People

Bringing together a diverse pool of talent around a single shared table, our company is built on open, ongoing conversation. Founded in 1992 by Trey Trahan, the firm is intimate in size but broad in its scope. We engage in a collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our ecologies, cities and economies. Each member of the Trahan team is an integral part of a collaborative process that enriches our company culture and improves the quality of our work.

Ethos: Collaboration

Team

Managing Principal, New York Studio

Julia LeBlanc

Director of Communications

Jennifer Schecter

Director of Marketing

Margaret Jankowsky

Director of Urban Design

Senior Design Architect

Kyle Culver

Senior Project Designer

Sean David

Senior Project Manager

Ana Durão

Senior Project Manager

Paúl Duston-Muñoz

Senior Design Architect

Nicholas Garrison

Office Manager

Manuela Hiches

Business Development Specialist

Drew Hutcheson

Senior Project Designer

Jason Kurzweil

Project Designer

Travis Lombardi

Senior Project Designer

Jennifer Schecter

Director of Marketing

Jennifer Schecter is a storyteller with an eye for commas and appreciation for good design. She joined Trahan Architects with 15 years of experience in business development, marketing, and communications for organizations specializing in leadership training, healthcare, and maritime. The next logical role was, clearly, in architecture. At Trahan, she collaborates with the team to tell the story of their work as it relates to the firm’s business development and marketing efforts. Please contact her for conversations, collaborations, and business opportunities. She serves ULI Louisiana on the Advisory Board as Diversity Chair and on the Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI) Program Committee, and is a member of SMPS SeLA.

Jennifer is also the tourism columnist for Biz New Orleans magazine, where she has been honored with four Press Club of New Orleans Awards.

EDUCATION
Master of Arts coursework in African-American Studies, concentration in Oral History, Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts in English, concentration in Anthropology, summa cum laude, Ball State University

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Marketing & Communications Manager, Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Development Manager, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Director of Development & Alumni Affairs, Coro New York Leadership Center, New York, NY

To contact: jschecter@trahanarchitects.com or 504 522 9033

Careers

The quality of our work reflects the collective commitment of a diverse and engaged team. Build your career with us.

New Orleans

Marketing Manager

The full-time Marketing Manager position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative architecture practice in search of design excellence. The role is based in the firm’s New Orleans office. The ideal candidate will have applicable experience in an architecture or engineering firm, or related industry; a positive, can-do attitude; time management skills; and the agility to pivot from one project to the next and back again. The role manages and coordinates the firm’s marketing efforts....

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Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our established and growing design practice in New Orleans. This is a high-level leadership opportunity with an award-winning, collaborative practice that strives for design excellence. The Project Manager will lead a range of project types, in collaboration with our diverse design team. We are searching for a highly motivated individual who is committed to the collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our ecologies, cities, and economies and to explore design...

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Project Designer

The full-time Project Designer position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The Project Designer 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...

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Project Visualizer

The full-time Project Visualizer position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The Project Visualizer will be directly involved with developing 3D rendered imagery for 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...

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Design Architect

The full-time Design Architect position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The 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...

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Designer

We are looking for a professional, full-time Designer to join our diverse team. Candidates will have the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative practice in search of design excellence. The designer 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...

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Senior Technical Coordinator

Trahan Architects is particularly interested in senior design and technical architects and managers who have experience with large-scale, programmatically complex projects, especially those related to cultural, educational, assembly, and mixed-use facilities in the range of $5 to $20 million or more. Senior Technical Coordinators work directly with the firm’s principals, project managers, design leaders, and team members. They are responsible for technical aspects of assigned projects, including exploration of design solutions. They are committed to reconciling the goals and priorities...

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New York

Marketing Manager

The full-time Marketing Manager position offers the opportunity to engage in challenging work within an award-winning, collaborative architecture practice in search of design excellence. The role is based in the firm’s New York office. The ideal candidate will have applicable experience in an architecture or engineering firm, or related industry; a positive, can-do attitude; time management skills; and the agility to pivot from one project to the next and back again. The role manages and coordinates the firm’s marketing efforts....

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Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our established and growing design practice in New York. This is a high-level leadership opportunity with an award-winning, collaborative practice that strives for design excellence. The Project Manager will lead a range of project types, in collaboration with our diverse design team. We are searching for a highly motivated individual who is committed to the collective questioning of how our process and work can contribute to the health of our ecologies, cities, and economies and to explore design...

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