About the role
NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a https://www.nbbj.com/news/time-names-nbbj-most-influential-company-2025" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">TIME100 Most Influential Company, a https://www.nbbj.com/news/for-the-fifth-time-fast-company-honors-nbbj-as-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-architecture-firms" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a https://www.nbbj.com/news/aia-national-recognizes-two-nbbj-projects-with-aia-national-honor-awards" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals https://nbbj.vercel.app/contact/locations/boston" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more https://nbbj.vercel.app/our-story" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">about our firm, see https://www.nbbj.com/careers" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">what it’s like to work here and explore https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/work/all" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">recent projects and https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/ideas/all" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">ideas at https://www.nbbj.com/" style="color: rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration: underline;text-transform: none;font: inherit;background: no-repeat transparent;outline: none;display: inline-block;border: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;padding: 0.0px;vertical-align: baseline;">NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!
The role at a glance:
NBBJ Columbus is seeking an Architectural Designer to join our team. We are seeking an Architect, with experience with good conceptual, visual, and communication skills to work in a highly collaborative and design-oriented studio. At NBBJ, an Architectural Designer is responsible for supporting design leadership on projects, contributing to setting design quality standards, fostering a collaborative design environment, and advancing the firm’s design reputation through active participation in project work, team mentorship, and client interactions.
In your new role, you will:
- Set Expectations: Define and exemplify quality standards through design reviews, mentoring, and open discussions. - Inspire: Encourage radical thinking and creativity at all levels, leading the studio toward impactful design. - Create: Provide hands-on design work for 1-2 projects, ranging in concept to construction, ensuring holistic design continuity. - Review/Critique: Ensure design quality by reviewing projects and engaging teams in firm-wide peer reviews. - Present/Communicate: Craft and present compelling design stories to clients and peers. - Network Internally: Connect with design peers firm-wide, enhancing collaboration and design quality. - Methodologies: Ensure projects utilize the latest design/visualization methods and technologies. - Process: Champion proper process design and encourage designers to lead alongside PMs and PAs. - Expertise: Apply sound design methods across practices, while developing expertise in a single typology. - Integrated Design Delivery: Collaborate with multiple disciplines to ensure rigorous, integrated project delivery.
What you will need to succeed:
- 3-5 years of experience - Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch desired - Architectural licensure a plus - Experience with healthcare projects is desirable - Deep understanding of high-performance building concepts, with LEED Accreditation or at-or-within 18 months of hire - Demonstrated conceptual design and schematic design skills - Strong verbal and graphic communication skills and ability to work with diverse teams of designers - Proficiency in Revit with 3D modeling skills; Sketchup, and/or Rhino desired - Working knowledge of Adobe Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign - Interest and experience in Grasshopper workflows are beneficial - An interest in the use of AI to evolve our practice towards meaningful, original solutions. - Capable of participating in multiple projects and managing deadlines - Ability to thrive in a collaborative, open environment - Willingness to travel, if the project requires
This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.
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