Intermediate Architectural Designer - Healthcare Practice

NBBJ; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NBBJ Seattle is searching for an Intermediate Architectural Designer to join their healthcare practice team. This role demands strong conceptual and communication skills to thrive in a collaborative environment. Responsibilities include defining design quality standards, inspiring creativity, and crafting compelling design stories for clients.

The position expects 5-10 years of experience, proficiency in Revit, and involvement in healthcare projects. Expected annual pay ranges from $70,000 to $85,000, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 5 - 10 years of experience in architectural design.
• Experience in healthcare projects of varying scale.
• Strong proficiency in Revit and 3D modeling.

Responsibilities

• Define and exemplify quality standards through design.
• Encourage creativity and impactful design.
• Craft and present compelling design stories.

Skills

Conceptual design skills

Schematic design skills

Verbal communication skills

Graphic communication skills

Collaboration skills

3D modeling skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch

Tools

Revit

Sketchup

Rhino

Adobe Suite

Job description

The role at a glance:

NBBJ Seattle is seeking anIntermediate Architectural Designer - Healthcare Practice to join our team. We are seeking a designer, with experience with good conceptual, visual, and communication skills to work in a highly collaborative and design-oriented studio. At NBBJ, an Intermediate Architectural Designer is responsible for supporting design leadership on projects, contributing to setting design quality standards, fostering a collaborative design environment, and advancing the firm’s design reputation through active participation in project work, team mentorship, and client interactions.

In your new role, you will:

• Set Expectations: Define and exemplify quality standards through design reviews, mentoring, and open discussions.
• Inspire: Encourage radical thinking and creativity at all levels, leading the studio toward impactful design.
• Create: Provide hands‑on design work for 1-2 projects, ranging in concept to construction, ensuring holistic design continuity.
• Review/Critique: Ensure design quality by reviewing projects and engaging teams in firm‑wide peer reviews.
• Present/Communicate: Craft and present compelling design stories to clients and peers.
• Network Internally: Connect with design peers firm‑wide, enhancing collaboration and design quality.
• Methodologies: Ensure projects utilize the latest design/visualization methods and technologies.
• Process: Champion proper process design and encourage designers to lead alongside PMs and PAs.
• Expertise: Apply sound design methods across practices, while developing expertise in a single typology.
• Integrated Design Delivery: Collaborate with multiple disciplines to ensure rigorous, integrated project delivery.

What you will need to succeed:

• 5 - 10 years of experience
• Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch desired
• Experience in healthcare projects, ranging in scale
• Architectural licensure a plus
• Deep understanding of high-performance building concepts, with LEED Accreditation or at-or-within 18 months of hire
• Strong conceptual design and schematic design skills
• Strong verbal and graphic communication skills and ability to work with diverse teams of designers, and develop diagrams and visualization renderings
• Proficiency in Revit with 3D modeling skills; Sketchup, and/or Rhino desired
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Interest and experience in Grasshopper workflows are beneficial
• Ability to participate in multiple projects and manage deadlines
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, open environment
• Ability to travel, if the project requires

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $70,000 and $85,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.