Architectural Designer - Retail Architecture

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture : it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company.

Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way.

We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.

Your Opportunity + Impact

The Architectural Designer will apply intermediate architectural principles to complete design computations, prepare written technical reports, design plans, and details.

The Architectural Designer may be called upon to oversee standard project development and make minor project decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops technically accurate, clean, and deliverable drawings.
• Writes specifications, reviews submittals, and coordinates project submissions.
• Coordinates the preparation of advanced multi-discipline drawing sets as required for assigned projects, including coordination with technical, administrative, and other design staff.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions, thereby resulting in a reduction in claims.

Reviews and coordinates technical staff work prior to submission.

• Researches and understands code compliance requirements for assigned projects.
• Ability to independently create simple standard details that may be required for a project under guidance of supervisor

Education and Experience

• Education : Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical discipline preferred.
• Experience : Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience with another A / E / S firm preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must have a strong desire to expand knowledge base and undertake new responsibilities.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook), be a strong communicator, and have strong presentation skills.
• Must also be self-motivating and able to mentor. Proficiency with Revit, CAD, Civil 3D, Sketch-Up, Photoshop and other related software programs.

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) 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.