Project Designer

Who We Are

At Perkins&Will we passionately believe that design can transform lives and enhance communities creating healthy sustainable places to live learn work play heal move and explore. Were in it for the greater good; we design to create places with meaning and we design with purpose. Join the brightest minds in architecture!

Abramson Architects a Southern California practice known for its entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on approach to design has joined global architecture and design firm Perkins&Will. The merger closed August 29.

Together we create a rare synthesis of design excellence research rigor and cross-sector experience says Trevor Abramson FAIA who founded his eponymous practice in Los Angeles in 1987 and expanded it into San Diego in 2023. Our combined strengths and complementary skills empower us to pursue more complex ambitious projects and positively impact community on both the urban and human scale.

Abramson Architects portfolio spans commercial cultural healthcare and residential work across greater LA and San Diego as well as internationally. It includes such projects as Platform a mixed-use art and design quarter in Culver City; Synapse an immersive creative office space in Culver Citys tech corridor; The Aaron Milken Center an early childhood educational campus in LA; the Lucy Curci Cancer Center in Rancho Mirage; and Dolphin Marina Apartments in Marina del Rey. The firm has won more than 10 awards from the LA chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and one national AIA honor awardfor the First Presbyterian Church of Encino.

What We Need

Project Designer / Project Architect
High-End Residential Projects

We are seeking a creative designer with strong technical skills to join our team and work on high-end residential projects. The candidate must have 6-12 years of relevant experience and a portfolio showcasing residential work. Strong technical expertise and the ability to assemble a comprehensive set of working drawings for single-family projects are required. Equally important are robust design and presentation skills. Proficiency in Revit and related software is necessary. Responsibilities will include communicating and attending meetings with clients consultants vendors and builders. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a talented team with excellent prospects for growth and professional development.

Responsibilities:

• Understand all aspects of the design process and proactively contribute to the teams success upholding firm and project standards of excellence in design project management execution and living design.
• Respond to technical implications design decisions and project financial goals.
• Coordinate project documentation and oversee the production of deliverable drawings and specifications.
• Review deliverables at each phase for quality accuracy completeness and alignment with design intent.
• Address comments from quality control reviews at each project phase.
• Manage project quality assurance and ensure adherence to firm standards.
• Communicate with clients on technical matters related to projects.
• Administer project regulatory reviews (building code accessibility zoning) and coordinate with authorities having jurisdiction.
• Lead construction contract administration: submittal review RFI response field observation reporting and project closeout.
• Maintain awareness of emerging building technologies and engineering systems relevant to project work.
• Contribute to project marketing proposal preparation and interviews.
• Participate in design reviews charrettes and team pin-ups.
• Demonstrate strong communication decision-making and collaboration skills to inspire high team performance.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 6-12 years of professional architecture experience.
• Portfolio of high-quality residential work.
• Advanced understanding of building zoning and energy codes.
• Skilled in site analysis preliminary design studies contract documents specifications and construction techniques.
• Experience in project team management and consultant coordination.
• Excellent client communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Revit and familiarity with modeling visualization and presentation tools such as Rhino (Grasshopper) Lumion VRay Microsoft Office/365 Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign Photoshop) 3D printing laser cutting and environmental analysis tools.
• Bachelors degree in architecture or related discipline required.
• Architectural license preferred.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire; professional accreditation in Living Design areas (LEED AP BREEAM AP WELL AP Passive House ILFI Living Future Accreditation) encouraged.

If youre a creative designer dedicated to purpose-driven architecture and excited to create places with meaning wed love to hear from you!

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples. Include your resume and a compact representative sample of your work (no larger than 4MB). Please submit your files in pdf.

Salary Range Information

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidates qualifications including skill sets education experience and training licensure and certifications credentials if applicable and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees including performance considerations for merit increases job promotions and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices conduct pay equity audits and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement the annual pay salary range for this position if located in California is between $95700 and $127000 commensurate with qualifications.

Benefits: medical dental vision wellness LTD Life Insurance 401k PTO

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Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.