• Serve as MFL’s subject matter expert for office interior design and workplace experience. • Establish, document, and maintain firm-wide design guidelines, finish standards, furniture specifications, and workplace experience principles. • Ensure all office environments reflect MFL’s brand, values, and commitment to both employee and client experience. • Partner with Marketing and People & Culture to ensure brand, culture, and workplace design are fully aligned. • Lead interior design for new office openings, relocations, expansions, and remodels. • Translate functional requirements, headcount projections, and client flow into space plans and layouts. • Develop design concepts, furniture plans, and finish palettes that balance aesthetics, durability, budget, and functionality. • Review and approve final layouts, furniture selections, and installation plans. • Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, and scopes for all office design initiatives. • Track spending against budgets and proactively identify cost, timing, or scope risks. • Create standardized processes for forecasting, approvals, and project closeout. • Identify, source, evaluate, and manage furniture dealers, contractors, installers, and design vendors. • Negotiate pricing, service terms, and delivery timelines. • Lead all purchasing related to furniture, fixtures, décor, signage, and workplace design elements. • Oversee delivery, installation, punch lists, and issue resolution to ensure offices are ready for use. • Partner with Facilities, IT, Operations, Marketing, and People & Culture to ensure design integrates seamlessly with technology, branding, accessibility, and operational needs. • Coordinate office readiness for attorney and staff onboarding, client service, and compliance requirements. • Support office moves, openings, and expansions tied to firm growth initiatives. • Continuously evaluate and improve workplace experience, including comfort, functionality, and visual consistency. • Make recommendations for upgrades, refreshes, and improvements over time. • Travel up to 25% domestically to support office openings, renovations, installations, and major projects. • Provide on-site leadership during key project milestones when required. • Assist in the day-to-day operations of existing company facilities as needed. • Coordinate maintenance of existing company facilities as needed. • Work closely with the Facilities and Operations Manager and other Business Operations staff in executing the firm’s expansion and real estate strategy.