Your Role
As an Architectural Designer in the Dallas office, your job is to combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful projects for clients. Your work ethic, combined with your commitment to collaboration and mentoring, makes Gensler the perfect place to nurture your career. Our teams design for all of humanity, driving a passionately curious design culture to create solutions that are emotionally resonant and that positively impact people’s everyday experiences. With you as part of the design team, architecture has never been so engaging.
We are searching for innovative Designers with experience creating engaging spaces for Hospitality, and Multi-family Residential clients, and/or Workplaces for Technology, Financial Services Firms, and Professional Services Firms.
What You Will Do
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Lead architectural deliverables on projects, working with Design Director(s), Technical Director(s), and project team(s) for all project phases, including conceptual designs, presentations, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and production
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Provide creative direction to design teams
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Collaborate with design team, clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators, regulatory agencies, and other vendors to meet overall project objectives
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Resolve complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions
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Produce graphic presentations, 3D renderings, and construction drawings
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Assist in managing client expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination
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Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs
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Advance the understanding that design resilience is the responsibility of every person at Gensler
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Cultivate design expertise with the desire to always learn, grow, and evolve
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Champion Gensler’s diversity and inclusion goals with respect to staff, partners, and consultants
Your Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in Architecture from an accredited program
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10+ years of relevant architecture and design experience, with a strong background designing multiple building typologies of varying scale (Hospitality Multi-family Residential and/or Workplaces for Technology, Financial Services Firms, and Professional Services Firms)
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Must be proficient in Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Parametric Modeling, Sketch-up, 3D Studio Max, VRay, and Adobe Suite
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Knowledge of materials, construction techniques and building codes
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Strong knowledge of the design process
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Outstanding conceptual 3-dimensional thinking and graphic presentation skills to effectively communicate design ideas
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Flexibility to focus on concurrent projects in various stages of development
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Ability to communicate design ideas and direction quickly
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A quick learner with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
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Creative Initiator who brings curiosity, enthusiasm and a “can do” attitude
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Strong leadership, organization, communication, and relationship management skills
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Licensed / Registered Architect
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Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices; Portfolios should include at least one project (especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard, Fitwel, and/or Net Zero Building certification) with this particular focus, which we look forward to discussing during the interview
Please include a portfolio for full consideration.
This is not a hybrid or remote position. If you’re open to relocating to the Dallas, Texas area, please apply! Non-local candidates are welcome. U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 study ranks Dallas in the top 3 places to live in Texas!!
Life at Gensler
Gensler is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Through our Five Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to create a just and equitable future for our colleagues and our communities with our clients. We are a solid voice for social change as we impact people’s lives and fight racism. At Gensler, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace environment. As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice-annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets. As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.
At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings — we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.
Top Skills
What We Do
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors.
Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design.
We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone.
Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.
