Project Architect - Sports

HOK marked its 70th anniversary in 2025, and we continue to be a collective of future-forward thinkers and designers committed to tackling the critical challenges of our time. Our mission is simple yet powerful: improve lives, serve our clients, and heal the planet. At HOK, design excellence thrives at the intersection of art and science-where creativity meets purpose.

At HOK, we design places where people gather, compete, train, and celebrate - from professional and collegiate sports venues to recreation centers and entertainment destinations. Our Sports + Recreation + Entertainment (SRE) group is seeking a licensed Project Architect with demonstrated experience in sports-focused projects to join our New York City studio. In this role, you will partner closely with the Project Manager and Project Designer to lead the technical delivery of high-profile projects, from early design through construction.

You will play a key role in shaping projects that are documented, coordinated, and built, while mentoring teams and contributing to a culture of excellence. Together with other teams, you will help continue to expand and grow the practice responsible for designing some of the most innovative sports venues around the world.

• Advocate for and uphold the design intent of stadiums, arenas, training facilities, locker rooms, and other sports-related venues, ensuring seamless translation into comprehensive construction documentation.
• Ensure the project’s design intent is fully integrated into detailed documentation from concept through construction.
• Provide oversight of technical resolution, interdisciplinary coordination, and quality execution for assigned project components.
• Lead documentation strategy, including BIM standards, file structure, and software setup.
• Establish and uphold the project documentation strategy in alignment with firm standards, including BIM execution plans, file structure, and software workflows.
• Lead interdisciplinary coordination of drawings and specifications, collaborating closely with the Specification Writer and consultant team.
• Oversee technical review of reports, plans, estimates, and calculations to ensure compliance with QA/QC standards, codes, and contractual requirements.
• Direct document production across all project phases, defining sheet organization, data governance, and the level of BIM development required to support design intent and construction delivery.
• Maintain strong collaboration with Project Leadership and cross-disciplinary partners.
• Communicate with consultants, vendors, and contractors to ensure complete and accurate project requirements.
• Ensures that construction detail documentation conforms to quality assurance, quality control, and best practice standards.
• Lead and mentor junior staff, fostering professional development and contributing to firmwide lessons‑learned and best‑practice initiatives.

• Build and sustain trusted relationships with client leadership and key stakeholders.
• Communicate regularly with clients to confirm requirements, scope, and specifications throughout all project phases.
• Lead progress reviews and deliver clear, effective presentations to convey project status, decisions, and recommendations.
• Participate in targeted business development efforts within the SRE market, collaborating with project and market leaders to pursue new opportunities and strengthen client relationships.

• Work under the direction of the Principal in Charge and Technical Principal.
• Manage shared digital documentation with internal teams, consultants, and clients.
• Support development and coordination of working drawing sets.
• Meet with permitting agencies to secure approvals or variances.
• Prepare project communications, including reports, memos, and meeting minutes.
• Participate in site visits, field reviews, and contractor coordination, including review of schedules, shop drawings, and samples.
• Assist with product research, material evaluation, and specification setup.
• Contribute expertise to team discussions on design, technical issues, scheduling, and budgets.
• Produce…