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 their Year One Program to contribute to project development, produce deliverables, and collaborate within a project team while fostering innovative ideas in design.
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
- Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance.
- Savings: 401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs.
- Work/Life Balance: Hybrid/Flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program.
- Professional Development: Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development.
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