As a Designer I, you will:
- Provide assistance throughout the design process under routine guidance; contribute to the overall success of the team by adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, execution, and living design.
- Support preparation of creative and innovative design ideas, concepts, and solutions while participating as an integral member of the design team.
- Provide design support under supervision for schematic design, design development, and construction documents.
- Perform product research and assists team with material selections.
- Assists in preparing client presentation materials using design application skills and creative ideas.
- Use a creative approach to perform tasks and responsibilities on projects in an organized, timely, and consistent way.
- Self-check work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and compile data for document compliance in accordance with the Project Delivery Manual.
- Proactively ask questions and expresses curiosity about the world of design and the industry at large.
- Provide support to tasks within project teams (may focus on individual detailed tasks) and studio activities.
- Participate in design reviews, charrettes, and pin-ups.
- Keep open communication within team and with designated team leader.
- Communicate ideas and thoughts in a way that inspires others.
- Assist with coordination among partners and consultants.
For consideration, you should have:
- 0-3 years of experience
- A professional degree in Architecture, Design, or a related discipline.
- Proficiency in 3D modeling, visualization, and graphic software; Revit strongly preferred.
- Additional proficiencies may include site analysis, preliminary design studies, and field measurements.
- Additional skills should include Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, Lumion, and Rhino.
- Effective verbal and written skills, attention to detail, and motivation to learn.
- Collaborative and professional work ethic.
- LEED GA within 1 year of hire.
- Preparing for ARE exams.
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 6MB).
Instructions to apply
- please submit your resume and portfolio as separate pdf documents.
- if you have an online portfolio, please embed the link in your resume.
- kindly name your files using name_last name_resume or portfolio
Timeline
We will accept applications and interviews through the end of March. Offers will be extended throughout April and May.
Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Perkins&Will we believe that inclusion spurs creativity, and that innovation is born from an engaged culture of diverse people and ideas. By moving beyond barriers and stereotypes of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status; we are committed to building an organization that reflects the diversity of the communities and clients we serve.
*Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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What We Do
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about Living Design, a philosophy that guides our work and emphasizes poetics and beauty; conceptual clarity; research and innovation; technology and tectonics; community and inclusion; resilience and regeneration; and health and well-being. Our team of over 2,500 professionals in 30 studios worldwide provides interdisciplinary services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects; Portland; Nelson\Nygaard; and Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR). We’re also part of the Sidara Collaborative, a global network of leading designers, engineers, planners, and consultants.
