Design Architect

JLK Architects Employer

Chicago, IL, USLocation:

Fri, May 29 '26Posted On

$90,000 - $100,000 annually Pay:

Role: Design Architect

We’re a Chicago-based, woman-owned, full-service architectural design firm and WE. ARE. GROWING! We are a collaborative team of architects, historians, and planners that provide services in three core practice areas: Architecture & Interior Design, Historic Preservation Architecture & Planning, and Transit & Infrastructure. We are excited to promote an open position for a Design Architect to bolster our Architecture & Interior Design Practice Area

What does a Design Architect at JLK do? They manage design coordination with our Principal and lead teams of talented architects and designers on a variety of exciting projects shaping Chicago and the northeastern Illinois region. Projects are diverse and include large-scale new design and construction projects for interesting private and public clients, renovations of existing buildings, and public streetscape and placemaking design.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of architectural experience, including project management
• Licensed Architect
• Self-motivated team player who enjoys learning and takes pride in their work
• Professional experience in Revit
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Chicagoland-based (we are hybrid!)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• The Design Architect may also support projects in our Transit & Infrastructure and Historic Preservation Architecture & Planning practice areas, so additional experience in either area is also preferred.
  
  

Our Culture. We’re a lively, encouraging, and collaborative team with a strong emphasis placed on supporting each team member’s work/life balance. This is often said, but frequently goes undelivered. We actually deliver. We take our commitment to maintaining a vibrant, engaging, and enjoyable workplace seriously.

Benefits & Perks. We offer generous compensation, a hybrid in-office/remote workplace, team/office events, generous PTO, health, dental, and vision insurance, contribution to 401(k), and the greatest perk of all: a genuinely fantastic and passionate group of peers to work alongside in person and virtually. Ask us about the Soulbatical, too!

Salary: Mid- to Senior-Level: $90-100K+, commensurate with experience.

Please send your resume, a brief introduction, and relevant work samples to mkindelin@jlkarch.com with a cc to kjohnston@jlkarch.com with “Open Design Architect Position Application - Last Name, First Name ” as the subject line.

No calls, please.

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