Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) · 8 hours ago
Junior Designer - City Design
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$60K/yr - $64K/yrSkidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global firm committed to creating sustainable and impactful work through interdisciplinary teams. The Junior Designer in City Design will generate design ideas, conduct research, and collaborate within project teams to contribute to urban design projects, while actively participating in the firm's culture and professional development opportunities.
ArchitectureCommercial Real EstateInterior Design
Responsibilities
Generates planning and design ideas, conducts research, documents precedents and scale studies, develops diagrams, renders site plans, and contributes to all manner of graphic and visual production. Takes initiative to learn and apply SOM City Design Practice protocols for file management, planning and design processes, and quality control standards for deliverables
Demonstrates a basic understanding of planning and urban design concepts, building typologies and critical dimensions, utility and infrastructure systems, land development considerations and planning / zoning codes, and phasing and implementation techniques. Is able to enrich design concepts through knowledge, research, and proficient application of technical and visualization skills and effectively uses software and appropriate analogue and digital tools to design and document at all project phases
Applies a strong conceptual design ability to projects of varying complexity and sites of divergent scales; begins to integrate interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the planning and urban design aspects of complex projects
Effectively communicates internally through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means
Actively collaborates at a project team level by developing, communicating, and critically and constructively evaluating ideas
Manages time and workload to meet project task deadlines and commitments with regular interaction and direction from project leaders and team members
Actively participates as a junior member of the CDP Team
Brings energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and a disciplined work ethic to the City Design Practice
Becomes immersed in the SOM office through lectures, design reviews, lunch and learns, site visits, and participation in office activities and professional development opportunities. Actively participates in the Year One Program (as appropriate)
Qualification
Required
Recent completion of professional Degree in Architecture, Planning, Urban design, or Landscape Architecture
Strong collaborative ability
Interest in large-scale planning, mixed-use and transit oriented development, and working in a fast-paced and intensely collaborative professional environment
Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision-making quality with a high attention to detail, precision and accuracy at a task specific level
Demonstrates proficiency in AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Lumion, parametric and rendering software, and other graphic software as well as Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
Preferred
LEED accreditation preferred
Revit proficiency a plus
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance
401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs
Inquire about our approach to flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program
Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development
Company
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
A global collective of architects, designers, engineers, and planners building a better future. Named No.
Founded in 1936
1001-5000 employees
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