Jobs at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Lead and manage interiors project teams, ensuring design quality, budget adherence, team collaboration, client relations, and project profitability; supervise and mentor team members and drive sustainable practices.

The Designer will handle space planning, concept design, and documentation, integrating interdisciplinary criteria and advancing design concepts. They will mentor junior staff, ensure project timelines, and implement sustainable strategies while demonstrating expertise in interiors and architectural design.

As a Junior Designer in the Year One program, you will contribute to planning and design projects, conduct research, and collaborate with teams while enhancing your design knowledge and skills.

The BIM Lead will define and implement digital workflows, oversee BIM models and documentation, train staff, ensure quality control, and collaborate across teams while managing relationships with consultants and technology vendors.

The Project Manager leads architectural project teams, manages client relationships, and ensures project success through collaboration, compliance, and financial oversight, while also engaging in leadership and mentorship of team members.

Develops planning and urban design graphics, research, precedents, diagrams, site plans and visualizations. Applies SOM protocols for file management and quality control, integrates interdisciplinary criteria, communicates with teams and consultants, manages time and workload, mentors junior staff, and participates actively in studio activities and professional development.

The Intermediate Designer is responsible for developing project portions, creating deliverables, and collaborating on design concepts while managing workloads and deadlines.

The Senior Project Manager leads project teams, manages client relationships and project success, overseeing schedules and budgets while mentoring staff.

The Junior Designer will collaborate on sustainable engineering projects, perform energy simulations, analyze building performance, and assist with sustainability presentations.

The Visualization Specialist creates accurate digital representations of architectural designs by producing high-quality imagery, animations, and developing 3D models. The role involves collaboration within project teams, implementing AI-driven workflows, and ensuring clarity through visual exploration and post-production.

The Intermediate Designer contributes to project development, coordinates deliverables, collaborates with teams, and brings innovative design concepts while managing time effectively.

Lead technical strategy and execution for sports and entertainment projects (stadiums, arenas, training facilities). Oversee code review, systems research, specifications, construction documentation, interdisciplinary coordination, quality management, and construction administration. Serve as firmwide SME, mentor staff, support pursuits, and develop technical standards, precedent libraries, and sustainability/resilience solutions.

The Senior Architect leads projects, innovates designs, manages team roles, and ensures quality deliverables while mentoring staff and contributing to firm strategies for excellence and sustainability.

Lead proposal development and client interview strategy; create marketing collateral; conduct market and client research; develop pursuit and market strategies; manage Salesforce pipeline and business plans; train junior marketers; represent the firm and nurture business leads.

Lead the West Coast Interiors studios, driving design excellence, managing projects, fostering business development, and mentoring teams while collaborating across the firm.

Lead and improve payroll operations and controls, manage the Payroll team, ensure global payroll compliance and accurate reporting, support CFO on finance and accounting projects, drive process improvements and system initiatives (including ERP/payroll systems), prepare for audits, and mentor staff to maintain continuity and scalability across finance functions.

The Designer leads project portions, creates designs, oversees deliverables, collaborates with teams, and mentors staff while ensuring quality and innovation in design.

The Project Manager at SOM will manage interior architecture projects, ensuring delivery aligns with client goals through effective communication, team collaboration, and adherence to project scope and timelines.

The Technology Program Manager leads complex software and infrastructure projects, ensuring on-time delivery and resource management while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

This role focuses on integrating sustainable design strategies, performing environmental analyses, and mentoring team members in sustainable engineering practices. Responsibilities include conducting simulations, advising on performance modeling, and developing standards for carbon reduction.