Your Role
As a Gensler Technical Designer with a passion for design excellence, your creativity and thoughtfulness will create opportunities in the authorship and realization of significant developments. You have developed skills in expressing design intent through modeling and presentation which enable your partnership with senior designers. In this role, you will have opportunities to evolve your existing strengths while also growing towards a leadership role in guiding our clients to design solutions.
Based in a studio of our Oakland office, you will join a team serving clients with design proposals for both new construction and major repositioning of existing properties. Many of these developments are for commercial workplace or biotech research, while we also do work in residential, higher-education, and buid-to-suit corporate headquarters. Through our close partnership with these clients, we are able to leverage design to achieve livable cities, reductions in global warming potential, and an engaging work experience for occupants of our projects.
What You Will Do
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Engage directly with senior design leadership in the development of concepts and implementation
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Perform design assignments that include programming client needs, diagramming and modeling conceptual strategies, and implementing design intent through document development
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Develop narratives and strategies for presenting design proposals, to articulate opportunities for consideration by project stakeholders
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Support communication between project team, clients, consultants, and city officials
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Provide design support and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts
Your Qualifications
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Professional degree in Architecture, demonstrated with a rigorous portfolio including both academic and professional experience
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3-6 years of relevant architectural experience, with a strong background in conceptual design and visualization
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Proficiency in Rhino and Revit
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Strong communication skills in verbal presentation, written narrative, and graphic representation
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Analytical and problem-solving skills applicable to reconciling design with engineering requirements
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Ability to develop collaborative relationships across the firm, with clients, and with other key constituents
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Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices required; Portfolios should include at least 1 project with this particular focus, and candidates should be prepared to talk to this in their interview, especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard , Fitwell and /or Net Zero Building certification
For consideration, please submit cover letter, resume and portfolio in PDF format.
*The base salary will be estimated between $69,300 - $85,800 plus bonuses and benefits contingent on relevant experience.
Life at Gensler
At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions and hackathons, to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our teams’ diverse interests.
We encourage our employees 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.
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.
