Minimum Education: BA/BS/Undergraduate Minimum Experience: 1-2 Years Required Amount of Travel: No Travel Necessary Job Description: Designer API Design is looking for an entry to intermediate level designer with 1 to 5 years experience. About API API is a minority & woman-owned architectural, planning, interior design and environmental graphics design firm. We are passionate about design, client-focused, collaborative, and fun We are a mid-sized interior architecture firm located in Mountain View, serving Silicon Valley’s top tech companies, venture capital firms, as well as tenant improvement work for major property management companies. Our goal is to have delighted, repeat clients and a long-tenured staff of dedicated professionals in a family-like environment. Joining our team requires the ability to put our clients’ interests at the center of our work by developing innovative design concepts and custom solutions tailored to each project. Our clients’ diverse viewpoints are catalysts for our ideas. We are designers at heart. We crave establishing their visionary design principles all the way down through the intricacy of their details. We are creators of interior environments for organizations — ranging from those freshly emerging into the market to those maturely established across multiple locations. The ideal candidate for this position is responsive with a client-focused work style and a background in commercial interiors projects. He or she will support project managers on a wide range of projects, with responsibility for everything from as-builts, space planning, construction documents and detailing, permitting, and construction administration within a collaborative studio environment. If you’re driven and creative, passionate and collaborative, and you’re interested in being a key design champion within our studio — we’d love to talk to you What Our Expectations Look Like… Provide thoughtful design while promoting a collaborative project team approach Consistently working to enhance knowledge of design and technical skills from vision through execution of each project Interpret project requirements, to develop and define the project goals Reinforce the design schedule budget parameters led by the Project Manager Help the job captain coordinate the comprehensive design technical elements with consultants vendors to ensure seamless integration of the project with site, building systems, lighting, technology, acoustics and furnishings Assist in raising the bar for design excellence within the studio by communicating through visual verbal design strategy presentation Self-motivated to have the pulse on market trends industry knowledge relative to API Design’s client base Holds a bachelor’s degree, or recognized equivalent, in Architecture or Interior Design How to Apply: This is a full-time position with a complete benefits package. Salary range $72K – $92K contingent on relevant experience. Please send a resume and samples of design work (10 MB max) to careersapidesign.com. API Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This is an onsite job. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Job Requirements: Preferred Qualifications: Possesses or is working towards Architecture license, LEED AP, NCIDQ or CCIDC certification 1-5 years of professional experience in design inclusive of planning, conceptualizing, documenting, and presenting Proficiency in Revit, Enscape, Photoshop and InDesign programs are preferred J-18808-Ljbffr
