Architectural Designer

Company: WASHINGTON AIA
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 26, 2025

Job Description:

At MV+A, we are passionate about sharing ideas and creating a striking, contextual, and impactful built environment. We have a deep expertise in working with developers, local jurisdictions, communities, anchor retail tenants and other project stakeholders in creating thoughtfully designed plans and buildings that successfully contribute to the community fabric and enhance social engagement.MV+A is a diverse group of architects, designers, and planners, bringing our collective experience to develop meaningful solutions for our clients. We are actively searching for bright, mindful, focused and professional colleagues to join our collaborative team. This role is for a person seeking to expand their opportunities through steadily increasing knowledge and responsibilities as they become an integral person in the conceptual design and development of our many mixed-use, retail, multi-family, and general commercial projects. You will work closely with Principals and Associates in developing elegant building solutions to our many planning and design projects. Your initiative, advanced technical abilities, and collaborative attitude will be integral in the successful delivery of some of the firm's more challenging projects.Your Key Responsibilities

• With guidance from the Principal and/or Associate, you will rapidly create multiple design studies for explorations of proper building massing and fa--ades.
• You will develop selected studies into detailed SketchUp or Revit models with material assignments for use in client presentations and deliverables.
• With guidance from the Principal, Associate, and/or Project Manager, you will leverage your design research skills to develop constructable building details and document those details in accordance with firm standards.
• Produce photorealistic renderings using firm supplied rendering tools.
• Produce building documentation plans at concept-to-construction document level detail in accordance with firm standards.
• Actively participate in client and design team meetings, taking notes and receiving guidance to inform the projects' next steps.
• Coordinate with the internal design team, Landscape Architects, and Civil Engineers in the development of design solutions.
• Coordinate with design consultants and internal team members to resolve technical and existing condition challenges to produce efficient, constructible solutions.Your Qualifications
• Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture from an accredited school.
• Have more than 1 year of related professional architectural experience, including demonstrated success in the development of building designs for mixed-use, commercial, retail and/or residential projects.
• Required to be highly proficient in Autodesk Revit and SketchUp.
• Required proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite products Photoshop and InDesign.
• Experience with Autodesk AutoCad is preferred.
• Required rendering experience in Enscape, Lumion, D5 Render or similar program.
• Proven ability to learn new software tools quickly and effectively use resources for project development.
• Be a person of great initiative and have a thirst for learning and improvement.This is not a hybrid or remote work role. The position is located at Metro Center in Washington, DC.Please submit a resume and sample of work for consideration.Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are currently unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.The base salary for this position is between $60,000 - $85,000 plus bonuses and benefits and is dependent on relevant experience.Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We provide a company 401k plan and profit-sharing benefits. As part of the firm's commitment to licensure and professional development, MV+A offers reimbursement for successful completion of professional license exam fees and professional organization enrollment.
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