Your Role
We are seeking a Designer with a strong passion for design. In this position, you will collaborate with our Design Directors and design leadership on a variety of exciting workplace projects.
As a member of the Workplace team, you will be a part of a team that creates impactful and memorable experiences that will be remembered for a lifetime. Your successful record on these projects and ability to solve problems both individually and part of a team makes Gensler a perfect place to cultivate your career. This is a good role for someone who is technically proficient and enjoys working with a highly creative, collaborative team dedicated to innovative problem solving and design excellence.
What You Will Do
- An integral part of the design team, leads towards a cohesive and rational design solution which conforms to the project brief and is technically, legally and financially responsible
- Based on a very good understanding of local and national codes, be able to guide the team to design in alignment with the requirements.
- Guides skill development of junior designers
- Contributes to and reinforces the team effort method of producing design projects
- Takes responsibility for implementing approved briefing approach
- Solves complex design problems through schematic design and design development
- Oversees the preparation of graphic materials for presentation to client
- Researches and recommends appropriate systems, materials and finishes
- Present design schemes and documents to the client with the Design Manager
- Oversees the design development package for production
- Works with Technical coordinator and technical team to ensure design intent is accurately interpreted in documents
- With Design Manager, liaises as necessary with client on issues of design
- Developing strategic planning, conceptual designs, design development, and production
- Perform design assignments that include conceptual design, schematic design, design development construction documents
- Provides design support for completion and execution of design projects
- Develop space planning concepts and generate program documents
- Participates in selection of palettes material presentations, and generate specifications
- Participation in business development effort
- Participate in exciting design and research projects and bring a new perspective to what we do for our clients
- Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs
Your Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor s or master s degree in architecture
- 6+ years of project experience
- Demonstrated project experience of multiple completed projects.
- Proficiency creating technical drawings and specifications that succinctly, thoroughly and accurately describe the work to be done
- Proficiency in the use of Revit and other 3D computer design programs
- Strong skills in client relationship management and presentation
- Must be a motivated self-starter with excellent communication skills and the ability to problem solve both individually and as a part of a project team
- A quick learner with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent written + verbal communication and client relationship management skills
- Collaborative and team-conscious
- Must have the ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships through successful project delivery.
- Strong leadership, organizational, communication and relationship management skills
Your Design Technology Qualifications
Essential:
- Deep knowledge and experience in Autodesk Revit for design authoring, documentation, data extracts and project delivery.
- Experience in collaboration within the BIM context, including cloud-based markups, consultant coordination and clash detection.
- Deep understanding of Real-Time Visualization development within the context of BIM, specifically in the use of Escape/ other rendering mediums. Experience in creating FFE schemes and developing them through detailed technical specification.
Desirable:
- Working knowledge in the use of VR walkthroughs and panoramas for client presentations, consultant coordination and internal design reviews
Applications we work with:
- Design Authoring - Revit, Rhino, Autocad, Navisworks
- Collaboration - BIM360 Computational Design - Grasshopper, Dynamo
- Building Performance Simulation - Insight, Sefaira, Diva, Ladybug tools, Visualisation Vray, Enscape, Twinmotion, 3DSMax ,Graphics Productivity - Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite,
- Experiential Unreal Engine, Unity, Development C#, Python
