Designer Job at IA Interior Architects in San Francisco

Interior Architects translates client goals, brand and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling and sustainable environments to move their enterprise forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of Design. We are presently searching for a Designer for our NorCal studio. The Designer, working under general supervision of a Senior Designer or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, presentations, concept design through design development, and contract documents.

Specific responsibilities will include:

1. Works with team to develop architectural concepts for interior and exterior repositioning and/or adaptive projects
2. Works with team to develop design ideas and create both presentation and construction drawings
3. Drafts technical drawings
4. For smaller projects, may oversee all design and drawing
5. Provides review of engineering and landscape drawings to ensure they comply with design solution
6. With Senior Designer, researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects
7. Ensures integration into overall design
8. Preliminary concept plans for larger projects
9. May develop and finalize conceptual design for smaller projects
10. Oversees Intermediate Designer to review space plans and tackle more complicated issues
11. Provides detail for interior and architectural design projects
12. Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages for both interior and exterior
13. Assists in developing packages for larger projects
14. Obtains cost estimates and produces final cost estimates
15. Manages design budget for assigned projects
16. May mentor the work of Junior and Intermediate Designers

Qualifications:

• Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted
• 6+ years’ experience in workplace design, focusing on building repositioning and adaptive reuse projects as well as corporate interiors

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of design principles, workplace trends and aesthetics
• Extensive knowledge of repositioning and adaptive reuse projects
• Advanced presentation skills
• Advanced knowledge of space planning
• Extensive knowledge of furnishings and finishes
• Extensive understanding of furniture layout concepts
• Advanced sketching and rendering skills
• Advanced architecture detailing skills
• Extensive knowledge of CDs and procedures
• Extensive knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements
• Working knowledge of path of travel requirements
• Working knowledge of contract administration
• Intermediate MS Office Suite skills
• Advanced Revit skills
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills