Digital Practice Specialist I

About the role

The Digital Practice Specialist role is designed to cultivate digital practice leaders at Perkins&Will. From foundational support to strategic digital innovation, these roles drive project excellence, technological fluency, and firmwide transformation. This entry-level role focuses on foundational digital delivery tasks, supporting project teams, and assisting the studio Digital Practice Manager with technology integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with and reports to the studio's Digital Practice Manager.
• Collaborates with design teams to develop project-specific implementation strategies.
• Provides ongoing support and consultation to ensure the success of digital design and delivery workflows.
• Ensures quality assurance with project teams to maintain modeling quality, adherence to firmwide best practices, and consistency of information across applications.
• Affords technology training, conducts workshops, and participates in curriculum development.
• Coordinates with the firmwide Digital Practice group to promote local adoption of new technologies, workflows, and practices.
• Coordinates application support with the IT infrastructure group and firmwide help desk.
• Participates in office and firmwide planning related to digital design and delivery innovation.
• Proactively maintains and communicates current knowledge relative to technology through journals, vendor resources, marketing collateral, and the design community.

Skills

• Familiarity with design workflows and digital delivery processes.
• Ability to support project teams and assist with technical problem-solving.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral, and graphic).
• To work collaboratively with team members and provide support as needed.
• Eagerness to learn new design technologies and workflows.

Software Proficiency

• Revit
• Rhino
• Computational design & scripting (e.g., Grasshopper, Rhino Inside, and Dynamo)
• Visualization tools (e.g., Enscape, Lumion, Adobe CC)
• Familiarity with AI Visualization tools
• Other applications in Perkins&Will’s design technology suite

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire.
• Professional accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you (LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation), preferred.
• Active involvement in AXP or starting the ARE Process, preferred.