Project Designer IV

You will be a key participant in the design process, translating ideas into built environment solutions, and provide project design leadership across multiple projects. You will help nurture and develop people and be a voice in your teams and your office for design excellence.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with design leaders and team members, conceptualize design solutions and develop them throughout all phases of a project; Create innovative design concepts that synthesize our clients’ culture, goals and aspirations to deliver solutions responsive specifically to them; Perform in a supporting role to senior design leaders, effectively translating shared design goals and ideas for both team and client; Focus on schematic design, and design development, while also collaborating closely with project architects to guide detailing and construction documentation; Provide guidance on design intent during the construction administration phase; Prepare and direct the preparation of client presentation materials, particularly our 2D and 3D design visualizations, to convey the design in a compelling and sophisticated manner; Lead design presentations when called upon to do so in support of the project and team; Work within our culture of being an integrated practice by closely collaborating with interior designers and typology subject matter experts on holistic design solutions from exterior to interior; Collaborate with technical leaders and engineers to employ sensitive consideration of building systems; Coordinate design intent with other disciplines; Integrate performance-based and sustainable design strategies into design solutions, including supporting the building performance group in their energy modeling efforts; Expect to apply these approaches in the design of large-scale projects and/or multiple projects simultaneously; Mentor and grow emerging professionals; Assist in nurturing an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship

Requirements

Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture or related field required; Minimum 8 years of related professional experience required; Command of Revit, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office required; Experience with one or more real-time rendering and 3D rendering software such as Enscape, Twinmotion, and/or V-Ray required, as demonstrated through a portfolio of past and current visualization work; Experience with digital media creation and editing in the Adobe Creative Cloud applications required; Knowledge of building codes and requirements; Must have strong verbal and written communication skills; Technical knowledge of exterior and interior materials and building assemblies; Ability to coordinate multiple disciplines to achieve design intent.

Nice to have

Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture from an accredited program preferred; Additional 3D modeling experience in Rhino or other comparable software preferred; Some experience in computational design tools such as Grasshopper and Dynamo preferred; Architectural Registration in the United States preferred; LEED accreditation preferred