Hybrid Digital Practice Manager bei Perkins&Will

Who we are?

At Perkins&Will, we passionately believe that design can transform lives and enhance communities, creating healthy, sustainable places to live, learn, work, play, heal, move, and explore. We’re in it for the greater good; we design to create places with meaning, and we design with purpose. Join the brightest minds in architecture!

What we need?

The Perkins&Will Los Angeles Studio is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Digital Practice Manager to join a highly collaborative and dynamic team. The ideal individual will have 7+ years of experience and be a self-starter with strong skills.

What you will need

Typical Years of Requisite Experience: 7+ years

Common and Baseline Responsibilities

Collaborates and reports to the studios managing, operational, and design (MOD) leadership.

Collaborates with Design Teams to develop project-specific implementation strategies. Acts as ongoing project consultant to ensure success.

Ensures quality assurance with project teams to maintain modeling quality and fidelity, adherence to firm wide modeling and information workflows, and continuity of information across applications.

Collaborates with Client Engagement Leaders to create new business and/or further existing engagements.

Represents and coordinates with the firm wide Digital Practice group to promote local adoption of new technologies, workflows, and practices.

Provides Digital Design support to designers.

Documents and communicates exemplar processes, procedures, practices, and workflows.

Structures and conducts continuing education workshops and assists with curriculum development.

Mentors and leads the studio design technology leader’s(DTL) community.

Participates in firm wide planning, relative to design technology innovation and implementation.

Participates in AEC Forums, User Groups, and Conferences demonstrating Perkins&Will’s leadership in AEC technology.

Proactively maintains and communicates current knowledge relative to technology through journals, vendor resources, marketing collateral and design community.

High-level Summary of Critical, Baseline Technical Skills and Certifications

Proficiencies

Experience in all phases of the architectural design process as well as commitment and passion for learning new design application technologies and strategies

Strong communication skills; written, oral, and graphic representation

Experience in application customization through programming and scripting

General aptitude and comfort level with training and technical support, both one-on-one and in-group settings

Working knowledge of Design Visualization, Virtual Reality, Computational Design and Environmental Analysis applications

High-level of proficiency leveraging Rhino, Revit and Grasshopper in the architectural design process, including the ability to administer, configure, and maintain the application

Software

Advanced proficiency using Revit, Rhino and other design technology suite applications

Licensure/Certifications/Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field required

LEED GA within 6 months of hire 

Professional Accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, Passive House Institute Certified Passive House Consultant/Designer CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation, preferred

Active involvement in AXP, or starting the ARE process, preferred

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications, including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, the annual pay salary range for this position, if located in California, is between $104,300 and $139,000 commensurate with qualifications.

Benefits: medical, dental, vision, wellness, LTD, Life Insurance, 401k, PTO

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).