Project Architect - Workplace Interiors - Senior

Your Role 

As a Senior Project Architect in our dynamic Chicago office, you are passionate about your craft and combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. You have exceptional conceptual design skills, and a portfolio of innovative design solutions with an emphasis on workplace projects. 

You will collaborate with talented colleagues to enhance Gensler’s culture for design excellence, elevate the quality of design, and achieve recognition for our clients and the firm. You are a mix of strategic and creative, with the ability to create great form while embracing sound business strategy. Use your unique design perspective to lead design teams, develop next-generation talent, bring new approaches to the design process, and help our clients redesign what’s possible. 

What You Will Do 

• Lead the creative efforts of multiple interior architecture and interior design teams for workplace (office) projects from the initial marketing stages through construction administration 
• In collaboration with a team, create overall design concepts, storytelling and design presentation strategies 
• Participate in the selection and presentation of furniture, furniture systems, fabrics, equipment (FF&E), color palettes, and decorative lighting 
• Generate concepts for finish plans, RCP, lighting plans, specifications, material selections, and millwork for the project  
• Be a fearless integrator and advocate for diverse points of view and expansive thinking 
• Drive alignment in our designs with our, and our clients’, resilience goals 
• Build and sustain client relationships; act as the primary design interface with clients, team members, and a wide range of consultants and collaborators, both internal and external 
• Creatively align solutions to budgets 
• Mentor and develop Gensler designers; provide creative direction to design teams 
• Participate in business development, marketing and recruiting efforts 
• Integrate new technology and tools on projects (AR, VR, computational design, etc.)  
• Interaction with clients while representing Gensler at meetings and presentations 
• Be a voice in our Community for the Power of Design 

Your Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of design or architecture 

• 10-15+ years of diverse interiors experience with an emphasis on workplace interiors 

• Advanced knowledge of the design process, including FF+E, furniture systems and specifications, color and materials 

• Experience leading design teams through all phases of the design process 

• LEED, Fitwell or WELL accreditation 

• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship management skills 

• Understanding and proficiency in design software programs including SketchUp, Revit, InDesign, 3D Studio Max, Enscape, Photoshop, and Illustrator), with proficiency in and Miro.  

• Registered/Licensed Architect (if you are in the process of taking AREs, feel free to contact TalentNCRegion@gensler.com to determine whether another opening could be a match for your background) 

• Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices; Portfolios will ideally 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 submit resume and portfolio.  

This role is not remote or hybrid; we look forward to working with our new team member in our incredible Chicago office. 

**The base salary will be estimated between $97,000 – $120,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience. To learn more about our compensation philosophy and full benefits offerings, please visit Great People, Great Rewards | Gensler