This AvroKO Junior Designer position is open to recent graduates with up to a year of postgraduate experience with an emphasis in interior design of hospitality projects. The Junior Designer works closely with our senior designers and project managers as a supporting staff member in performing professional services and producing deliverables, with a strong emphasis in design and conceptual thinking.
Core Responsibilities: Supporting the Senior Designer in creating designs and delivering presentations. Specifically.
Developing designs as part of a collaborative team and preparing, presentations consisting of mood boards, plans, elevations, perspectives (in hand and CGI model) as well as sourcing, selecting and presenting materials, finishes and FF&E.
Developing art features and styling moments as part of our project designs.
Under the supervision of a Senior Designer:
- Assist in developing designs through design development, supporting in the integration of the work of other disciplines.
- Preparation of contract documents including working drawings and FF&E specifications.
- Supporting Construction Administration activities during the delivery of the project.
About You:
AvroKO is a family of passionate, collaborative, like minded design professionals. Our love for hospitality design means we take our work seriously – but not too seriously. Our studio is a warm, collegial, supportive and fun environment where your unique character and fun quirks add to the life of our office and have a place to flourish and add to our work.
We’re looking for a talented, creative, collaborative, conceptual designer who brings passion and enthusiasm for conceptual thinking, and crafting a story and narrative to reveal a unique and holistic design that encompass the whole guest experience through interior design, art, graphics, furnishings and lighting.
Qualifications and skills:
Demonstrated design talent and conceptual thinking, and demonstrated interest in hospitality and hospitality design.
BA/BS required in interior design, interior architecture or architecture. Masters preferred.
Recent graduate and up to one (1) year post graduate experience at an architecture or interior design firm, with an emphasis in high end hospitality design.
Outstanding presentation skills including verbal, written and illustrative. You’re confident and articulate.
Advanced proficiency utilizing the following tools:
- Pen and Paper – nothing beats a quick evocative hand sketch.
- Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign and Photoshop.
- 3D Presentation techniques, be it by hand, Sketch Up, Rhino or Max.
- AutoCAD.
- MS Office Suite.
Working of knowledge of Revit or Spexx is a plus but not required.
The ideal candidate will be team oriented and an excellent communicator, (superb proficiency in written and spoken English is a must) self-motivated, and comfortable in a collaborative and dynamic work environment.
You must already be eligible to work in the United States of America and be in the New York City area.
Down to earth, comfortable as yourself and confident in a team and expressing your ideas. We’re nice humble people at AvroKO, and we hope you are too.
Application requirements:
Leter us at email with your resume and portfolio (or sampling thereof), not exceeding 10MB in file size.
No calls please. If we feel you may be a good fit we’ll be sure and reach out just as soon as we can.
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) is seeking motivated individuals with strong design skills for immediate full-time employment. Qualified candidates will work both independently and on teams, on all phases of design, documentation, and construction administration.
A minimum of 8 years of professional experience is preferred, as well as a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture. Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite is required. Experience in Construction Documentation, Construction Administration, and Project Management is a must. Proficiency or at least a working familiarity with Revit is a plus.
Qualified candidates interested in working with us should submit CV along with work samples of professional and academic work to email. Please combine all work samples, with CV as cover page and containing email address and cell number at top, into a single pdf file no larger than 5MB. Any files larger than this will be immediately discarded.
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, www.jfak.net jobs@jfak.net