Job description

If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. ABOUT THE ROLE You will be a key participant in the design process, translating ideas into built environment solutions and seeing those ideas to completion. You will help nurture and develop junior designers and be a voice in your teams and your office for design excellence. HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO In collaboration with design leaders and team members, conceptualize design solutions and develop them throughout all phases of a project. Create innovative design concepts that synthesize our clients’ culture, goals and aspirations to deliver solutions responsive specifically to them. Perform as a partner to design leaders, effectively translating shared design goals and ideas of both team and client into thoughtfully refined spatial and material solutions. Focus on schematic design, and design development, while also collaborating closely with project architects to guide detailing and construction documentation. Provide guidance on design intent during the construction administration phase. You will be the day-to-day voice for design intent in matters of project execution. Direct the preparation of client presentation materials, particularly our 2D and 3D design visualizations, to convey the design in a compelling and sophisticated manner. You are expected to have the skills to prepare graphic presentation material yourself, but your focus should be on team development. Lead design presentations when called upon to do so in support of the project and team. Work within our culture of being an integrated practice by closely collaborating with interior designers and typology subject matter experts on holistic design solutions from exterior to interior. Foster this collaborative spirit from the earliest phases. Collaborate with technical leaders and engineers to employ sensitive consideration of building systems. Coordinate design intent with other disciplines. Integrate performance-based and sustainable design strategies into design solutions, including supporting the building performance group in their energy modeling efforts. Expect to apply these approaches in the design of large-scale projects and/or multiple projects simultaneously. Mentor and grow emerging professionals. You will nurture an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture required. Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture from an accredited program preferred.   A design portfolio of past and current built and unbuilt design work with clear demonstration of some personal contribution to project conceptualization and detailed development is required. Must contain a minimum of 2 fully constructed building designs representing a high level of design excellence. Sole authorship of building concepts is not required. Minimum 10 years of related professional experience. Architectural Registration in the United States preferred. LEED accreditation preferred. Knowledge of building codes and requirements. Must have strong verbal and written communication skills. Technical knowledge of exterior and interior materials and building assemblies. Command of Revit, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office required. Additional 3D modeling experience in Rhino or other comparable software preferred. Experience with one or more real-time rendering and 3D rendering software such as Enscape, Twinmotion, and/or V-Ray required, as demonstrated through a portfolio of past and current visualization work. Experience with digital media creation and editing in the Adobe Creative Cloud applications required. Some experience in computational design tools such as Grasshopper and Dynamo preferred. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at [application link] ABOUT OUR FIRM CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. At the heart of everything we do is Living-Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It’s more than a philosophy — it’s who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day. ABOUT WORKING HERE We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about. We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives. We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you. Please note that candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. It's not uncommon for scammers to create positions that look legitimate on other sites; never enter your information or apply for CannonDesign positions on any platform. Should an issue arise that you feel we should be aware of, please contact us. Please provide your resume and portfolio when applying. As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct. CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.

Requirements

Must-haves

If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply.
Collaborate with technical leaders and engineers to employ sensitive consideration of building systems. Coordinate design intent with other disciplines.
Integrate performance-based and sustainable design strategies into design solutions, including supporting the building performance group in their energy modeling efforts.
Expect to apply these approaches in the design of large-scale projects and/or multiple projects simultaneously.
Mentor and grow emerging professionals. You will nurture an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
Minimum 10 years of related professional experience.
Knowledge of building codes and requirements.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Technical knowledge of exterior and interior materials and building assemblies.
Experience with one or more real-time rendering and 3D rendering software such as Enscape, Twinmotion, and/or V-Ray required, as demonstrated through a portfolio of past and current visualization work.
Experience with digital media creation and editing in the Adobe Creative Cloud applications required.
For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at [application link]

Nice-to-haves

Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture required. Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture from an accredited program preferred.
Architectural Registration in the United States preferred.
LEED accreditation preferred.
Command of Revit, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office required. Additional 3D modeling experience in Rhino or other comparable software preferred.
Some experience in computational design tools such as Grasshopper and Dynamo preferred.

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