Interior Project Designer

Join the 2025 AIA Firm Award Winner shaping a more sustainable future.

LPA is a collective of designers, engineers, and researchers committed to tackling the biggest issues of our time. Our "No Excuses" integrated design approach was recognized by the AIA as “a trailblazer in sustainable, high-performance architecture". At LPA you’ll be part of the team that is changing the way the industry thinks about design and carbon emissions, built around the belief that we only achieve our goals when everybody has a seat at the table and all input is valued.

We’re currently seeking an Interior Project Designer to join our dynamic Education Studio. You’ll be part of a culture that values deep collaboration, technical excellence, and continual growth. Our Education studio is committed to creating engaging environments that put 21st century skills at the center of learning. We have completed projects such as Environmental Nature Center Preschool, Tarbut V'Torah and Eastvale STEM Academy. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across our studios in California and Texas—and help bring high-performance, community-first design to life.

What You'll Do:

• Lead ideation with client and project teams

• Engage all disciplines and stakeholders from the earliest stages to develop conceptual and schematic design of assigned projects using an informed process

• Facilitate presentation of design and other project documents to client for review and approval, with other project team members

• Preside at design meetings, presentations and activities specific to assigned project

• Participate in firmwide design charrettes

• Engage all disciplines and stakeholders from the earliest stages to develop conceptual and schematic design of assigned projects using an informed process

• Cultivate and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships with clients, builders, governing authorities, stakeholders and team members

• Work in unison with the Managing Director, Design Director and Project Manager to lead the project design and develop innovative design solutions

• Mentor design team and communicate with Project Designers, Project Leaders and Principals to ensure LPA’s design standards and processes are fully understood and brought to fruition.

• Represent LPA in related industry functions and events

What We Offer:

• Provide mentorship from Managing Directors and Design Directors as well as other in-house disciplines on all projects

• Provide career growth opportunities including licensure incentives, professional development grants and our professional development process

• In-house management and leadership training opportunities

• Education opportunities including LPA+U and LPA Tech Talks

• Provide study grants for exploration – Catapult, LPA Foundation

What We're Looking For:

Required:

• Bachelor and/or Masters Degree in Architecture, Interior Architecture or Interior Design

• 10+ years of experience in all phases of architecture projects

• Certified Interior Designer or Licensed Architect

• Strong knowledge of programming, code, and functional adjacencies

• Proficiency in Revit

• Experience with Rhino preferred

• LEED accreditation preferred

LPA is an integrated design firm with offices in California and Texas. We specialize in creating innovative, sustainable environments that work better, do more with less and improve people’s lives. We provide a vibrant and rewarding work environment—one that values and fosters creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, community engagement and ongoing career development and growth. LPA is also committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance. LPA offers competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work/life plans.

This position is eligible for an annual bonus. If you are hired at LPA, your base salary is based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience and/or project complexity. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS:

Please note that LPA does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed contract, LPA will not agree to pay any recruiter fee. In the situation an agency or recruiter submits a candidate or resume without a previously signed agreement and/or without LPA’s request, LPA explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of LPA.