Junior Designer

Job Area:
Architecture

Application Deadline:
N/A

Location:
45 Main Street, 9th Floor
11201 Brooklyn, NY
United States
New York

Join BIG!

BIG is a group of 700+ architects, engineers, urbanists, inventors, researchers and business minds from all over the world who are based in our Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelona offices. Our built work ranges from the most diverse urban playground and Michelin-star dining - to affordable housing and a school among the verdant fjords of the Faroe Islands. Our vision spans traveling at supersonic speed with Hyperloop One to living in floating cities and eventually Mars! While we are led by a group of expert partners, directors, and associates - a flat hierarchy and collaborative spirit are essential to our BIG ecosystem. We are infectiously ambitious and unified by the shared mission to craft the world we want to live in and to give form to our future one project at a time..

We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a cool workplace where we want to be and we continuously work at becoming better and better at what we do.

Read more about us on Big.dk

Junior Designer

Join us on our mission if you are a Junior Designer who has:

• Completion of accredited Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture or related field of study
• 0-3 years of post-graduate experience in the Architecture field
• Proficiency in Rhino, V-Ray, Enscape and Adobe Creative Cloud (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
• Revit experience is preferred
• Experience with physical model making
• Strong conceptual and design skills
• The ability to develop design options in collaboration with design teams and to take initiative in response to direction from Project Leadership
• The ability to develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the projects
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage one’s own time
• A flexible and open attitude towards new and iterative ways of working
• Excellent communication skills; fluency in English (spoken and written)
• Well-rounded project experience (Concept Design and Detail Design) is preferred

The salary range for this position is $65,000 - 69,000 depending on experience.

At BIG, we value and encourage the following qualities:

• Be Proactive – Take initiative, do research, and don’t be afraid to try new things. Prevent issues rather than having to fix them later.
• Be Reliable – Be someone leadership can trust to deliver on any task.
• Be Accountable – From the big picture to the day-to-day, own the decisions you make.
• Be Consistent – Prove you can do it, and then do it again.
• Be Tenacious – Be committed, show up, contribute with passion, do your best, get stuff done and don’t give up.
• Be Independent – Take a task or project and run with it, but don’t be afraid to ask questions.
• Be Clever – Be smart, know your stuff, think critically, keep the big picture in mind, figure things out, and be curious.
• Be Generous – Share your knowledge and skills with other BIGsters, and mentor others when you can.
• Be Nice – Be a team player and a good colleague, be honest, respect your peers, don’t take yourself too seriously, and have fun!

Diversity has been part of our DNA since BIG’s foundation. A multitude of cultures and backgrounds creates a new point of reference which leads to amazing insights. At BIG, we celebrate and support diversity because it makes our team, work and the built environment better. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and take affirmative action to employ equally regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.