Our clients are passionate in their approach and believe great buildings come from dialogue, curiosity, and a balance of creativity and technical rigor.
Who You Are
You’re an architect who sees every project as a chance to shape meaningful places. With 5+ years of Architecture and Planning experience. Visionary yet precise, collaborative yet self-directed, you pair strong design instincts with technical depth. You take ownership, communicate clearly, and elevate work through leadership, mentorship, and thoughtful engagement with clients, consultants, and colleagues.
The Role
As an Architectural Designer II / Architect II, you’ll help drive design development, solve complex technical challenges, and contribute to projects from concept through construction. You’ll apply advanced architectural concepts, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and support the development of details, documents, and presentations with increasing independence. You may also guide junior staff.
What You’ll Do
Design & Planning
- Contribute to design from early concept through detailed documentation
- Create presentations, renderings, 3D views, and material selections
- Translate leadership direction into clear design output
- Understand scope, schedules, and deliverables
Project Coordination
- Assist with meeting agendas, invites, and minutes
- Work closely with consultants and manage BIM coordination
- Support contractor communication, RFIs, and submittals
- Provide mentorship to less experienced team members
Documentation
- Produce DD and CD drawings, schedules, and specifications
- Integrate design changes and coordinate consultant sets
- Develop and refine project details
- Organize correspondence and support client meeting prep
Quality & Technical Excellence
- Follow studio standards and checklists
- Apply working knowledge of codes and accessibility requirements
- Maintain clean digital organization and self-check work
Construction Administration
- Support site visits, shop-drawing review, RFIs, and punch lists
- Attend progress meetings as directed
- Help maintain CA logs and prepare record documents
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Architecture or related field
- 6+ years of professional experience with a strong portfolio
- Proficiency in Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Suite, Enscape, Procore, Bluebeam, and MS Office
- Strong design, communication, coordination, and organizational skills
Studio Culture & Benefits
Our client are a award winning practice in the heart of Manhattan. They are a collaborative, community-minded studio with an open, design-focused culture.
Expect weekly team lunches, design presentations, offsite explorations, and an active in-house arts program. Benefits include competitive compensation, paid time off, health insurance, 401(k), professional development support, and assistance with licensure and certifications.
If you meet the criteria listed above, please apply with a copy of your CV by pressing the apply button to be considered. We receive many applications so if you do not hear from us within 5 days, please consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.
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*Where we indicate a band of PQE for a role, this indicates how long we would expect an architectural professional to take to gain the level of experience required in an appropriate context. It does not preclude applications from those with more or less PQE who can demonstrate that they have acquired the relevant experience.
