Senior Design Architect

Overview

Join our team at Tower Pinkster and open a new door to an amazing career. Tower Pinkster is a regional architecture, engineering, and interior design firm based in Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. We are looking for a talented Senior Design Architect with experience in K-12 education design for our New Albany, Indiana office. The purpose of this position is to listen and collaborate with our clients to develop programming and design concepts which bring creativity and innovation.

The candidate should have a strong ability to work with and mentor younger designers and provide insights and guidance to the design group. Areas of design specialty would be beneficial in any of Tower Pinkster’s five core market sectors, as well as any advanced certifications or training.

• Business Development:
  Support Marketing Team in award submittals for authored projects.
• Understand and support school funding (bonds, limited sale bonds, QSAB).
• Study K-12 trends, including continuing education at conferences.
• Be the K-12 school design expert resource to the team and community.
• Periodically speak on K-12 topics at school-focused conferences.
• Network with the community at business functions during and after hours.
• Strong design mindset and capabilities for project planning, programming and exterior expression.
• Lead project team members on K-12 project design specifically.
• Design with budget-conscious foresight to exceed expectations and limit re-design.
• Create and write reports, communications and presentations to clients.
• Perform as a Lead Designer on driven projects.
• Lead and coordinate project efforts with other disciplines, clients and construction partners to meet schedule milestones.
• Perform business development functions, to include marketing, networking to create personal connections and involvement in professional organizations.
• Participate in the process of interviewing prospective new clients to understand needs, as well as build upon current client relationships.
• Collaborate with clients in planning design, determining solutions and scope of project to develop design plans to meet client needs.
• Propose innovative solutions to client needs while building stakeholder consensus.
• Construct scope of work and determine budget.
• Manage existing client relationships and develop relationships with future clients.
• Mentor team to share experiences, knowledge, skills, and lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Inspire creativity in other team members through collaboration and humility.
• Lead, teach and guide other project team members to assist in their growth and development.
• Provide input on work priorities and project scheduling.
• Conduct quality control reviews on various projects.
• Serve as a K-12 subject matter expert to resolve any project related concerns.
• Provide input to department standards and procedures for K-12 project work.

• Licensed architect with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the field.
• Technical understanding of constructability and material selections that relate to design expression.
• Able to present from medium to large size groups and represent the Firm positively.
• Able to sketch and draw by hand and create computer-generated 3D graphics.
• Able to create dynamic graphic presentations and exhibit solid design and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of REVIT, Photoshop, InDesign, Word, Excel and Google.
• Solid foundational knowledge of K-12 project work, Indiana knowledge preferred.

We take a holistic approach to ensure the wellbeing of our team members. Tower Pinkster is proud to support its team members with a robust compensation and benefits package, which includes:

• Industry-leading compensation package, including paid overtime, performance bonuses, and profit sharing.
• National award-winning culture and a supportive work environment that empowers employees to stay healthy, fulfill their interests and passions, and balance work and life goals.
• A collaborative work environment along with many culture connection events and wellness activities, to include walking challenges, fitness challenges, book clubs, in-office chair massages, and more. We offer a Thrive program providing incentives up to $400 annually.
• Flexible work hours with a work-life balance program providing six additional days off per year, and a healthy paid time off program.
• A comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short-term and long-term disability benefits, and paid community service hours.
• Annual team training, professional development opportunities, and career growth planning.
• The opportunity to reach your career goals with an award-winning firm. We highly encourage licensure, certification, and professional organization memberships, which are fully paid.
• Continued educational opportunities and a tuition reimbursement program.
• Firm-paid life and wellness coach for individuals and families in partnership with Ulliance.

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