Manager, Attractions Designer
Job Description:
Design Leadership & Delivery
• Lead concept, schematic design, and detailed design packages across multiple simultaneous project workstreams.
• Translate strategic briefs and creative direction into buildable, technically sound design solutions appropriate for wildlife and nature attraction contexts.
• Coordinate design inputs across disciplines — architecture,landscape, structural engineering, MEP, and exhibit specialists — ensuring integrated and coherent design outcomes.
• Identify design risks and conflicts early; develop and communicate resolution strategies to the Design Lead proactively.
• Review and guide the work of Design Associates and Junior Designers, maintaining quality and consistency against project standards.
Technical & Domain Expertise
• Apply specialist knowledge of wildlife habitat design, aviary structures, ecological master planning, and visitor experience sequencing to project delivery.
• Work closely with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) — including zoological, horticultural, structural, and environmental specialists to incorporate relevant technical and operational requirements into design.
• Lead or participate in technical design reviews, structural assessments, and feasibility evaluations for complex attraction typologies.
• Champion and build design-related AI tooling and digital workflows within the team to improve delivery efficiency and output quality.
Business Development Support
• Contribute to business development efforts through the production of high-quality visuals, design narratives, diagrams, and presentation materials.
• Participate in client pitches, design workshops and other business development activities to showcase Mandai X's design capability and quality.
• Contribute to thought leadership content, internal design standards, and capability-building initiatives.
Job Requirements:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience, with ademonstrated track record in attractions design, themed environments, wildlife facilities, or nature-integrated destinations.
• Proven ability to lead design workstreams independently fromconcept through detailed design.
• Strong technical design skills with proficiency in relevant CAD,BIM, and visualisation tools.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams andmanaging external consultants.
• Excellent communication skills — written, visual, and verbal —for client and stakeholder engagement.
• Preferably with experience in zoo, aquarium, aviary, or nature precinct design projects, particularly in tropical or Asian contexts
• Familiarity with wildlife husbandry requirements and theintegration of animal welfare into design.
• Exposure to regional attraction markets across Southeast or South Asia.
• Experience developing or deploying AI tooling in a design studio context.