Designer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Professional experience designing and delivering custom residential architecture.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating architectural judgment, technical ability, site responsiveness, and attention to detail.
• Broad building-design knowledge, including site planning, structural coordination, exterior design, construction detailing, and building systems.
• Experience carrying residential projects through concept design, design development, construction documentation, permitting, and construction administration.
• An active architectural license, eligibility to obtain reciprocal registration in Texas, or a clearly defined near-term path to Texas licensure.
• Confidence working directly with clients, consultants, engineers, craftspeople, vendors, project managers, and construction teams.
• Practical understanding of how architectural decisions affect construction, procurement, budget, schedule, and long-term building performance.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and design decisions while maintaining the larger vision.
• Strong organization, communication, follow-through, judgment, and personal accountability.
• Ability to receive feedback thoughtfully, resolve design and construction challenges, and collaborate without ego.

Nice To Haves

• High-end residential design-build experience.
• Experience with Google Workspace, Archicad, Enscape, Morpholio, Canva, and JobTread.
• Comfort learning new tools and workflows quickly.

Responsibilities

• Lead residential projects from programming and early concept through design development, construction documentation, permitting, and construction.
• Develop design solutions responsive to client goals, site conditions, budget, schedule, and construction requirements.
• Guide space planning, site planning, building massing, circulation, exterior composition, material selection, and architectural detailing.
• Translate client priorities into clear, cohesive, buildable residential designs.
• Prepare and lead client presentations, design reviews, and milestone meetings.
• Maintain design intent while addressing budget, scheduling, engineering, and field considerations.
• Develop and review architectural drawings, details, specifications, and permit-ready construction documents.
• Coordinate architectural documentation with interior design, estimating, purchasing, project management, and field operations.
• Maintain organized project files, design decisions, meeting notes, consultant information, and follow-up items.
• Identify missing information, unresolved decisions, coordination conflicts, and schedule risks early.
• Coordinate with structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, landscape, energy, and other project consultants as needed.
• Work with builders, craftspeople, vendors, fabricators, and field teams to support successful execution of architectural details.
• Provide design oversight during construction through site meetings, milestone reviews, submittal review, responses to field questions, and resolution of unforeseen conditions.
• Communicate directly and professionally with clients throughout design and construction.
• Balance design ambition with constructability, budget, code requirements, and long-term performance.
• Provide architectural guidance and constructive design feedback to other design-team members.
• Support the Design Director in maintaining design quality and consistency across projects.
• Help improve architectural workflows, drawing standards, templates, quality-control procedures, and standard operating procedures.
• Assist with qualified prospective projects through discovery conversations, site visits, preliminary evaluations, scopes, proposals, and follow-up.
• Build productive relationships with consultants, architects, engineers, builders, craftspeople, realtors, and other referral partners.
• Represent Moontower professionally within Austin’s residential design and construction community.

Benefits

• 10 days paid time off.
• 11 paid company holidays.
• Company pays 80% of the employee premium for company-sponsored health insurance.
• Company-sponsored disability insurance.
• Opt-in company phone plan.
• Mileage reimbursement for personal vehicle use.
• Professional licensing and continuing education support.