Architectural Project Designer

Summary

As a Designer in a collaborative team setting with a Project Manager and/or Project Architect, you will actively engage and lead the delivery of creative solutions for SERA clients that meet or exceed their expected outcomes. Innovative thinking and imaginative problem solving skills should be combined with good technical skills to projects that are seamlessly woven into contextual environments for place-based design solutions. With an interdisciplinary project team and the Principal-in-Charge you will be accountable for project performance success as determined by the team at the beginning of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities

Primary

Advance creative design direction for the project team. This could include but is not limited to; project pursuit, client meetings, stakeholder engagement and project delivery.

1. Be an active listener and inspire project teams.
2. May work in a supporting role to senior architectural designer on large projects by maintaining continuity of overall design intent.
3. Supervise, plan, collaborate and review work with team members. This includes mentoring of staff on project teams.
4. Provide innovative solutions that are sound, founded in deep architectural practice theory and consistently align with SERA’s organizational mission, vision and core values.
5. Understand how to rapidly explore a multitude of design options that solve design problems in various ways that are in compliance with applicable jurisdictional requirements.
6. Actively engage with project team, consultants, clients, public entities, and the community at large when required to advance project design concepts and details.
7. Deliver iterative design ideas that meet client project goals in addition to advancing cultural, and social needs of the greater community.
8. Use the building code to develop architectural solutions. Provide code interpretations that are advantageous for the project and client.
9. Understand and adhere to the project's contract requirements.
10. Work to be recognized as an expert/leader and authority in the company in a broad area of expertise or in a narrow but narrowly specialized field.
11. Understand and reinforce project metrics such as utilization, technical standards adherence, efficiency improvement efforts and project profitability.

Additional

1. Responsible for staying actively involved throughout the construction document process to support design development and delivery of projects.
2. Must be cable of delivering conceptual design ideas with both graphic and written communication skillsets that is technical clear and concise.
3. Shows an open and willing desire for teaching and mentoring junior designers.
4. Fosters and advances a community design culture through commitment to design both inside and outside of the office.
5. Provides constructive feedback to facilitate continuous improvement.
6. Works with and supports marketing and business development efforts in the office.
7. Model the firm’s values and core commitments, ensuring alignment with internal expectations for professionalism, collaboration, and ethical behavior.
8. Respect and reinforce established firm policies and processes.
9. Other duties as assigned