Designer I

Description

RIOS is an international design collective committed to creating wonder within the built environment through design. We believe in using design as a tool for optimism, fostering innovation, and shaping the world positively. Our approach integrates architecture, placemaking, landscape architecture, and experience design, emphasizing a holistic design process that considers ecology, materiality, sustainability, and tectonic expression.

About the Role

The Designer I role is an entry-level position designed to support project teams throughout various stages of design, including ideation, modeling, drafting, visualization, and technical production. This role also involves preparing graphics, diagrams, renderings, presentations, and early technical documentation, all aligned with project goals and design intent.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design process through ideation, modeling, drafting, visualization, and technical production across project phases.
• Aid in the preparation of graphics, diagrams, renderings, presentations, and early technical documentation aligned with project goals and design intent.
• Communicate design concepts and thinking through visual, written, and verbal presentations.
• Contribute innovative ideas and proactively engage in project tasks and team discussions.
• Support project teams in maintaining organized project files, documentation, and collaboration platforms.
• Support project teams through digital modeling, visualization, documentation, and presentation development.

Requirements

• Strong design sensibility and passion for creativity and innovation.
• Strong graphic communication and visualization skills.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• High degree of self-motivation, curiosity, flexibility, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to work effectively in collaborative and interdisciplinary team environments and contribute to positive office culture.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Commitment to sustainable and responsible design practices.
• Eagerness to learn and grow an understanding of project documentation standards, BIM workflows, file organization, and model management best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture or equivalent professional experience.
• 0–3 years of professional experience in architecture.
• Familiarity with software such as Revit, Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), and other visualization or modeling tools.
• Working knowledge of BIM workflows preferred.
• Experience with Lumion, Grasshopper, Dynamo, SignAgent, or similar design technologies is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

• A hybrid work environment.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• 401(k) matching.
• PTO package.
• Reduced summer work hours.

Equal Opportunity Statement

RIOS is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified candidates with arrests/conviction records will not be excluded from consideration.

Pay

$67,000- $79,000 per year