Design Professional I - Digital Practice

HKS, Inc.•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Design Professional I supports project teams by performing basic design and technical tasks using standard techniques while developing professional knowledge under general supervision. With a Digital Practice focus, the role contributes to day-to-day digital workflow execution by maintaining organized, accurate project models, applying firmwide digital standards, and supporting coordinated project delivery. The position calls for fluency in digital tools used for design and documentation, contributions to project-specific digital content, and disciplined digital practices that support collaboration. The successful candidate is eager to learn, highly organized, motivated to contribute creatively, and able to recognize and appropriately escalate digital workflow challenges to Digital Practice Specialists. The role performs routine architectural and technical assignments, helps maintain model health and project data integrity, develops and modifies project-specific digital content, and supports digital coordination with other disciplines. It also applies quality-control practices to digital work products, participates in project discussions, and may assist with proposals, presentations, site visits, field reviews, and client or project meetings. Travel may be required.

Requirements

Accredited professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
Typically 0–3 years of experience.
On the path to Architectural Registration.
Basic skills in Revit, Rhino, and Grasshopper.
Basic skills in Bluebeam, Twinmotion, Enscape, or other visualization tools.
Basic knowledge of Navisworks and Dynamo.
Basic skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Basic skills in the MS Office Suite.
Basic knowledge of sustainability and integrated design guidelines.
Basic knowledge of materials, construction techniques, building codes, and QA/QC processes.
Basic presentation, graphic, and visualization skills to communicate ideas.
Basic experience with the entire project lifecycle through post-occupancy.
Basic ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally, verbally and in writing.
Basic ability to problem-solve and collaborate on innovative solutions.
Basic ability to work in a team environment and on multiple projects simultaneously.
Basic ability to meet deadlines at the expected quality.
Travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate skills in Revit, Rhino, and Grasshopper are preferred.
Sustainable design accreditation is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform routine architectural and technical assignments under direction, applying standard architectural techniques, procedures, and collaborative design methods; may have design responsibility in collaboration with other team members.
Support day-to-day digital workflow tasks, including model organization, file management, view and sheet control, documentation setup, family creation and coordination, title block setup and distribution, and adherence to HKS digital practice standards.
Maintain model health and project data integrity through model setup, model and CAD cleanup, and management of work sets, views, and sheets in alignment with firm standards and templates.
Assist in developing and modifying project-specific digital content, including views, sheets, schedules, details, and custom components, while meeting project needs and maintaining consistency with digital practice guidelines.
Participate in digital coordination with other disciplines by preparing files, exporting data, monitoring origins and shared coordination and grids, coordinating with consultant BIM managers, and supporting model exchange processes, including Revit-to-Rhino assistance for exterior teams.
Apply quality-control practices to digital work products to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency in documents generated from digital models, including model error support, CAD cleanup, compliance with HKS model standards, and general graphic assistance.
Develop fluency in the digital applications and platforms used at HKS for modeling, documentation, coordination, visualization, and data exchange.
Identify digital workflow issues or inefficiencies and escalate them appropriately under established digital practice procedures.
Coordinate with Digital Practice Specialists when project conditions require non-standard content or workflows and support implementation of those solutions in project models.
Participate in team meetings to discuss project, design, technical, and interdisciplinary coordination issues.
May assist in preparing proposals, presentations, schedules, implementation documentation, and samples.
May attend on-site visits, field reviews, and client or project meetings as appropriate.
Develop an understanding of how disciplined digital workflows support collaboration, coordination, and effective project delivery.