Year One - Junior Designer - City Design

Join SOM's Year One Program as a Junior Designer - City Design and contribute to the firm's innovative and interdisciplinary projects. The role involves generating planning and design ideas, conducting research, and developing diagrams and visual productions. The ideal candidate will have a recent completion of a professional degree in Architecture, Planning, Urban design, or Landscape Architecture, and proficiency in graphic software such as AutoCAD, Rhino, and Adobe Creative Suite.

Requirements

• Recent completion of professional degree in Architecture, Planning, Urban design, or Landscape Architecture
• Strong collaborative ability
• LEED accreditation preferred
• 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

Benefits

• Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance
• Work/Life Balance: Hybrid/Flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program
• Professional Development: Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development