Studio Director, Architectural Solutions & Production

NOWN; Amsterdam; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NOWN's DEPO — the Design, Engineering & Production Office — seeks a Director of Architectural Solutions who blends architecture, engineering, and manufacturing expertise to drive project delivery, design coordination, and scalable systems. Strong ability to communicate complex design concepts verbally and via drawings is essential.

You will lead a small team, shape output quality, allocate projects, and develop professionals while building processes, standards, and tooling for scalable

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 8 years in architecture or industrial design/manufacturing (preferred).
• A bachelor's or higher in architecture or design.
• Experience managing teams of at least 3 people.
• Familiarity with sheet metal, powder-coating, architectural assemblies, and felt.

Aufgaben

• Set project priorities and manage workload across the team
• Review and approve drawing sets before client release
• Oversee the transition of projects from design through pre-production into manufacturing
• Coordinate with other NOWN studios such as BUILD (Production), LAB (R&D), and MOTHERSHIP (Leadership/HR), and the sales territories on production handoffs and scope boundaries
• Drive internal tool development: Grasshopper scripts, automation workflows, BOM builders, AI system integration, and Rhino/GH plugins that take manual effort out of every future project
• Get hands-on with shop drawing output, assembly, testing, and prototyping when the work calls for it
• Handle customer communication and light project management, including fielding last-minute requests from installers and GCs on live installs and driving solutions internally, fast
• Track studio schedules and hours, errors and omissions, tool deployment, and team development

Jobbeschreibung

NOWN's DEPO — the Design, Engineering & Production Office — seeks a Director of Architectural Solutions who blends architecture, engineering, and manufacturing expertise to drive project delivery, design coordination, and scalable systems. Strong ability to communicate complex design concepts verbally and via drawings is essential.

You will lead a small team, shape output quality, allocate projects, and develop professionals while building processes, standards, and tooling for scalable