Junior Architect Designer - Growth & Flexible Schedule

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness coverage

401(k) matching

Flexible schedules

Paid vacation

Paid family leave

Student and professional development

Job summary

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) invites applicants for its Year One Program as a Junior Designer—Architecture in Los Angeles. The program continues education with events and creative initiatives to help you maximize your first year at SOM.

You will contribute to project work, develop concepts, and learn to design with Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and rendering tools while collaborating with a team and designers across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Recent completion of a professional degree in Architecture or related field.
• Strong collaborative ability and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development of project aspects under supervision.
• Demonstrates initiative and problem solving with precision.
• Produces diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, and animations.
• Communicates effectively in writing, verbally, and visually.
• Develops strong conceptual design abilities.
• Integrates interdisciplinary criteria into project components.
• Collaborates at project team level and evaluates ideas.
• Understands building materials, systems, codes and construction techniques.
• Uses tools to design and document across project phases.
• Manages time and workload to meet deadlines with guidance from leadership.

Skills

collaboration

verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Rhino

Parametric software

Rendering software

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Workspace

Job description

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) invites applicants for its Year One Program as a Junior Designer—Architecture in Los Angeles. The program continues education with events and creative initiatives to help you maximize your first year at SOM.

You will contribute to project work, develop concepts, and learn to design with Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and rendering tools while collaborating with a team and designers across disciplines.