Architectural Designer

Join a collaborative team to deliver precise, well‑coordinated design outcomes across all stages of project delivery.

As a Designer, you will support the delivery of creative and functional design outcomes across architectural projects. Working with senior team members, you will contribute to design development, prepare documentation, and assist with project coordination, ensuring designs align with relevant codes, standards, and project requirements. 

You will bring a solid foundation in design principles, developing capability in digital design and documentation tools, and a collaborative approach to working with multidisciplinary teams, consultants, and stakeholders. This role requires a growing level of autonomy, clear and professional communication, and a willingness to support graduates and junior team members as part of a collaborative studio culture. 

Qualifications & Experience

• 2+ years of relevant postgraduate professional experience in architectural, interior, urban, or multidisciplinary design practice
• Completion of accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, or a related design discipline
• Well-rounded project experience across concept design, design development, and detailed documentation, appropriate to the discipline and project scale.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English.
• Professional experience using Revit or comparable documentation platforms relevant to the discipline.
• Proficiency with Rhino and Adobe Creative Suite, or equivalent modelling and graphic tools used in architectural, interior, or urban design workflows.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Conceptual, conceptual, design, and graphic skills applied across architectural, interior, or urban design contexts
• Experience contributing to design development, technical detailing, and documentation, with exposure to construction or delivery phase activities appropriate to the discipline
• Ability to resolve design and technical challenges through thoughtful, innovative, and collaborative problem solving
• Working knowledge of materials, products, systems, and construction or delivery methods relevant to the discipline and project scale
• Familiarity with project coordination processes, including engagement with consultants and stakeholders, with support from senior team members
• Experience assisting with consultant and stakeholder coordination during various stages of project delivery
• Ability to develop and test design options collaboratively within project teams, and to take initiative in response to direction from Project Leadership
• Ability to develop, edit, and coordinate drawings, models, and visual material in support of project requirements
• Solid organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and manage priorities effectively
• A flexible, open, and adaptable approach to new tools, processes, and iterative ways of working

About AJC

For more than 70 years, AJC has been a leading design practice delivering thoughtful, people‑centred projects across architecture, interiors and urban design. Our work is driven by strong technical capability and a commitment to quality, safety and environmental responsibility.

Guided by our core values of Excellence, Courage, Growth and Collaboration, we strive to create purposeful, sustainable and innovative outcomes for the communities we serve.

We Offer

• AJC covers annual architecture registration fees
• Regular in‑house social and CPD events
• External networking opportunities
• Light‑filled studio close to inner‑city transport
• Dog‑friendly workplace
• End‑of‑trip facilities with showers and bike storage

To Apply

If this opportunity aligns with your skills and abilities, please email your CV and portfolio to talent@architectsajc.com and reference the role applying for. Applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

AJC is committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply, as part of our commitment to fostering First Nations’ representation and contribution within the industry. All applications and portfolios will be handled with the strictest confidentiality. Personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment purposes.

This opportunity is open to candidates with full Australian work rights; no working holiday visas or recruiter submissions, please.