Architect

Your Role

As a Gensler Architect located in our Atlanta Office, you will leverage your attention to detail and interpersonal skills to deliver exceptional client projects on time and within budget. A focus for the role will be managing multiple fast-paced mid-size projects.

What You Will Do

• Lead architectural deliverables on projects, working with Design Director(s), Technical Director(s), and project team(s) for all project phases, including conceptual designs, presentations, schematic design, design development, construction documents and production
• Provide creative direction to design teams
• Collaborate with design team, clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators, regulatory agencies and other vendors to meet overall project objectives
• Resolve complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions
• Produce graphic presentations, 3D renderings, and construction drawings
• Aid in managing client expectations, team communication and consultant coordination
• Contribute to office activities, initiatives and learning programs
• Advance the understanding that design resilience is a responsibility of every person at Gensler
• Cultivate design expertise with the desire to always learn, grow, and evolve
• Actively support firmwide sustainability and resilience goals, guiding clients and project teams toward multi-benefit sustainable and resilient design solutions
• Actively mentor the next generation of leadership by inspiring, empowering and leading by example
• Advance an integrated design culture on your projects within the studio, including mentoring, resources, discourse, initiatives and recruiting of team members
• Incorporate best practices of hospitality and residential project planning
• Actively QA/QC drawings
• Write project specifications and/or work with project specifications specialists
• Take an active lead during the permitting and bid review project of phases
• Lead Gensler’s involvement in the Construction Administration process, working through complex site situations
• Work with Design Managers to develop project schedules and help drive the project schedules with Gensler team members and consultant teams
• Track open items and prioritize responses
• Work with Design Managers as they develop project fees and additional services

Qualifications

• 10-15 years’ experience as an Architect within a architecture and design firm managing projects in the fee range of $2M-10M
• Experience with commercial projects such as base building and interior architecture for hotels, multi-family, and residential
• Experience leading projects of a variety of scales, and mentoring and collaborating with Interior Designers and Architects
• Strong leadership, organization, communication and interpersonal management skills
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships across the firm, with clients, and with other key constituents
• Commitment to a collaborative design process
• Knowledge of local building codes and standards
• Professional degree (Master or Bachelor) in Architecture from an accredited program
• Licensed / Registered Architect required + LEED accreditation are preferred
• Proven experience mentoring and coaching junior team members