Junior Architect

Clear Bracket; Karnal; On-site; INR 335,000 - 424,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Bracket in Karnal, Haryana, is seeking an in-house designer (not a draftsman) to join our architecture and design studio. We value thinking about the work as well as drawing, with a focus on precision and site-informed drawings.

You will draft working drawings across joinery, elevations, facades, and coordinate with site engineers. Freshers to 1 year in architecture or interior design are encouraged; relocation to Karnal is expected with own accommodation.

Qualifications

• Fresher to 1 year in architecture or interior design.
• Portfolio with clear ideas and a balance of text and graphics.
• Willingness to spend the first month drafting before taking creative ownership.
• Willingness for regular site visits and relocation to Karnal with own accommodation.
• If more than 1 year of experience, experience from a practice with strict drawing discipline.

Responsibilities

• Produce working drawings across joinery, stone, wood, flooring, elevations, facades, concreting, and shuttering to 3mm standard.
• Learn and extend the studio's library of typical details: doorframe, toilet, kitchen.
• Work across a live portfolio of 10 to 12 projects: roughly half residential, rest offices, retail, township landscape.
• Visit sites regularly and incorporate site inputs back into drawings.
• Coordinate with site engineers and external consultants for structure, 3D, interior and furniture.
• Take site coordination for one or two sites over time with minimal moderation.
• Follow the studio's folder, drawing, and documentation systems exactly.

Education

Architecture/Interior Design education

Job description

Our client is an architecture and design studio in Karnal, Haryana, working across residential, commercial, retail, and township landscape projects. The practice runs on precision: drawings are resolved to 3mm across joinery, stone, wood, flooring, and facade, and site executes strictly from what is drawn. All design work has sat with outsourced consultants until now. This is the studio's first in-house design hire.
This is a designer's seat, not a draftsman's. Drafting discipline comes first, but the studio wants someone who will think about the work, not only draw it.

What You'll Do

• Produce working drawings across joinery, stone, wood, flooring, elevations, facades, concreting, and shuttering, resolved to the studio's 3mm standard
• Learn and extend the studio's library of typical details: doorframe, toilet, kitchen
• Work across a live portfolio of 10 to 12 projects, roughly half residential, the rest offices, retail, and township landscape
• Visit sites regularly and work site inputs back into the drawings
• Coordinate with the studio's site engineers and external consultants for structure, 3D, interior, and furniture
• Take site coordination for one or two sites over time, with minimal moderation
• Follow the studio's folder, drawing, and documentation systems exactly

First 90 Days

Month 1: Drafting only, plus site visits. Absorb the drawing standards, folder systems, and typical details.
Month 2: One working drawing per day at the studio's precision benchmark.
Month 3: Site coordination on one or two sites: collect inputs, resolve them in drawings, communicate back to site.

What We're Looking For

• Fresher to 1 year in architecture or interior design
• A portfolio where the ideas read clearly, with a considered balance of text and graphic
• Willingness to spend the first month drafting before taking creative ownership
• Readiness for regular site visits
• Based in Karnal or genuinely committed to relocating and staying; accommodation is on your own account
• If you have more than a year of experience, it should come from a practice with strict drawing discipline

Good to Have

• Internship exposure to site execution and working-drawing production
• Interest in vernacular and sustainable material choices

Not a Fit If

• You have only worked where indicative drawings are acceptable and precision was never enforced
• You can reproduce drawings but hold no point of view on the design
• You are uncomfortable at site, or treat site inputs as someone else's problem
• You are unwilling to have your work questioned or corrected
• You are moving from a distant state with no real reason to stay
• Compensation is the main reason for the move

Compensation

₹30,000 – ₹38,000 per month; ₹38,000 for candidates with a year or more of relevant experience. Work from office in Karnal, five days plus alternate Saturdays, 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM.