Audiovisual Designer

Audiovisual Designer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.

DLR Group's Audiovisual Systems Design team is growing. We're searching for an Intermediate Audiovisual Designer to join us in one of the following studios:

• Charlotte
• Chicago
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• Phoenix
• Portland
• Seattle
• Washington, DC

Position Summary

As an Audiovisual Designer at DLR Group you will be responsible for applying your audiovisual design skills in the realization of award-winning design projects. As part of our integrated design teams you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design. Along with traditional architecture and engineering design services, DLR Group provides innovative and integrated audiovisual design solutions for music and drama spaces, cultural arts facilities, museums, institutional buildings, lecture halls, meeting rooms, courtrooms, and other technology-centric environments.

What you will do:

• Create compelling graphic communications that clearly convey complex conceptual design ideas to clients and colleagues
• Design, develop, and document a variety of project types across different phases
• Support design projects with strong design thinking, high-quality imagery, thorough design research, and detailed project documentation
• Demonstrate excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Collaborate effectively in a team setting while also managing tasks independently in a creative environment
• Produce high-quality graphic communications such as plan drawings, details, sketches, system diagrams, riser details, and other visuals to convey audiovisual systems design intent

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in audiovisual systems design, including room automation, digital signage, performance audio systems, cinema (digital and 35mm), classroom and conference room systems, building-wide AV signal distribution, and recording and broadcast systems
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Music Technology, Sound/Projection Design, or a related engineering or AV technology field
• Proficiency in Revit and AutoCAD
• Intermediate-level skills and demonstrated experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Proficiency in computer modeling and rendering software

Preferred Qualifications:

• A basic understanding of building systems and construction techniques
• Active involvement and recognition in the national professional AV community, with extensive knowledge of current AV standards and practices
• CTS or CTS-D certification highly preferred
• LEED AP and proficiency in sustainable building design a plus

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects. We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together. DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.