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# Intermediate Designer - Architecture

- **Company:** Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3d Models, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk Revit, Rhino, Gsuite
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5ff7257c47378d34

## About the Role

* Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
 * Minimum 2 years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
 * Professional licensure process is in progress; LEED accreditation preferred.
 * Strong verbal and written communication skills.
 * Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
 * Proficiency in Google Workspace.

## Description

* Individual: We value individuals who bring the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity in the way they work. Each person can develop and contribute their wealth of attributes, skills and knowledge to support the overall health of the firm.
 * Team: We value the power of interdisciplinary integration. A positive team culture in which everyone collaborates openly towards common goals is essential.
 * Firm: We have a history of making transformative contributions to the profession and our communities. We are constantly innovating and attempting to bring new approaches, solutions and processes to our work.

Position Responsibilities

 * Contributes to the development of distinct portions of a project with regular supervision by Project Leadership. Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at a task-specific level.
 * Produces and coordinates presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.
 * Effectively communicates internally through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
 * Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability. Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of a portion of a project.
 * Actively collaborates at a project team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas.
 * Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques. Is able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies. Effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.
 * Manages time and workload to meet project task deadlines and commitments with regular interaction and direction from Project Leadership. Shares knowledge with less experienced staff.