Project Designer

Who We Are

At Perkins&Will, we passionately believe that design can transform lives and enhance communities, creating healthy, sustainable places to live, learn, work, play, heal, move, and explore. We’re in it for the greater good; we design to create places with meaning, and we design with purpose. Join the brightest minds in architecture!

Abramson Architects, a Southern California practice known for its entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on approach to design, has joined global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will. The merger closed August 29.

“Together, we create a rare synthesis of design excellence, research rigor, and cross-sector experience,” says Trevor Abramson, FAIA, who founded his eponymous practice in Los Angeles in 1987 and expanded it into San Diego in 2023. “Our combined strengths and complementary skills empower us to pursue more complex, ambitious projects and positively impact community on both the urban and human scale.”

Abramson Architects’ portfolio spans commercial, cultural, healthcare, and residential work across greater LA and San Diego, as well as internationally. It includes such projects as Platform, a mixed-use art and design quarter in Culver City; Synapse, an immersive creative office space in Culver City’s tech corridor; The Aaron Milken Center, an early childhood educational campus in LA; the Lucy Curci Cancer Center in Rancho Mirage; and Dolphin Marina Apartments in Marina del Rey. The firm has won more than 10 awards from the LA chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and one national AIA honor award—for the First Presbyterian Church of Encino.

What We Need

Project Designer / Project Architect
High-End Residential Projects

We are seeking a creative designer with strong technical skills to join our team and work on high-end residential projects. The candidate must have 6-12 years of relevant experience and a portfolio showcasing residential work. Strong technical expertise and the ability to assemble a comprehensive set of working drawings for single-family projects are required. Equally important are robust design and presentation skills. Proficiency in Revit and related software is necessary. Responsibilities will include communicating and attending meetings with clients, consultants, vendors, and builders. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a talented team with excellent prospects for growth and professional development.

Responsibilities:

• Understand all aspects of the design process and proactively contribute to the team’s success, upholding firm and project standards of excellence in design, project management, execution, and living design.
• Respond to technical implications, design decisions, and project financial goals.
• Coordinate project documentation and oversee the production of deliverable drawings and specifications.
• Review deliverables at each phase for quality, accuracy, completeness, and alignment with design intent.
• Address comments from quality control reviews at each project phase.
• Manage project quality assurance and ensure adherence to firm standards.
• Communicate with clients on technical matters related to projects.
• Administer project regulatory reviews (building code, accessibility, zoning) and coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction.
• Lead construction contract administration: submittal review, RFI response, field observation, reporting, and project closeout.
• Maintain awareness of emerging building technologies and engineering systems relevant to project work.
• Contribute to project marketing, proposal preparation, and interviews.
• Participate in design reviews, charrettes, and team pin-ups.
• Demonstrate strong communication, decision-making, and collaboration skills to inspire high team performance.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 6-12 years of professional architecture experience.
• Portfolio of high-quality residential work.
• Advanced understanding of building, zoning, and energy codes.
• Skilled in site analysis, preliminary design studies, contract documents, specifications, and construction techniques.
• Experience in project team management and consultant coordination.
• Excellent client communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Revit and familiarity with modeling, visualization, and presentation tools such as Rhino (Grasshopper), Lumion, VRay, Microsoft Office/365, Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop), 3D printing, laser cutting, and environmental analysis tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or related discipline required.
• Architectural license preferred.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire; professional accreditation in Living Design areas (LEED AP, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, Passive House, ILFI Living Future Accreditation) encouraged.

If you’re a creative designer dedicated to purpose-driven architecture and excited to create places with meaning, we’d love to hear from you!

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).  Please submit your files in pdf.

Salary Range Information

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, 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 and 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, the annual pay salary range for this position, if located in California, is between $95,700 and $127,000 commensurate with qualifications.

Benefits: medical, dental, vision, wellness, LTD, Life Insurance, 401k, PTO

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Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.