Senior Level Architect (Denver)

Job Description

Job Description

Sasaki is seeking a senior-level architect to join our Denver office.

Sasaki is an integrated design practice that includes architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, planning, and urban design. We intentionally take on challenging work that we see as opportunities to evolve and stretch. Our ethos of curiosity and growth extends to our teammates. Curiosity, critical thinking skills, and a collaborative spirit are important to the success of our ambitious design practice. We value our small-firm feel, focusing less on hierarchy than on working together. Both our body of work and our workforce are diverse; every project team is different.

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about great design and believe that collaboration with clients and colleagues is the best way to achieve it. At Sasaki you will be encouraged to have a point of view, to share your thinking often, to push design further, and to develop a comfortable rapport with clients. We prefer to develop our leaders from within and we are looking for project architects who can grow into leadership positions over time.

As a senior architect, you will be responsible for the coordination of project team effort and external local relationships with clients and sub consultants for a wide range of project types for both the private and public sectors, including college and university campuses, urban / mixed use districts, corporate workplaces, and commercial development. While it is not required to be an expert in all of these market typologies, it will be a core responsibility to be able to represent Sasaki to potential clients in these multiple markets and connect to other leaders who can bring necessary expertise and project knowledge.

The senior Architect will collaborate with a range of teams to lead efforts in research, writing, client relationships and design projects both domestically and internationally. Applicants should have a strong design and communications skills, both verbal and written, in addition to having experience with and / or excited about business development including preliminary meetings with prospective clients, attending industry events, connecting with new sub consultants and contractors and helping to develop proposals. Applicants should have excellent time management skills and should be able to balance multiple projects at a time while guiding internal teams of various sizes on a day-by-day basis.

Sasaki is headquartered in Boston with smaller offices in New York, Shanghai, Denver, and Los Angeles. This position is based in Denver and requires at least three days a week face-to-face in our downtown studio, with robust support for hybrid work.

Experience and Education :

• A professional degree in Architecture from an accredited program
• Minimum 8 years of experience
• Licensure
• High-level proficiency in Revit
• Knowledge of design programs : Rhino, Adobe Suite

Please make sure to upload a resume, cover letter, and portfolio or work samples for our team to review.