Senior Interior Designer - Sydney
About the Role
At Populous, we design the places where people love to be together. From stadiums and arenas to entertainment destinations, airports and major civic spaces, our projects are about much more than buildings. They are about creating experiences, and the interiors of those spaces play an important role in how people connect with them.
We’re looking for a talented Senior Interior Designer to join our Sydney studio and become part of our broader APAC interiors and design team. This is an opportunity for a Senior Interior Designer who enjoys thinking beyond individual spaces, someone interested in how interiors, architecture, materiality, movement and experience come together to create memorable places.
You’ll work alongside architects, designers and specialists on major projects in Sydney and throughout the APAC region, helping take ideas from early concepts and storytelling through to documentation and delivery, leading Interior Design packages and projects.
About us at Populous
At Populous, our teams design the places where people love to be together. From stadiums and arenas to convention centres, airports, mixed-use developments, and entertainment precincts, we have delivered many of the world’s most iconic and community-defining projects.
With projects spanning Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, we bring global expertise and local insight to every design. Our Sydney team is central to this network, delivering impactful projects locally and across the region with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and community.
Why Populous
We don’t consider ourselves just another architecture and design practice. At Populous, we believe our strength lies in our people and their diversity of experiences. Across APAC, our team represents over 35 nationalities, and we actively celebrate and support this.
We provide our people with:
- The opportunity to contribute to projects of global significance in Sydney and across APAC
- A collaborative international network of experts and design leaders
- Career development opportunities, including leadership training, mentorship, and global mobility
- A vibrant workplace culture where creativity, collaboration, and innovation are valued
- An environment where everyone can be themselves and grow their careers in any direction they want, all while being in an inclusive and supportive workplace
- Oh, and we’re recognised as one of the best places to work in Australia! We’ve been recognised as a Work180 Top 101 Employer for Women two years in a row, winners of two Work180 Workplace awards and recognised as a HRD 5 Star Employer!
What will you be engaged in?
As a Senior Interior Designer at Populous, you’ll contribute across different stages of the design process, bringing creativity, technical capability and a strong understanding of the user experience to our projects.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Develop and Lead interior design concepts working closely with the APAC Interior Design Lead, in collaboration with architects, designers and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Interpret project briefs and translate ideas into thoughtful, engaging interior environments.
- Lead Interior Design teams and packages through conception to delivery.
- Explore materiality, finishes, furniture, lighting and spatial experiences as part of an integrated design response.
- Develop compelling presentations, narratives and visual material that communicate design ideas to clients and stakeholders.
- Lead the production and coordination of interior design documentation using Revit, ensuring alignment with project standards, technical requirements, and delivery objectives, while providing guidance and oversight to project team members.
- Work closely with architectural teams to ensure interiors are integrated into the broader project vision.
- Coordinate with consultants, suppliers and manufacturers to develop and deliver design outcomes.
- Bring an understanding of the Sydney market, products, materials and suppliers to project teams.
- Contribute ideas, curiosity and a strong design perspective to our Sydney studio and wider APAC interiors community.
What we are looking for
We’re interested in designers who are creative thinkers as well as capable project managers– people who can develop an idea, communicate it clearly and help turn it into reality.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- 10+ years experience in interior design, ideally within an architecture, interiors or multidisciplinary design practice.
- A bachelor’s degree in interior design, Interior Architecture, Architecture or a related discipline. Postgraduate qualifications and relevant professional certifications/ accreditations would be advantageous.
- Strong design capability and an ability to develop concepts with a clear narrative and point of view.
- Experience leading teams and packages through delivery.
- Experience contributing to the design and delivery of complex interior projects. Experience across sports, entertainment, hospitality, aviation, cultural, commercial or other large-scale public environments would be highly regarded.
- Strong Revit capability and an understanding of design documentation and coordination.
- An eye for materials, finishes, furniture and emerging interior design trends.
- Extensive knowledge of the local market, including materials, products, brands, manufacturers, and vendor networks, with the ability to guide product selection, develop robust specifications, and ensure design solutions are aligned with project quality, budget, and delivery objectives.
- Strong visual communication, sketching and presentation skills.
- The ability to communicate design concepts and technical details clearly with clients, consultants and project teams.
- Confidence working both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong attention to detail and a practical approach to problem solving.
- The ability to balance creativity with the technical and commercial realities of delivering major projects.
- Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to contribute ideas.
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys design and collaboration and wants to help create places that people remember.
Interested?
At Populous, we’re not only looking for technical skills but also for people who share our passion for creating places where communities come together.
We design the places that bring people together — and we know that happens best when our own team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage people of all identities, abilities, and lived experiences to apply and join us in shaping the future of design.
Send us your CV and portfolio and come help us design the places that bring people together.
