Architectural Designer 1

STV • Columbia, WA

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About The Position

STV’s Washington, DC Architecture practice is seeking an Architectural Designer I to join its growing multidisciplinary design team within the Buildings Group. The role is intended for emerging architectural professionals with 0–5 years of professional experience and offers broad exposure to architectural practice while allowing individuals to develop toward their strengths and interests. The designer will support transportation, civic, federal, institutional, and other complex public projects across multiple phases of design and delivery. Extensive experience assembling complete drawing sets is not expected, but candidates should be comfortable working in Revit, have strong architectural fundamentals, and demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to support evolving project needs.

The position offers opportunities to contribute to design, planning, visualization, documentation, technical development, multidisciplinary coordination, project delivery, and design technology. Over time, individuals may develop toward design leadership, technical architecture, project architecture, project management, design technology, or a combination of these paths within STV’s Washington, DC Architecture practice. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture from an accredited program.
• 0–5 years of professional architectural experience.
• Strong architectural fundamentals, including understanding of plans, sections, elevations, spatial relationships, and basic building organization.
• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit, including navigating established project models; creating and modifying architectural elements; developing and organizing views, sheets, annotations, dimensions, tags, and schedules; working with levels, grids, linked models, view templates, visibility settings, and basic worksharing workflows; modifying existing families and parameters and creating simple project-specific content; incorporating markups accurately; and understanding how model content relates to architectural documentation.
• Ability to communicate architectural ideas through drawings, diagrams, models, and graphics.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to develop sound documentation habits.
• Curiosity about how buildings are designed, coordinated, constructed, and operated.
• Ability to learn new software, workflows, project requirements, and technical concepts.
• Willingness to work across different project types, phases, and assignments rather than specializing too early in one area.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills and ability to respond constructively to feedback.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Enscape, or other architectural design and visualization tools.
• Exposure to construction documentation, architectural detailing, multidisciplinary coordination, or construction administration.
• Experience with computational design, automation, scripting, BIM workflows, data-driven design, AI-assisted workflows, or other design technology applications.
• Interest in transportation, civic, federal, institutional, infrastructure, or other complex public projects.
• Interest in pursuing architectural licensure and continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support architectural design, planning, documentation, visualization, and project coordination across project phases.
• Assist with floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, sections, enlarged plans, details, schedules, diagrams, and other architectural drawings under the direction of more experienced team members.
• Develop and maintain Revit models and drawing content in accordance with project standards, including views, sheets, annotations, schedules, families, and model organization.
• Contribute to design studies, option development, diagrams, renderings, physical or digital models, and presentation materials.
• Develop an understanding of building assemblies, materials, detailing, constructability, accessibility, life safety, and the relationship between architectural and engineering systems.
• Participate in coordination with structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, civil, and other disciplines.
• Assist project architects and project managers with meeting materials, coordination tracking, issue documentation, and other project delivery activities.
• Explore and apply digital tools, workflows, automation, visualization, and emerging technologies to improve design quality, coordination, productivity, and consistency.
• Incorporate markups accurately, check work for completeness and consistency, and develop disciplined habits around model and drawing quality.
• Collaborate across project types, design phases, and assignments according to project needs; communicate progress and ask questions when requirements are unclear.
• Build experience across design, technical delivery, coordination, and project management while developing a long-term professional direction.

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Back-Up Dependent Care
• Parental Leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level