Architectural Designer (Junior)
Description
We are an award-winning design firm, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration. Our purpose-driven approach creates healthy places, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary and help create lasting change. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!
The role at a glance:
NBBJ Columbus is seeking a junior Architectural Designer to join our team. We are seeking an architectural designer with good conceptual, visual, and communication skills to work in a highly collaborative and design-oriented studio. At NBBJ, a junior designer is responsible for supporting design efforts on projects, learning and applying design quality standards, contributing to a collaborative design environment, and developing their design skills through active project involvement and mentorship.
NBBJ Columbus is seeking a junior Architectural Designer to join our team. We are seeking an architectural designer with good conceptual, visual, and communication skills to work in a highly collaborative and design-oriented studio. At NBBJ, a junior designer is responsible for supporting design efforts on projects, learning and applying design quality standards, contributing to a collaborative design environment, and developing their design skills through active project involvement and mentorship.
In your new role, you will:
- Set Expectations: Participate in defining quality expectations via design reviews and discussions.
- Inspire: Bring fresh ideas, encouraging innovation and creativity in design efforts.
- Create: Assist in design tasks across projects, gaining experience from concept to construction.
- Review/Critique: Participate in reviews to understand and support high-design quality.
- Present/Communicate: Help prepare and present designs, learning to tell compelling design stories.
- Network Internally: Engage with peers, participate in reviews, and collaborate within the firm.
- Network Externally: Attend events to enhance brand awareness and learn client engagement.
- Methodologies: Learn and apply the latest design tools and methods to projects.
- Process: Support proper design processes, collaborating with PMs and PAs.
- Expertise: Develop design skills across practices, focusing on a specific typology.
- Integrated Design Delivery: Learn project delivery, collaborating with disciplines for integrated design.
What you will need to succeed:
- 2 - 5 years of experience
- Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch desired
- Deep understanding of high-performance building concepts, with LEED Accreditation or within 18 months of hire
- Strong conceptual design and schematic design skills
- Strong verbal and graphic communication skills and ability to work within diverse teams of designers
- Proficiency in Revit with 3D modeling skills; Sketchup, and/or Rhino desired
- Working knowledge of Adobe Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Interest and experience in Grasshopper workflows are beneficial
- Ability to participate in multiple projects and manage deadlines
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative, open environment
- Ability to travel, if the project requires
Why choose NBBJ?
We believe that all NBBJ employees should love their work. This means not only loving what you do but having pride in your workplace. We strive to be that irresistible place to work by enhancing your employee experience with customized programs and comprehensive benefits. In addition to 100% covered employee healthcare costs and 401k contributions, we offer unique professional development opportunities, volunteer opportunities and access to leading technology and resources to further help you love your work and advance your career.
- NBBJ has been named three times by Fast Company as one of the most innovative architecture firms.
- Founded in 1943, our first office opened over 75 years ago in Seattle, Washington. We now have over 10 office locations around the globe.
- We are a transdisciplinary, cross-practice focused firm with a deep portfolio of Civic & Cultural, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sports, and Urban Environment projects. We also have several areas of service expertise including: Architecture, Environmental Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Workplace Consulting and more.
- In the past decade, NBBJ has received more than 300 awards from leading global, national and regional award programs across the business, real estate and design communities.
- We work with 5 of the top global high-tech companies, 14 of the U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals, and 4 of the top 10 highest-ranked learning institutions.
- Our clients include institutional leaders such as Cambridge University, Google, Samsung, Cleveland Clinic, Tencent, and Stanford University.
NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer.
NBBJ does not accept unsolicited resumes or similar submissions from third party recruiters or employment agencies. Any unsolicited materials received by NBBJ from a source other than an individual candidate will be considered NBBJ property and NBBJ reserves the right to pursue and hire candidates referred to us without any financial obligation to the third party in question. If you are interested in becoming an approved NBBJ external recruiter, please contact a member of the NBBJ Talent Acquisition Team.