Senior Lighting Designer - Portland

Position

Senior Lighting Designer – Portland, Oregon

Step into a high‑impact role where your lighting design expertise helps shape spaces, win new work, and strengthen client relationships. You’ll bring creativity, technical depth, and business development instinct to projects that matter—while helping grow our presence in the market and mentor the next generation of designers.

We’re looking for an experienced architectural lighting leader who balances design excellence with client collaboration and project execution. In this role, you’ll lead lighting design efforts from concept through technical review, support business development, and partner closely with internal teams and clients to deliver thoughtful, compelling solutions.

• Lead architectural lighting design efforts across a range of project types
• Develop creative, technically sound lighting concepts and design solutions
• Present ideas to clients and support strong, trusted client relationships
• Contribute to business development and help identify new project opportunities
• Perform technical reviews to ensure quality, accuracy, and design integrity
• Mentor and support designers through feedback, collaboration, and guidance
• Coordinate effectively with project teams to support successful delivery
• Use Revit and AGi
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• 10+ years of experience in architectural lighting design
• Demonstrated experience in a client‑facing role
• Strong technical knowledge and ability to perform detailed design reviews
• Experience supporting business development or bringing in new work
• Proficiency with Revit and AGi
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• Experience managing presentations, clients, and project expectations
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills

• Background as a lighting design leader or senior contributor on complex projects
• Experience mentoring junior designers and shaping team development
• Proven success generating new business or contributing to sales goals
• Strong portfolio of architectural lighting design work
• Project management experience in a consulting or design environment

Hybrid work environment: two in‑office days per week at the Portland, Oregon office. Must reside in the U.S. and be eligible to work.

Salary range: $120,000 – $130,000 (depending on experience), plus benefits, professional development, and other incentives.

• Comprehensive and market‑competitive benefits
• Merit‑based financial rewards
• Flexibility and work/life balance commitment
• Collaborative team atmosphere
• Learning and development opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, veteran status, or other protected categories.