What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intermediate Designer position at IA Interior Architects?
Interior Architects translates client goals, brand and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling and sustainable environments to move their enterprise forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.
Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of Design. We are presently searching for an Intermediate Designer for our Boston studio. The Intermediate Designer, working under general supervision of a Senior Designer or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, presentations, concept design through design development, and contract documents.
Specific responsibilities will include:
• Works with team to develop architectural concepts for interior and exterior repositioning and/ or adaptive projects
• Works with team to develop design ideas and create both presentation and construction drawings
• Drafts technical drawings
• Provide review of engineering and landscape drawings to ensure they comply with design solution.
• With Senior Designer, researches and selects fixtures and finishes to use for projects
• Ensures integration into overall design
• Preliminary concept plans for larger projects
• May develop and finalize conceptual design for smaller projects
• Oversees Intermediate Designer to review space plans and tackles more complicated issues
• Provides detail for interior and architectural design projects
• Develops and delivers overall design and furniture packages for both interior and exterior
• Assists in developing packages for larger projects
• Obtains cost estimates and produces final cost estimates
• May be required to assist with support for field surveys
• Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product
Qualifications:
• Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted
• 4 years’ experience in workplace design, focusing on building repositioning and adaptive re-use projects as well as corporate interior
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of design principles, workplace trends and aesthetics
- Knowledge of repositioning and adaptive re-use projects
- Advanced knowledge of space planning
Knowledge of furnishings and finishes
Knowledge of concepts of furniture layout
Sketching and rendering skills
Architecture detailing skills
Knowledge of CDs and procedures
Knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements
Intermediate MS Office Suite skills
Strong Revit skills
Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills
