Project Designer V

CannonDesign•Portland, OR

About The Position

You will be a key participant in the design process, translating ideas into built environment solutions and seeing those ideas to completion. You will help nurture and develop junior designers and be a voice in your teams and your office for design excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture required.
A design portfolio of past and current built and unbuilt design work with clear demonstration of some personal contribution to project conceptualization and detailed development is required.
Must contain a minimum of 2 fully constructed building designs representing a high level of design excellence.
Minimum 10 years of related professional experience.
Knowledge of building codes and requirements.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Technical knowledge of exterior and interior materials and building assemblies.
Command of Revit, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office required.
Experience with one or more real-time rendering and 3D rendering software such as Enscape, Twinmotion, and/or V-Ray required, as demonstrated through a portfolio of past and current visualization work.
Experience with digital media creation and editing in the Adobe Creative Cloud applications required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor or Master degree in Architecture from an accredited program preferred.
Architectural Registration in the United States preferred.
LEED accreditation preferred.
Additional 3D modeling experience in Rhino or other comparable software preferred.
Some experience in computational design tools such as Grasshopper and Dynamo preferred.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with design leaders and team members, conceptualize design solutions and develop them throughout all phases of a project.
Create innovative design concepts that synthesize our clients’ culture, goals and aspirations to deliver solutions responsive specifically to them.
Perform as a partner to design leaders, effectively translating shared design goals and ideas of both team and client into thoughtfully refined spatial and material solutions.
Focus on schematic design, and design development, while also collaborating closely with project architects to guide detailing and construction documentation.
Provide guidance on design intent during the construction administration phase. You will be the day-to-day voice for design intent in matters of project execution.
Direct the preparation of client presentation materials, particularly our 2D and 3D design visualizations, to convey the design in a compelling and sophisticated manner.
Lead design presentations when called upon to do so in support of the project and team.
Work within our culture of being an integrated practice by closely collaborating with interior designers and typology subject matter experts on holistic design solutions from exterior to interior.
Foster this collaborative spirit from the earliest phases.
Collaborate with technical leaders and engineers to employ sensitive consideration of building systems.
Coordinate design intent with other disciplines.
Integrate performance-based and sustainable design strategies into design solutions, including supporting the building performance group in their energy modeling efforts.
Expect to apply these approaches in the design of large-scale projects and/or multiple projects simultaneously.
Mentor and grow emerging professionals. You will nurture an environment that exemplifies collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.