Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) Employer
Los Angeles, CA, USLocation:
Tue, Sep 9 '25Posted On
$60,000 - $75,000 annually Pay:
We are seeking to add talent and skill to our office. Hiring Junior/Intermediate Designers with 1-2 yrs experience for high-profile socially conscious housing projects and single family residential designs.
If you are looking for a full-time fall or spring internship -- please indicate clearly; opportunities may be available at a commensurate hourly rate for exceptional applicants with strong Rhino and 3d modeling/printing/making and graphic design skills.
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We are a fast-growing award-winning boutique design firm with extensive experience and connections working for local and celebrity clientele. Principal is a Berkeley/Yale/Penn/Princeton/Harvard alum and Cal Poly Professor (Former/Present SCI-Arc/Berkeley/UCLA/Art Center Visiting Faculty member).
Strong formal skills with 3d solid modeling in Rhino alongside Autocad drawing/detailing and Adobe/D5 illustration/rendering -- highly desired. Experience preparing a set of working-drawings is preferred. Attention to detail alongside strong design talent is very important. If you enjoy color and material explorations for innovative building facades and graphics with the ability to develop exceptional architectural detailing -- please reach out to us. Commitment to a professional work-ethic (arriving generally on time, billing for an actual full work-day, not watching distracting visual/gaming media and/or extensive texting on phone during work hours -- ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED)
Longterm growth opportunity.
You will work on projects from Schematics thru Construction Administration. Great experience working with a top-level design and production team in terrific central DTLA office high-rise environment. Annual salary/benefits commensurate with experience (60k to 75k range). MUST include portfolio and resume .pdfs (or links) on Archinect's online job application center to be considered. We will not be looking at any emailed applications outside of Archinect's online job application portal.
Do not call or stop-by unless we reach out to you directly. Please include three academic/work references on your resume. BArch and/or MArch required. MArch or Post Professional Degree Preferred. Preferred start date Sept/Oct/Nov 2025; in-person; occasional remote negotiable; Legal status to work in the United States required. We will not respond to any applications that do not include a portfolio or that are from out of the country. Please have committed to living in Los Angeles prior to applying for this position. We are open to sponsoring H1-B visas for those with OPT/CPT with very strong English reading and speaking skills.
In-person interviews (in Los Angeles) will be preferred for the hiring of this position. Please provide samples of your professional work (detailed drawings) in your portfolio.
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