We are looking for a professional, full-time, in-person Senior Design Architect to join and lead project teams in our New Orleans Office. The position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The Senior Design Architect will be directly involved in a range of project types, exploring form and function, with a strong focus on materiality. We are searching for someone who is committed to the collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our ecologies, cities, and economies with design solutions that are simultaneously timeless and progressive.

Trahan Architects is an international award-winning architecture firm with studios in New Orleans and New York that focuses on cultural, educational, assembly, and mixed-use projects throughout the United States and abroad. Trahan’s globally recognized projects demonstrate a high level of technological sophistication coupled with a quiet sense of beauty. Notable projects include the renovation of the Caesars Superdome, The Performance Pavilion at Luther George Park, The U.S. Pavilion for the Osaka 2025 Expo, The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Louisiana Museum and Sports Hall of Fame.

Requirements:

Responsible for the leadership, design, and execution of all major project opportunities within the New Orleans offices. Responsible for supporting advanced design work in the New York studio as needed. This includes:

• • A professional architecture degree is required.
  • Strong design talent with 7-12 years professional experience, licensure required.
  • Demonstrated competency, experience and leadership in all aspects and phases of architectural design and construction. Proven ability to create designs and plans collaboratively with firm leadership for all project phases, including coordinating design consultants and overseeing quality control of document production.
  • Responsible for technical design aspects of an assigned project including investigation, evaluation, and recommendation of realizable and effective design solutions.
  • Effectively collaborate with Design Principal and Design Director to iterate and advance sophisticated design studies.
  • Strong ability to develop and articulate design concepts in a collaborative environment.
  • Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills throughout design and construction.
  • Experience in executing tasks requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
  • Proficiency in Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite is required. Advanced modeling tools (Dynamo, Grasshopper) a plus.
  • Computer rendering experience with D5 and Enscape preferred.
  • Good interpersonal and communications capabilities.
  • Strong, positive references.
  • All applicants must show proof of US citizenship or authorization to work in the United States.

Opportunities:

• Producing award winning designs with innovative solutions when faced with challenging and rewarding work for public and private clients alike.
• Deep explorations in form, function, and materiality through a depth of research in the local conditions of a place, environmentally, culturally, and socially.
• Collaboration with a team of common values in search of design excellence.
• Creation of work that is simultaneously timeless and forward-thinking.
• This is a leadership track role with future potential to move to Director level contingent on performance.

Compensation and Benefits:

• We offer a competitive compensation package including SIMPLE IRA plan, health, dental, and vision insurance, paid vacation and sick time, and work from home flexibility.
• Annual salary range will be commensurate to experience.

Candidate submissions should complete the application form. Please include a cover letter, resume, and portfolio as a single pdf no larger than 7mb.

Trahan Architects is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Trahan Architects makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information about Trahan Architects, please visit https://trahanarchitects.com/.