Design Manager, Luxury & Lifestyle Hospitality
Negotiable
Job Description
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Manager
Global Design Strategies, Lifestyle Brands | Windsor, UK
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Creative strategist. Hospitality designer.
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text-indent: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">If you know how
to turn thoughtful design and soulful atmosphere into a strategic brand
advantage, we would like to speak with you.
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text-indent: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">Kimpton,
Vignette Collection and Hotel Indigo are three of the most characterful brands
in the IHG Hotels & Resorts luxury and lifestyle portfolio. Each one
is defined by individual expression and distinct personality: design that feels
rooted in its neighbourhood, local social culture and human-centric connections,
making each hotel a market leader within each destination. This role ensures
that our brands retain their unique design position and stylistic point of view
as they grow in scale across the globe.
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of Global Design Strategies, you will be the creative coordinator behind all
three brands—turning operational insights, market trends and competitive
intelligence into inspirational design, practical style tools and brand-defining
atmosphere programmes that keep IHG at the leading edge of lifestyle
and boutique hospitality.
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text-indent: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">Reporting to
the Global Head of Design Strategies, Luxury & Lifestyle Brands, this role
will work cross-functionally at the global level to bring our design and style
strategies to life.
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What
you'll do -
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the development and implementation of global brand design strategy initiatives
across Kimpton, Vignette Collection and Hotel
Indigo.
-
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design concepts, style prototypes and commercial pilots, working with external
consultants on Design Strategies and Signatures, including style and atmosphere
toolkits.
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with internal stakeholders to manage brand alignment within global brand
initiatives and evolution requirements.
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the colleague attire and OS&E design programmes for each brand, coordinating
with operational brand standards and cost impact for our
hotels.
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toolkits and playbooks current, socializing with regional and hotel teams,
ensuring embedment and guest experience impact with optimal
results.
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category-level bedding and amenities projects for each brand, in coordination
with the brand teams and guest share services
team.
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the development of brand films and presentation materials for growth and brand
immersion opportunities.
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budgets and agency contracts.
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for human-centric design, inclusive design
and accessibility.
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internal communications and relationships across operations, F+B, development,
guest shared services, procurement and brand standards teams
globally.
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with brand leaders and senior leaders, reporting on the strategic
initiative.
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you want to shape the future of boutique hospitality with style and flair,
with your design thinking showing up in hotels people talk, this is the place
to do it.
Apply now.
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Closing
date for applications Tuesday 21st July 2026
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