Architectural Design Manager

Blue Heron; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading architectural firm in Las Vegas is seeking a Design Manager to support design leadership, ensuring adherence to design standards and project alignment. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of architectural experience, with proven leadership and collaboration skills. This role offers opportunities to train and mentor staff, manage design processes, and present innovative solutions to clients. Combining technical expertise with effective communication, you'll play a pivotal role in advancing the firm's growth and reputation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of residential and/or hospitality architectural experience with 3+ years in management.
• Exceptional professionalism and effective communication skills.
• Experience in a high-energy and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support design leadership and advance company growth through integrated operations.
• Manage designer staff and workload distribution.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure adherence to design standards.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Decisiveness

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Professional Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture

Tools

SketchUp

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office Suite

Revit

Adobe Suite

Lumion

Enscape

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support design leadership in maintaining best-in-class performance and advancing Blue Heron’s growth and brand through integrated operations, team alignment, and proactive problem solving.
• Incorporate Blue Heron design standards for conceptual design integration and support best practices development and documentation.
• Oversee that design direction aligns with Blue Heron design ethos.
• Ensure project team adherence to design tools, processes, and standards to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Guarantee accuracy of collateral from Design to support the Sales & Marketing Teams.
• Collaborate and coordinate with Visualization for Luminary homes.
• Create and manage Discovery assets as required by Discovery and Sales teams, including, but not limited to, presentations, lot fits, and KMZ view studies.
• Positively and actively collaborate with leadership and cross-departmentally with teams to ensure adherence to internal processes and quality standards.
• Provide insight on project and Blue Heron design ethos as needed by the Sales and Marketing teams.
• Manage designer staff and workload distribution.
• Train, coach, and mentor designer staff.
• Interview, hire, mentor, and train qualified design team roles.
• Create, monitor, maintain, update, and train processes and procedures for all design related tasks.
• Encourage routine and consistent use of design software including SketchUp, Revit and Bluebeam.
• Collaborate within design teams to ensure processes and procedures are implemented with project teams.
• Provide architectural design direction and oversight for Luminary homes.
• ‘Moderator’ of the BH Design Committee, actively calibrating the committee members to the priorities of the day.
• Perform as a designer as needed or required on high profile projects.
• Present SketchUp models and visualization assets to potential clients for Luminary homes.

Requirements

• Exceptional cross‑functional collaborative attitude and drive to deliver effective results.
• Proven experience leading design efforts and adherence to design standards.
• The ability to be decisive in establishing priorities and setting expectations.
• Experience working cross-functionally with interdisciplinary teams including Construction, Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, and Accounting.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to pivot, motivate, develop, and hold teams accountable.
• Experience working in a high-energy and fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional professionalism, effective communicator, and problem solver.
• Minimum 6+ years residential and/or hospitality architectural experience in an architecture or hands‑on homebuilding/construction organization with 3+ years of architectural management experience.
• Professional Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from an accredited Architecture program.
• Architectural Registration preferred, or on track for Architectural licensure.
• Routine use of software including Sketchup, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office Suite (Familiarity with Revit, Adobe Suite, Lumion, Enscape Preferred).