Project Designer IV

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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 provide project design leadership across multiple projects. You will help nurture and develop people 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 in a supporting role to senior design leaders, effectively translating shared design goals and ideas for both team and client. 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. • Prepare and direct the preparation of client presentation materials, particularly our 2D and 3D design visualizations, to convey the design in a compelling and sophisticated manner. 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. • 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 assist in nurturing an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. • Perform other duties as assigned. HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED • Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture or related field required. Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture from an accredited program preferred. • Minimum 8 years of related professional experience required. • 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. • 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. • Ability to coordinate multiple disciplines to achieve design intent. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits 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 th

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