Year One - Junior Designer - Architecture

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global collective of talented and passionate people committed to shaping a better future for clients, communities, and the planet. They are seeking a Junior Designer in Architecture to contribute to project development, produce deliverables, and collaborate within interdisciplinary teams while gaining hands-on experience and expanding their learning in a supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of an aspect of a project under the direct supervision of project leadership
• Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at a task-specific level
• Produces presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations
• Effectively communicates internally through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means
• Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability
• Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of a project component
• Actively collaborates at a project team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques
• Effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases
• Manages time and workload to meet project task deadlines and commitments with frequent interaction and direction from Project Leadership

Skills

• Recent completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field
• Strong collaborative ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite
• Proficiency in Google Workspace

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance.
• 401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs.
• Hybrid/Flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program.
• Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development.

Company Overview

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