Senior Architectural Designer

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a [TIME100 Most Influential Company](https://www.nbbj.com/news/time-names-nbbj-most-influential-company-2025 "https://www.nbbj.com/news/time-names-nbbj-most-influential-company-2025"), a [Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm](https://www.nbbj.com/news/for-the-fifth-time-fast-company-honors-nbbj-as-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-architecture-firms "https://www.nbbj.com/news/for-the-fifth-time-fast-company-honors-nbbj-as-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-architecture-firms") and a [two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award](https://www.nbbj.com/news/aia-national-recognizes-two-nbbj-projects-with-aia-national-honor-awards "https://www.nbbj.com/news/aia-national-recognizes-two-nbbj-projects-with-aia-national-honor-awards") 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 [around the globe](https://nbbj.vercel.app/contact/locations/boston "https://nbbj.vercel.app/contact/locations/boston"), a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more [about our firm](https://nbbj.vercel.app/our-story "https://nbbj.vercel.app/our-story"), see [what it’s like to work here](https://www.nbbj.com/careers "https://www.nbbj.com/careers") and explore [recent projects](https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/work/all "https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/work/all") and [ideas](https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/ideas/all "https://nbbj.vercel.app/work-and-ideas/ideas/all") at [NBBJ.com](https://www.nbbj.com/ "https://www.nbbj.com/"). Join us to make an impact today! **The role at a glance:** **NBBJ New York** is seeking a **Senior 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, a Senior 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: Prepare design materials that refine and optimize design solutions, with responsibility for high-quality presentation drawings, models, construction documentation and supporting narratives from 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 colleagues firm-wide, enhancing collaboration and design quality. * Methodologies: Continuously stay informed about emerging design applications, tools, visualization methods, and technologies, and actively champion the development and adoption of innovative methodologies that enhance and streamline the design process. * Process: Collaborate with the PA and PM to organize project work and team structures, fostering strong design leadership across all phases and aspects of the work. * Integrated Design Delivery: Collaborate with multiple disciplines to ensure rigorous, integrated project delivery. **What you will need to succeed:** * 12-15 years of professional experience * Healthcare, Corporate or Commercial experience a plus * Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch desired * Architectural licensure a plus * Deep understanding of high-performance building concepts, with LEED Accreditation or at-or-within 18 months of hire * Strong conceptual design and schematic design skills * Experience seeing a project through all phases * 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 * Ability to participate in multiple projects and manage deadlines *The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $180,000-200,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.*