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About the Role
Lead design authorship and technical execution on complex Core & Shell projects, treating quality control as a discipline and maintaining a designer's mindset. This role requires fluency in communicating with clients, engineers, and code officials, mentoring effectively, and delivering results without unnecessary drama.
Responsibilities
- Lead all phases of design and delivery on complex Core & Shell projects, upholding firm standards, contractual commitments, and design intent.
- Translate technical implications and design decisions into financial consequences for the project and client.
- Direct project documentation and drawing production, and lead QC reviews for accuracy, constructability, and completeness.
- Own QA adherence to Perkins&Will standards across the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate architecture, interior design, landscape, and external consultants into a cohesive team.
- Serve as the technical voice to the client, translating jargon in both directions.
- Manage regulatory review and AHJ submissions for building code, accessibility, and zoning.
- Run construction contract administration effectively, ensuring team members close loops.
- Stay current on building technology and systems relevant to high-rise and mixed-use delivery.
- Contribute to pursuits, proposals, and interviews.
- Lead charettes, pin-ups, and design reviews that produce decisions.
- Mentor staff and manage assignments to grow their judgment.
Requirements
- Technical range: Building, zoning, and energy code fluency.
- Site analysis.
- Preliminary design studies through contract documents and specifications.
- Construction contract administration.
- Consultant coordination.
- Client communication skills.
- Advanced Revit proficiency.
- Rhino/Grasshopper for conceptual and computational modeling.
- Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop).
- Enscape, Lumion, or V-Ray for visualization.
- Physical modeling: 3D printing, laser cutting.
- Environmental analysis tools such as Ladybug/Climate Studio a plus.
- Submit a resume and a compact, representative portfolio (no larger than 4MB).
- Show leadership in projects, not just participation.
Skills
- Design authorship
- Technical execution
- Quality control
- Client communication
- Mentoring
- Code fluency
- Revit
- Rhino/Grasshopper
- Microsoft 365
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Enscape
- Lumion
- V-Ray
- 3D printing
- Laser cutting
- Ladybug
- Climate Studio
Location
- SF studio
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in architecture or a related discipline
- Architectural license
- LEED GA within 6 months of hire
- One Living Design accreditation of your choosing: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation
Salary/Compensations
- $128,800–$189,300
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan and paid time off
- Professional development stipend and dedicated continuing education time
- Performance-based bonuses
- Access to firmwide affinity groups and leadership development programs
- Studio initiatives and events
About the Company
- Our SF studio is a 100-person team inside a 3,000-person global firm, offering the resourcing and technical bench of a major practice with the accountability and visibility of a small one.
- Perkins&Will is committed to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in hiring, promotion, and team building.
- We conduct annual pay equity audits and train managers on pay practices.
- We believe inclusion drives creativity.
Equal Opportunity
- Perkins&Will is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
- We are committed to pay equity. Compensation decisions are based on qualifications, skillset, and experience.
- Employees may discuss their own compensation without fear of retaliation.