Designer

Benjamin Porto Architecture Employer:
Brooklyn, NY, USLocation:
Fri, Aug 23 '24Posted on:
Full-timeType:

Benjamin Porto Architecture is seeking a Designer to join their Brooklyn team. Prior design experience in high-end hospitality and retail interior design is required as is knowledge of materials, finishes, furniture, and accessories. Technical expertise in construction assemblies and detailing is encouraged as the role will oversee all project aspects from concept design to construction. As this position will be a leadership role, candidates will need to provide creative and professional guidance to team members and contribute to the existing collaborative studio culture.

Established in 2020, Porto Architecture is a venture built upon decades of experience designing and constructing experimental buildings, spaces, installations, and artworks. The firm’s international catalog of building typologies spans from cutting-edge retail stores to mountain retreats, large interactive museum exhibits to soaring residential towers. The company’s foundational directive is to reevaluate prevailing trends in architecture to discover more productive relationships between the built world and its counterparts in the natural and digital worlds. The aim is to produce permanent ‘forever architecture’ that does good, as well as temporary interventions that educate and facilitate agency.

Requirements:

• Strong AutoCAD, Rhino, VRay, Adobe Suite skills required.
• Intermediate knowledge in specifications, schedules, budgeting, and FF&E packages.
• Ability to clearly communicate and work with principals and team members on a range of projects through all phases of design and documentation.
• Contribute to studio discussion and collaborative design process.
• Taking part in designing and presenting concepts to clients in collaboration with principals and other design team members.

Experience and qualifications:

• Architecture or design-related degree.
• 1-3 years of professional full-time experience working for commercial/residential interior design and/or architecture firms.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.