Digital Practice Specialist II

The Digital Practice Specialist II role is a role in the Digital Practice career and is designed to cultivate digital practice leaders at Perkins&Will. From foundational support to strategic digital innovation, these roles drive project excellence, technological fluency, and firmwide transformation. This intermediate role builds on the Specialist I position, taking on greater responsibility in advancing digital design and delivery strategies across multiple projects in the studio and assisting the studio Digital Practice Manager in developing and applying best practices.

Advanced proficiency in digital workflows with a focus on optimizing processes and developing intermediate customizations to improve project outcomes.

• Works closely with and reports to the studio's Digital Practice Manager to develop and implement strategies across multiple projects that improve efficiency, innovation, and delivery.
• Acts as a liaison between local teams and the firmwide Digital Practice group to promote the adoption of emerging tools, technologies, workflows, and standards.
• Demonstrates leadership in design technology and contributes to the growth of new business opportunities.
• Conducts training sessions and leads continuing education workshops.
• Delivers digital design assistance and troubleshooting to design teams, empowering more efficient design and delivery processes.
• Manages digital quality assurance processes to ensure consistency and excellence in modeling and application usage across the studio’s projects.
• Documents, refines, and shares effective workflows, standards, and use cases across the studio.
• Participates in the planning and execution of digital innovation initiatives at both the studio and firm level.
• Continuously expands expertise through research, vendor engagement, and involvement in the broader design technology community.

• Ability to manage and support digital delivery across multiple projects.
• Strong problem‑solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral, and graphic), including the ability to present to internal audiences.
• Ability to collaborate with the studio Digital Practice Manager and team members.
• Eagerness to learn and develop new design technologies and workflows.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently or with limited supervision.

• Revit
• Visualization tools (e.g., Enscape, Lumion, Adobe CC)
• Data tools (e.g., Excel, Power Query)
• Analysis & simulation tools (e.g., Climate Studio)
• Other applications in Perkins&Will’s design technology suite

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire.
• Professional accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you (LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation), preferred.

Active involvement in AXP or starting the ARE Process, preferred.

To join us, you should have:

3-6+ years of experience.

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples.

Include your resume and a compact, representative sample of your work (no larger than 4MB).

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications including skill sets, education, experience, training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities.

We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, commensurate with qualifications, the annual pay salary range for this…