Sr. Project Designer

About the Role

You will provide architectural design leadership across multiple projects and serve as a leader of creative authority with expert level knowledge, translating ideas into built environment solutions. You will provide team leadership, collaborating across roles and disciplines and championing project design cohesion. You will mentor and develop team members and be a voice in your office and region for design excellence.

• In collaboration with senior design leaders and other project leadership, 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. In the absence of a senior design leader, you will serve as the voice of design for the project.
• Effectively translate shared design goals and ideas for both team and client. Focus on complex projects, bringing creativity and expertise to schematic design and design development, while collaborating closely with project architects to guide design integrity of details and construction documents. Provide guidance on design intent during construction administration. Serve as day‑to‑day voice for design intent in execution matters.
• Direct preparation of client presentation materials, assisting in setting creative direction of visual communication for the project. Have an understanding of digital design tools, including 3D modeling, rendering, computational design, immersive technologies, and AI, for the effective management of junior designers. Lead design presentations when called upon to support the project and team.
• Work within our integrated practice by collaborating with interior designers and typology experts on holistic design solutions from exterior to interior. Have a good familiarity of all design capabilities within the firm and call them on as the project requires.
• Collaborate with technical leaders and engineering disciplines to integrate building systems thoughtfully and innovatively. Ensure conceptual design intent is woven through all disciplines.
• Champion performance‑based and sustainable design strategies, promoting decarbonization of our portfolio. Work with building performance group to energy model projects.
• Apply these approaches to large‑scale, complex projects and/or multiple projects simultaneously.
• Mentor and grow emerging professionals, nurturing an environment of collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture required; preferred: accredited program.
• Design portfolio of past and current work demonstrating significant personal contribution. Must contain 3 or more fully constructed building designs of high design excellence.
• Minimum 12 years of related professional experience.
• Architectural registration in United States preferred.
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Knowledge of building codes and requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Technical knowledge of exterior and interior materials and building assemblies.
• Command of Revit, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office required. Additional experience in 3D modeling, rendering, computational design, immersive technologies, and AI image generation is a plus.
• Experience with digital media creation and editing in Adobe Creative Cloud applications required.

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