Career Center
Posted: 16-May-23
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $80,000-$95,000
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Required Education:
Additional Information:
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
• Work directly with firm leadership on any/all project work and overall creative
direction. Provide project design and team leadership.
• Complete all phases of project lighting design, starting from the original concept
through final phases. (Complete job oversight)
• Directly responsible for developing any/all project deliverables, in conjunction w/
overall firm direction. Implements all project quality control, management for
design and documentation.
• Deliverables include but not limited to presentations, drawings (sketch, CAD,
Revit), specifications, fixture selections, detail developments, budgets,
calculations, mockups, control diagrams, narratives, etc.,
• Work/manage multiple projects simultaneously, on budget and per project
schedule(s).
• Directly responsible for workflow of any support staff – Designers, Junior
Designers, Interns, etc. Assess project needs regarding staffing levels with an
emphasis on utilization and profitability.
• Provide lighting design solutions appropriate w/ any client briefs, budget and/or
standards.
• Attend client and design team meetings, sometimes involving travel, as required.
• Create and present lighting design to client/team to ‘sell’ concepts.
• Provide onsite construction management of lighting installation. Issue field
reports to design team, supervise final aiming of lighting fixtures and controls
programming.
• Develop and manage project’s fee, prepare reports and participate in monthly
invoicing process for assigned projects.
• Have detailed knowledge (expert) of design industry standards and be able to
collaborate within an interdisciplinary setting.
• Communicate with client team confidently and clearly. Be effective in
exchanging ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge so that the message is
received and understood with clarity and purpose.
• Deliver quality control procedures as they relate to design objectives.
• Develop, coach and mentor support staff.
• Client Management: Responsible for developing and maintaining current client
relationships. Be the primary liaison to clients to ensure their needs are met and
exceeded. Recognize opportunities to expand roles/relationships where possible. Maintain continuous communications with clients to generate further
relationships/work.
Additional Responsibilities
• LEED Certification coordination.
• 3D Modeling or rendering.
• Proposal writing (where applicable to client relationships). Create written ‘pitch’
based on a scope of work, schedule and derive fee to support effort.
• Business Development: Work with firm leadership, to develop a strategy for
pursuing additional clients in both existing scenarios as well as new opportunities
for business and revenue growth. Be able to promote the brand, gain deep
intelligence of new markets, and understand the competition. Participate in
networking and outreach efforts to create relationships and new business. Work
w/ leadership to scope projects, set schedules and populate and maintain a client
pipeline.
Minimum Qualifications
• An accredited professional degree within the design industry (i.e. architecture,
lighting design, interior design, etc.) – or work equivalent
• 5+ years of lighting industry experience
• Excellent client management skills
• Expertise in AutoCAD & Revit
• Fluency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Fluency in Adobe CS3 (InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Proficiency in AGI 3.2 or other lighting calculation software
• Expertise with CA Title 24 code compliance (commercial and residential
versions)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Great time management skills
• Ability to manage project, team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and English proficiency
Additional Desired skills:
• LEED Certification
• Lighting certifications
• 3D modeling and/or rendering experience/program knowledge.
• Daylight analysis experience
