Architectural Collaborator

Our Impact:

We are Thriven Design, a dynamic firm with award-winning designs that is committed to serving others and creating places where people can thrive. Our multidisciplinary approach incorporates architects, engineers, community planners, and interior designers to provide a collaborative experience for our clients that is built on communication, respect, and a shared appreciation for what is possible when we work together. The firm’s extensive portfolio spans affordable, market-rate, and student housing, adaptive reuse, adaptive re-use, large-scale site planning, commercial facilities, and more.

Your Impact:

We are seeking a full-time Architectural Collaborator to contributes to our success, working closely with their team through all phases of our projects. Project experience will include all phases of architectural design projects from set-up through design and construction administration. For you, that means a dynamic and challenging experience, with tremendous potential for career growth and hands-on learning.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with building information modeling, rendering, and/or animation tools to contribute to design concept decisions, critiques and create building concept / capacity studies with guidance from others.
• Produce documents for all design phases and apply your expanding knowledge of building detailing, building science/envelope, and building systems, with guidance from others.
• Present design and technical ideas to others internally, while observing/learning to do so externally.
• Apply your working knowledge of other disciplines to participate in project coordination, collaborate with team members to resolve design conflicts and address internal quality control items.
• Assists with the delegation of tasks for your team, assist in the preparation of project specifications, manage permit / approval processes, assist with construction administration activities, and implement project requirements (code, funding requirements, client standards) in your design work.
• Contribute to project management using appropriate tools to schedule/track your time on projects.

Education, Experience and Compensation:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Architecture
• Experience: At least 3 years of job-related experience
• Compensation range for this position is $65,000 to $85,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with projects in the mixed-use and multifamily residential markets
• Experience working with BIM software and other applications in a digital production environment

About Us:

Located in Collingswood, NJ, our office is located within minutes of Center City Philadelphia. The charming walkable downtown street offers many shops, restaurants, and services. Other perks while working at Thriven Design include:

• A learning-focused environment, with support provided for conference attendance, licensing exams, and 20 hours per year of paid learning time
• A welcoming, friendly culture with in-office and after-work events, celebrations
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, 401k, company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan, paid time off, paid holidays, and schedule flexibility
• Opportunity to advance your career at the pace that suits your objectives

As an employee-owned company, there is a direct connection between the firm’s success and your success. We help our employees reach their fullest potential, through mentorship, clearly defined career paths, licensing support, continuing education opportunities, and more. We offer generous PTO, and competitive benefits. As a staff, team, and community, we believe in the power of diversity, particularly in the workplace, and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.