Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Designer/Architect

Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
  • Minimum 4 years of professional experience or equivalent skills.
  • Professional licensure process nearing completion; LEED accreditation preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

  • Lead distinct project portions with oversight from Project Leadership.
  • Produce and oversee various design deliverables like diagrams and models.
  • Communicate effectively with teams, clients, and consultants.
  • Innovate design concepts by integrating interdisciplinary criteria.
  • Collaborate and evaluate ideas with project and consultant teams.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of building materials and construction techniques.
  • Manage workload to meet project deadlines with minimal direction.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for internal professional development.
  • Engagement in sustainable design strategies.
  • Support for mentorship and training within the team.
  • Active participation in developing office standards and procedures.
Full Job Description

Position Responsibilities

  • Actively leads distinct portions of a project with periodic supervision by Project Leadership. Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at an overall project level.

  • Produces, coordinates and/or oversees presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.

  • Effectively communicates internally with project teams and externally with consultants and clients 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 distinct portions of projects.

  • Actively collaborates at a project, consultant team, and client team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas. Contributes to and actively participates within the studio and office.

  • Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques. Is able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies. Identifies and effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.

  • Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from Project

Leadership Responsibilities

  • Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members9 recognized abilities and potential.

  • In collaboration with team members, contributes to a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.

  • Actively engages in internal professional development opportunities.

  • Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.

  • Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.

  • Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.

  • Minimum 4 years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.

  • Professional licensure process is close to completion; LEED accreditation preferred.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  • Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.

  • Proficiency in Google Workspace.

Are you ready to join a team of creative professionals working on transformational projects around the world? Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to build a better future with SOM.

Compensation for this role is based upon experience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from $80,000 to $95,000.

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Portfolios must be submitted for all design and project management positions (Architecture, Interiors, City Design, Graphics, etc).Applications without work samples will not be reviewed. Portfolios should be one PDF attachment, 10-20 pages, maximum 5 MB. Submit portfolios as part of your application in the section where the application asks you for your Resume or CV.

About Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. The firm opened its second office, in New York City, in 1937 and has since expanded all over the world, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world.
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2,000 employees
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Founded
1936

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