Purpose of the Brand & Design Lead
We seek a highly skilled and creative Brand & Design Lead to shape the physical guest experience across our short-term rental apartments and boutique hotels. The Brand & Design Lead role is ideal for an experienced individual contributor who excels in design execution and is passionate about creating spaces that resonate with diverse traveler personas. You will work closely with Launch, Design, and other cross-functional teams to bring our brand to life through thoughtful, guest-centric interior design.
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Your Impact as the Brand & Design Lead
- Guest-Centric Design Execution: Collaborate with Product and Design leaders, project managers, and other stakeholders to design and implement in-unit and on-site experiences that reflect our brand vision. Ensure that every aspect of the interior design, from furniture selection to signage, enhances the guest experience and aligns with our brand identity.
- Interior Design Leadership: Lead interior design projects, overseeing all phases from concept development to final execution. This includes selecting OS&E (Operating Supplies & Equipment) and FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment) and ensuring that design choices are both aesthetically pleasing and functional.
- Operational Collaboration: Work closely with the operations team to ensure that all design elements are practical, cost-effective, and meet logistical constraints. Provide design expertise to help optimize the balance between style, functionality, and budget.
- Brand Consistency: Ensure that each property's unique design remains consistent with Kasa’s overarching brand strategy. This involves adapting designs to suit the specific context of each location while maintaining brand coherence.
Expected Results of the Brand & Design Lead
Role Objective 1: Create compelling and functional in-unit designs that enhance the guest experience.
- Key Initiative: Design interior spaces that are both visually appealing and highly functional, leading to positive guest feedback and improved occupancy rates.
- Key Initiative: Incorporate guest feedback into design iterations to improve the in-unit experience continuously.
Role Objective 2: Collaborate effectively with the operations and launch teams to ensure seamless execution of design projects.
- Key Initiative: Deliver on-time and within-budget design projects that meet aesthetic and operational standards.
- Key Initiative: Ensure design standards are maintained across all properties, adapting as necessary for different locations.
Role Objective 3: Maintain brand integrity while customizing designs to suit individual properties.
- Key Initiative: Implement the brand consistently across all properties, with each design reflecting Kasa’s values and brand identity.
- Key Initiative: Receive positive feedback from property owners on the design execution and its alignment with Kasa’s brand.
- Key Initiative: Evolve and improve the Kasa brand, incorporating feedback from leadership, partners, and our evolving business needs.
Required Attributes of the Brand & Design Lead
- Design Expert: Strong background in interior design with a keen eye for detail. Able to create functional and visually appealing spaces, leaving a lasting impression on guests and property owners alike.
- Project Manager: Capable of managing multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery without compromising quality.
- Brand Advocate: Passionate about maintaining brand consistency across all design projects, ensuring that every design decision reinforces Kasa’s brand values.
- Collaborative Partner: Work seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including operations, to ensure that design choices are practical, cost-effective, and aligned with overall business goals.
- ‘Hands on’ mentality: A desire to personally test the look, feel and experience of our in-unit OS&E and FF&E selections, leveraging consumer research and firsthand testing.
- Willingness to travel: Ability to travel throughout the country up to a few times each month to perform site visits and oversee design implementations.
Desired Qualifications of the Brand & Design Lead
- Industry Experience: 5+ years of experience in interior design, preferably within the hospitality industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing your ability to create both luxurious and functional spaces.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SketchUp) and knowledgeable about the latest trends in interior design, particularly within the hospitality sector.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts clearly and effectively to both internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Content Management: Experience hiring or managing resources for content creation.
- Growth Mindset: A commitment to continuous improvement, both in design practice and in fostering a collaborative, creative work environment.
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Benefits
- 🌏 Remote Work: With flexibility as a core value, and over three-quarters of the team working remotely, Kasa employees are able to work from anywhere!
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✈ Kasa Travel Credit: We love to travel! Kasa employees get an allowance of free stays with us in any of our locations, plus a discount on any night for friends and family.
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💰 The Pay: The starting base pay range for this role is set based on multiple considerations including business needs, market demands, talent availability, experience, and unique skills and attributes. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity, bonus, perks, benefits, and Kasa Travel Credits.
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📈 Generous Stock Option Plan: At Kasa, our compensation philosophy is to offer a total compensation package that over-indexes on equity to encourage our team to think like owners (by being owners) and benefit from the growth in value that our collective hard work creates.
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🙌 Flexible PTO: Full-time exempt Kasa employees are encouraged to take time off as they need and see fit, ensuring that it’s not disruptive to their work.
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📱 Cell phone reimbursement: We reimburse a portion of your monthly cell phone bill to say thanks for using your personal phone during the workday.
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📈 401(k) Plan: As you invest in yourself and your future, Kasa invests in you too: we match 100% of the first 1% of your deferred salary.
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🩺 Health Coverage: We’ve invested in comprehensive health insurance options to help when you need it most, including a company-sponsored plan with fertility coverage.
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⭐ Other Perks: Qualifying full-time roles are eligible for a wi-fi stipend, home office stipend, and more!
Who We Are
Kasa is the leading tech-enabled hotel and apartment hotel brand and manager. Kasa has built a hospitality operating system that fundamentally improves the profitability of hospitality assets while delivering a high quality, digitally forward experience to guests. We partner with owners of multifamily, single-family, and boutique hospitality properties to deliver stylish, professionally managed accommodations to business and leisure travelers alike. We took the best that hotels and short-term rentals had to offer and created a new class of hospitality that is well-priced, reliable, and offers a large selection of great locations!
Behind the scenes, we build technology that combines with our innovative operations to grow a globally scalable offering that delivers high-quality stays to guests. Our guests enjoy seamless check-ins, caring service, and attractive amenities. If anything comes up, our one-site and remote guest experience team is available throughout their stay, ensuring our hospitality is rarely seen but always felt.
Kasa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Kasa Living is an E-Verify participant. We will verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States by matching information employees provide on the form i-9 against records available to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You may find more information here and here.
Kasa does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People & Talent team.
The Kasa Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs kasa.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money or technology to work for our company. If you believe you are a scam victim, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly. US-based applicants may refer to this article from consumer.ftc.gov for more details.