design team to support a unified vision and the successful completion of projects through presentations, finishes, materials, design documentation and administration of construction.
As Hospitality Design Director, you will lead the creative vision for luxury and lifestyle hotel projects, collaborating closely with the Managing Director and wider leadership team. Your leadership will steer design excellence and innovation, aligning project outcomes with broader business objectives and client expectations while maintaining quality, consistency, and cohesion across all phases. You will also play a pivotal role in business development, identifying and cultivating opportunities to expand our client’s portfolio, strengthen client relationships, and drive growth within the luxury hospitality market
As the Hospitality Design Director for the growing US Hospitality Studio, you will lead the creative vision for the firm’s luxury and lifestyle hotel design projects. In collaboration with the Managing Director, you will steer design excellence, innovation, and luxury, ensuring that each project is executed to the highest standards.
A leading, award‑winning international hospitality design studio is seeking a Senior Interior Designer & Project Manager to play a key role in launching its new London studio. The role combines hands‑on conceptual design with full project leadership across high-end hotel and resort projects in the UK, Europe and internationally.
The Senior Business Development Manager will lead sales growth, market expansion, and strategic relationship building for our client in Dubai and the wider Middle East. The role is positioned at the intersection of high-end residential interiors, collectable design, luxury objects, and ultimately the art and design community.
The ideal candidate must have a strong existing network within the interior design and architecture industry, specifically active in the art and design community, extensive experience engaging with UHNI clients, and a proven record of driving high-value sales in the luxury domain.
The Associate / Project Architect is a senior, licensed architect responsible for leading complex projects of significant scale from early design through construction completion. The role combines client leadership, team management and hands-on design and technical oversight across multiple concurrent projects. in luxury hospitality.
This role requires participating in the development of the design concept, presentation and bid documentation and assisting during the bidding/negotiation phase in the early stages of a project. It is the duty of the Senior Designer to oversee the project team and to manage all required construction documentation and to ensure its timely and correct completion within internal and external guidelines, rules and schedules, as well as the coordination with the internal FF&E team and other external consultants. The Senior Designer must therefore have a good understanding of the overall project program and the deadlines by which the required documentation has to be issued to our client/contractor.