Senior Architect

Position Category:

Architecture

Job Type:

Full time

Preferred Experience Level:

Senior Architect: 7-10 years minimum professional work experience with a focus on Corporate Interiors

Education Level:

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited five-year college (B-Arch) or university with major coursework in architectural design

Professional License:

CA Architectural License (or on track to complete)

We Are Looking for the Right Fit:

Our growing studio is seeking agile, authentic, and collaborative professionals to join our team. Located in San Francisco’s SOMA district, we are a design studio of passionate, energetic, and highly motivated individuals. Together, our team of talented architects, interior designers, and graphic designers, create powerful and unexpected, award-winning designs. Status quo is not an option in our work. 

Studio Culture:

At FENNIE+MEHL we are a tight-knit team and are looking for candidates who share our team’s values. Our studio is an open and collaborative culture that values – and really does encourage – ideas from all corners of the office. Our award-winning designs are inspired by the diversity of who we are and what we love – art, travel, food, photography, beekeeping, you name it! Here at F+M, we believe that life is design, 24/7. We genuinely like each other, so our calendars have social events that build connection, including weekly happy hours and outings alongside in-house design and technical training sessions.

Position Overview – Senior Architect:

The Senior Architect will be responsible for handling professional design activities across a wide variety of project types and to lead staff, as well as assist senior leaders, in production, project management, client management, and related responsibilities. The position is responsible for handling a wide variety of project types and complex professional design activities, including:  predesign, programming, visioning, spatial planning, materials, detailing, lighting specifications, and coordination of code requirements and building systems (structural, mep, etc). The role includes contributing to project delivery, drawing details, modeling, rendering, construction documents, CA, and leading and supporting business development activities and firm operations.

The Architect will communicate and collaborate closely with senior management and firm leadership, clients, staff, consultants, vendors and contractors. The position is a solid platform for personal career growth and supports the studio’s overall success and growth.  

Organization, creativity, and the ability to remain pragmatic with a proven foundation in design concepts and principles, practices, and construction are key factors we are looking for. Excellent written and verbal communication, collaboration, interpersonal and problem-solving skills will lead to success in this role. As a team of passionate designers working together, we rely on our team members to be agile and flexible, humble but driven, with a client-focused mindset. We are results-driven and utilize our broad skillsets on multiple, fast-paced projects every day.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in Revit
• Proficiency in Enscape, renderings, CAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, MS Office tools and Bluebeam Revu

The Senior Architect will:

• Contribute to producing conceptual and fully executed designs with strong creative design ideas, out-of-the-box preferred!
• Manage project-specific budget, schedule, workload, and staffing with little Principal oversight
• Have the ability to work with multiple clients, and on multiple projects, simultaneously 
• Contribute to producing conceptual and fully executed designs 
• Collaborate, within project teams and with vendors and consultants, to produce successful design outcomes 
• Be motivated to participate in and support firm Business Development activities 
• Provide mentorship and leadership support to other team members

Compensation:

Our studio offers competitive compensation packages. Salary commensurate with experience and includes:

• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401K plan 
• Flex work schedule
• 10 paid holidays + Christmas-New Years week

To Apply:

If you desire leadership opportunities within a design studio, we want to talk to you. F+M offers plenty of opportunity and supports you in your growing career.

Please indicate the specific role you are applying for and submit a cover letter, resume, and relevant portfolio that includes images of completed projects, examples of process and finished work addressing what makes you the perfect candidate to: Billy Green, bg@fm-arch.com.