SPEEDBOATSPEEDBOAT
Position: Project Designer
Commitment: Full-time
To apply, please submit resume, cover letter, and/or work samples at
https://airtable.com/shrLlX5DK…
ABOUT
Established in 2019, SPEEDBOAT is a concept-driven, detailing-forward design studio and construction company managing the delivery of residential, commercial, and cultural projects in Los Angeles and beyond. We collaborate with a local and international community of designers, builders, and artists to create uncommon value for owners, friends, investors, institutions, and brands. We are a rapidly growing and dynamic firm eager to add talented and thoughtful individuals to our team.
ENVIRONMENT
We are a small studio sited in a converted residential property in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Our current team works closely to develop and maintain the highest standards possible, both for our clients and each other. We value mentoring and the upward mobility of our Employees as a key tenet to our practice. We strongly value diversity and strive to create positive spaces in which our colleagues can benefit, learn from one another, and thrive.
BENEFITS
Competitive compensation
Health insurance
DEIB initiatives
Flexible work environment
Dog-friendly workplace
ROLE
Project Designer
We are currently seeking a dedicated and bright, highly motivated, detail-oriented Project Designer to join our team in a full-time capacity. The successful candidate will share a strong work ethic and refreshing curiosity for the carefully considered spaces we proudly create for our clients. Preparation of client presentations, architectural drawings, construction plans, specification schedules, and research materials are central to the daily work of this position, and will be closely directed by Senior Staff.
Exceptional listening, verbal, and written communication skills will be essential for the applicant to appropriately interface with and support our valued clients. This position offers a wonderful opportunity to gain valuable professional experience, focused on upholding impeccable levels of design, customization, and craftsmanship in the production of meaningful and lasting environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Create architectural drawings and plans through computer-aided design
- softwares, BIM, Revit, and appropriate 3D/2D modeling or rendering
- techniques
- Research and management of permitting processes
- Pleasantly, efficiently, and professionally correspond with clients to
- facilitate project options, choices, and deliverables
- Assist with building code research
- Coordinate building systems (electrical, mechanical, structural) to align
- with design intent
- Maintain, organize, and archive projects as required
- Regularly set and meet goals for deliverables with Senior Staff
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Requirements
- BS in Architecture, BArch or MArch Degree
- Fluency in creation of architectural drawings and plans
- 0-5 years of post-graduate experience in field of architecture
- Excellent listening capacity
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ease with graphic communications
- Detail-driven, proactive, highly organized, engaged
- Passion for great design and its relationship to constructability
- Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suites
To apply, please submit resume, cover letter, and/or work samples at https://airtable.com/shrLlX5DK…
