01/10/2024
We are currently looking to add to our current staff – Our projects are a fairly even mix of residential, light commercial, and hospitality so the chances of you becoming bored are rather remote.
Our employees typically get slightly more responsibility than they can handle; which creates a pretty invigorating and exciting atmosphere. We are an office full of problem solvers and being self-motivated and a good problem solver is paramount to finding success in our office. We tend to manage our employees the way we like to be managed – just tell me what needs to be done and let me go do it.
Everyone in our office has an architectural education and is licensed or currently taking the exams. There are good reasons to get your license and we make it a big deal. We don’t bill our clients based on the percentage of construction cost; we bill hourly since we sell time and experience. That means we charge more for licensed individuals than non-licensed individuals, and our employee’s salary generally reflects their billing value ... but for now, I will say that the salary is commensurate with ability. We have full insurance benefits and we have historically given a Christmas bonus every year that we have been in business. Even in the crap years.
I will tell you that communication skills are really, really important in this office. We like to put our employees in front of clients and contractors and the ability to speak with clarity and intelligence is a plus. If you are the sort that enjoys talking to others, this is the place for you.
We work 8 hour days Monday through Friday. I tend to come into the office early and leave early so I can get home and spend time with my family whereas the single kids come in a bit later and stay later ... apparently, they go to raves and drink beer afterward. As much as I like to go to work and design cool stuff, we try to set a corporate culture around the office that people don’t have to give up everything in order to be an architect. I rather like it when our employees have outside interests because it shapes them into more rounded individuals.
This is a great place to work and for someone who is smart and self-motivated – you will get to do just about anything you want and you won’t be trapped in the office all the time behind your computer.
We pay well but we consider all these other benefits part of the compensation package here – that along with the fact that this is a pleasant place to spend your days.
Think you might want to work in our office on one or two of our projects? I am dying and will confess that I have received 46 emails just today that required immediate action ... and we need some help. We have some amazing projects in the office (high-end residential, architectural interiors, restaurant, retail – we’ve got it all) and if you are the right person, we would like to have you join us. All you have to do is send us a cover letter and your resume/portfolio – If you want me to tell you where to send it, I am going to let you figure that one out for yourself – consider it your first problem-solving test.
