Project Associate - Chicago High Density

KTGY; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 37,195 - 42,705; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible healthcare plans

Company-paid dental and vision care

Comprehensive insurance package

401k matching program

Professional Development Program bonuses

PTO and holidays

Free unlimited confidential counseling

Wellness programs

Job summary

KTGY is seeking a Project Associate in Chicago to develop design skills and collaborate on multiple projects. This role focuses on creating impactful designs that resonate with communities and requires curiosity and adaptability.

As part of the team, you'll gain insights into design, collaboration, and client dynamics while working in an innovative and supportive environment. KTGY offers a range of perks, including flexible work schedules and healthcare plans, fostering a culture of care and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Curiosity to develop personalized work approach and create impactful designs.
• Ability to understand design processes and project dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Develop fundamental design skills while supporting multiple projects.
• Absorb goals and dynamics of studio's projects.

Job description

About KTGY
With strategic office locations across the U.S. and more than three decades of design leadership, KTGY brings together architecture, interior design, branded environments and urban design to realize innovative concepts for how people live. Guided by our core values of design, collaboration, care and partnership our teams realize solutions that make a positive impact for our clients, communities, individuals and the environment. We merge vision, research and our people‑centric storytelling and design process to transform possibilities into thriving residential, retail, hospitality and mixed‑use destinations.

Project Associate - Architecture

Studio: Chicago High Density

In the birthplace of the skyscraper, modernism and the City Beautiful movement, Chicago High Density studio takes pride in advancing the discourse on design, the urban fabric of our cities, and the impact their work has on the experiences created by architecture. This studio specializes in complex urban infill sites as well as suburban development sites with a primary focus on multifamily, hospitality, and mixed use buildings in the mid to high rise typologies. Approaching each project with immense curiosity and open collaboration, this team delivers work with the highest integrity. Chicago HD doesn’t just design buildings — they build relationships.

Your Impact

As KTGY's Project Associate, you'll build the foundation of your career by developing fundamental design skills and an effective, collaborative design process. You'll do this while gaining exposure to and in support of multiple projects in various phases within a studio. This role calls for curiosity as you develop a personalized work approach aimed at creating groundbreaking designs that positively impact communities.

Your Role

At KTGY, your career should be as thoughtfully designed as the spaces you create. We’re committed to nurturing passionate talent and guiding growth within the following four key aspects of our practice:

• Design – Absorbs the "how" and "why" of a studio's projects and goals.
• Collaboration – Begins to understand project and studio team dynamics, while looking for opportunities to develop specific expertise.
• Care – Starts to develop an understanding of what matters most in KTGY's design approach.
• Partnership – Observes client dynamics and listens to project team discussions.

Your Career

KTGY categorizes roles within the following areas along your career path:

Explore | Focus | Manage | Specialize | Lead

Project Associate is within Explore, which gives team members access and exposure to different aspects of their discipline, projects and business processes. The goal of this phase is to support the development of core skills and enable team members to begin laying the groundwork for professional success.

Next Steps

Does that sound like you? Apply online and tell us about yourself!

KTGY Perks – We Care About Your Health & Wellbeing

• Flexible healthcare plans that fit your needs, including an HDHP with company contribution to HSA.
• Smile bright with company‑paid dental and keep your vision sharp with covered eye care.
• Comprehensive insurance package including life, AD&D, and disability coverage.

• Jump‑start your retirement with our 401k matching program – you're 100% vested from day one.
• Level up your career and earn a bonus for obtaining licensure or accreditation with our Professional Development Program.

• Find your perfect balance with our in‑office hybrid work model.
• Flexible Alternative Work Week options – design a schedule that works for you.
• PTO and holidays to recharge and celebrate.

• Your mental health matters: Free unlimited confidential counseling through our EAP.
• Stay energized with wellness programs and resources.
• Extra perks and benefits that extend to your family.

The wage range that the Company expects to pay is $27.00/hour – $31.00/hour.