Client-Facing Project Architect — Concept Design Lead

Actalent; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Time Off / Vacation

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Project Architect to work onsite in Kalamazoo, MI, focusing on front-end design, client collaboration, and translating concepts into architectural solutions. The role emphasizes early-stage programming, space planning, and communicating with clients to guide the project direction.

The ideal candidate will produce hand sketches, conceptual layouts, and work closely with internal teams to refine ideas into feasible designs.

Qualifications

• Meet with clients to understand goals, challenges, and vision.

Responsibilities

• Meet directly with clients to understand their vision and project requirements.
• Lead early-stage conversations around programming, space planning, project feasibility, and conceptual design.
• Translate client needs into preliminary architectural concepts and potential solutions.
• Develop hand sketches, diagrams, conceptual floor plans, and space layouts to communicate ideas quickly and effectively.
• Evaluate how spaces should be organized based on functionality, circulation, adjacencies, site/building constraints, and client objectives.
• Identify potential feasibility issues early and help clients understand practical options and trade-offs.
• Collaborate with the internal architecture, engineering, and production teams to communicate the client's goals and conceptual direction.
• Help establish a clear design vision before projects move deeper into design development and documentation.
• Participate in client presentations, project meetings, and design discussions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a trusted architectural resource.

Skills

Revit

AutoCAD

Architectural design

Construction documents

Owner interaction

Programming

Space planning

Conceptual design

Feasibility studies

Education

Bachelor's in Architecture

Master's in Architecture

Architectural licensure preferred

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Project Architect to work onsite in Kalamazoo, MI, focusing on front-end design, client collaboration, and translating concepts into architectural solutions. The role emphasizes early-stage programming, space planning, and communicating with clients to guide the project direction.

The ideal candidate will produce hand sketches, conceptual layouts, and work closely with internal teams to refine ideas into feasible designs.