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Senior / Junior Lighting Designer

George Sexton Associates (GSA) is seeking to hire a creative, ambitious Lighting Designer to add to our collaborative design team at both our DC and NYC offices. The work involves lighting design and production for world-class museums, commercial and residential projects. Working with GSA offers an opportunity to challenge yourself professionally and work with a highly-regarding and globally-recognized firm.

Location: New York City & Washington DC

JUNIOR Overview: The junior lighting designer collaborates with project managers, senior lighting designers and other team members to develop a design which combines the creative expertise of all team members. The junior lighting designer plays an integral role in supporting the design team by:

- Helping analyze and select lighting from appropriate sources.
- Producing architectural drawings using software tools such as AutoCAD or Revit.
- Creating and working with models, mock-ups and prototypes.
- ENIWorking with senior designers and project managers to provide excellent lighting design services to clients

JUNIOR Qualifications:
- Degree in Architecture or Lighting Design or related field
- Proficiency in AutoCAD
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)

SENIOR Overview: The Senior Lighting Designer collaborates with a team of project managers, junior lighting designers and other team members to develop lighting designs and corresponding documents that align with the client’s specifications and needs.

The Senior Lighting Designer provides design expertise and project management support in a team environment. Important skills & experience includes:
- Project or Program Management experience
- Excellent communication skills in order to understand design needs and specifications, including energy requirements, for lighting design projects.
- Ability to develop a lighting design and all lighting design documents in response to client’s specifications and needs, while working on a team.
- Familiarity with commercial lighting fixtures and ability to select appropriate fixtures for projects in order to meet the client’s requests.
- Ability to develop architectural drawings that will ultimately be included in the final planset.
- Understanding of whether or not lighting installations are occurring in compliance with the design documents and ability to work to rectify issues that arise in order to satisfy the client.
- Travelling for meetings and site visits are expected, as required by the project.

SENIOR Qualifications:
- Degree in lighting design, architecture, or related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the lighting design field.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Microsoft Office, COMCheck, daylight design, energy code compliance, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit

For Job Details: https://tinyurl.com/4u9c84zh

Santa Clara

About the job
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university, invites applications for a Lecturer (1-year, fixed-term, non-tenure-track) in Lighting Design. Courses may include THTR 29/129 Rehearsal and Performance (Lighting Design and Projections), THTR 33 Stage Lighting, and Production Manager for student Theatre and Dance productions.

Job Responsibilities:
Teach the Stage Lighting course (beginning level) using an approved core syllabus. Design (or supervise assigned student designers) 4 department productions, 2 dance concerts and 3 student productions. Serve as Production Manager for student productions (one week combined tech and performance for each student production).

- Attend all design and production meetings as scheduled.
- Provide necessary Design materials, lighting plots, instrument sheets, images and/or video, etc. necessary for and as requested by Director and Technical Director.
- Working with the Technical Director, Theatre Operations Manager and student crews, hang, focus and cue lights and projections, ready for technical rehearsal.
- Attend technical and dress rehearsals and strike for production.
- Fulfilling all responsibilities associated with teaching assigned courses, including:
- Conducting and appearing at all assigned class meetings in a timely and prepared manner that demonstrates a command of the discipline and skill in presenting it effectively;
- Assigning and evaluating assignments that align with the course description
and course learning outcomes, and providing timely feedback to students;
- Holding regular weekly office hours on campus;
- Submitting student grades that are appropriate, accurate and fair measures of student performance to the Office of the Registrar by the designated deadline;
- Administering numerical and narrative evaluations for all courses;
- Where applicable, teaching from an approved syllabus for the University Core courses assigned or working with the Chair to design an appropriate syllabus for submission for approval from the relevant Faculty Core Curriculum Committee;
- Serving as an advisor to a reasonable number of students, commensurate with the full-time equivalency of the appointment, by providing informed advice to those students;
- Developing courses for which they are responsible and contributing to general curriculum development.

Basic Qualifications:
- Terminal degree (PhD/MFA) in Theatre Design/Production. Applicants who are ABD or possess a Master’s degree, accompanied by commensurate academic experience in Theatre Design/Production or a closely-related field (5-7 years of college or professional teaching) will be considered.
- Demonstrates excellence in teaching Lighting Design at the college level.
- Collaborative work style, strong organizational and communication skills.
- Two years of experience teaching at the university level or commensurate professional experience.
- Ability to carry out the professional duties of position; working with department directors, designers, technical director and a student work crew.
- Experience in projection design (both still and video imaging.)

For Job Details: https://tinyurl.com/3smfwffk

Denver

SmithGroup is an award-winning, integrated design firm that blends research, data and technology with innovation and a creative spirit to deliver resilient, inclusive spaces that solve our clients' greatest challenges. SmithGroup teams create exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology, workplace, mixed use, higher education, cultural, waterfront, parks and open spaces, and urban environments. Looking for passionate problem solvers who want to elevate design, push boundaries and move us closer to a carbon-free future.

Responsibilities:
- Provide lighting and daylighting services to all SmithGroup offices and external clients nationally and internationally.
- Perform routine lighting design assignments under supervision.
- Collaborate with Lighting Designers to develop lighting design concepts and design direction.
- Prepare presentation material and otherwise assist in presentations both internally and externally.
- Compile data and prepare design solutions by using appropriate software (3ds Max, Revit, Grasshopper and Excel).
- Prepare documentation, presentations and renderings as instructed.
- Consult with manufacturers, evaluate materials, and select lighting systems.
- Prepare lighting cost mapping to establish project lighting budget.
- Write specifications and check shop drawings under supervision.
- Assist in construction administration including responding to RFI’s, preparing sketches and addendums (CCD’s), visiting the construction site to gather information and/or prepare a punch list under supervision.
- Mentor and train interns.
- Research information and create graphics for inclusion in marketing proposals and materials.
- Join and attend local professional association events/educational sessions.

Qualification:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering from an ABET – accredited college or university with a concentration in Lighting Design or equivalent.
- Minimum of 0-5 years of Lighting Design experience.

For Job Details- https://tinyurl.com/5762c24p

Dearborn

Ford Motor Company is looking for a highly creative/strategic Senior Lighting Designer for our design studios in Dearborn. Working on Advanced & Production lighting projects, the successful candidate will have to develop both conceptual and production lighting design solutions in the form of sketch, rendering, and 3D digital models.

Responsibilities:
- Having the ability to think creatively, strategically, and analytically
- Create compelling and innovative lighting design experiences and visions for Design Projects
- Create Human Centered Design experience with emphasis in Exterior Design holistic experience
- Coordinate the work of other design personnel to achieve holistic design visions
- Create futured lighting design visions, focused on the building our brand
- Span digital and physical (software and hardware) thinking
- Problems solve around topics of connectivity, mobility, and consumer segments

Qualifications:
- A portfolio demonstrating experience in exterior and/or interior lighting design
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or similar

For Job details: https://tinyurl.com/ympc7a6b

San Francisco

Banks Landl Lighting Design (BLLD), located in San Francisco (headquarters) & Los Angeles, is one of the lighting design industry’s premier firms that specialize in an assortment project types.

Responsibilities-
· Writing and editing specifications.
· Drafting including AutoCAD, Revit and sketch format.
· Lighting detail and presentation development.
· Assist with day-to-day project management.
· Preparing cost estimates.
· Assistance with procuring samples and preparing lighting mockups.
· Interfacing with local sale representatives for lighting equipment.
· Attend project meetings as required.
· Lighting calculations.
· Code compliancy coordination including lighting power density reports.
· Filing project and office documents.
· Update and maintain product library and sample room.
· Maintaining project files.

Qualifications-
· An accredited professional degree within the design industry including architecture, lighting design, interior design – or work equivalent.

For Job Details: https://tinyurl.com/36ee9kph.