What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Architect | Studio Lead position at Ezra Lee Design Build?
About Ezra Lee Design Build
Ezra Lee Design Build is a full-service architecture, interior design, and construction firm that creates distinctive, high-performance spaces where creativity, craftsmanship, and functionality meet. We design lifestyles, legacies, and opportunities for inspiration.
Our clients are visionary achievers who expect beauty and performance in equal measure. They trust us to lead with clarity, creativity, and purpose.
The Opportunity
We’re seeking a Design Architect to lead concept and schematic design within our architecture studio. A Design Architect with the creative depth to inspire, the technical command to deliver, and the leadership presence to elevate the team around them.
This role sits at the intersection of artistry and execution. This role will drive design vision from idea through early realization while ensuring that the studio operates with excellence, rhythm, and clarity.
The ideal candidate will bring a designer’s mind, a builder’s practicality, and a leader’s instinct.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Leadership
- Lead concept and schematic design across a diverse portfolio of residential and commercial projects.
- Establish and maintain the firm’s design vision and standards, while ensuring that every concept expresses our ethos: intentional, artful, and alive.
- Collaborate closely with the interior design and construction teams to integrate creative ideas into practical, buildable solutions.
- Present design ideas to clients with confidence and narrative clarity. Translate vision into tangible form.
Studio & Team Management
- Mentor, train, and guide a team of designers and project architects, fostering an environment of continual learning and creative ownership.
- Manage workloads, staffing, and project assignments to ensure efficiency and balanced team capacity.
- Uphold accountability for deadlines, design quality, and documentation excellence.
- Implement systems and practices that align the studio’s daily work with the firm’s broader goals of innovation and craftsmanship.
Operational & Strategic Impact
- Partner with firm leadership to evolve the creative process and continually strengthen the bridge between design and construction.
- Contribute to project profitability through thoughtful planning, communication, and efficiency.
- Champion a culture that reflects our firm’s core values: transformation, collaboration, and integrity.
What Success Looks Like
- The design studio moves with energy, creativity, clarity and efficiency.
- The team feels creatively fulfilled and structurally supported.
- Client experience is world-class, and they offer raving reviews.
- Each project elevates the firm’s legacy of design excellence and emotional resonance.
Qualifications
- Professional degree in Architecture (B.Arch or M.Arch) and 7 years of relevant design experience.
- Proven ability to lead concept and schematic design for custom, high-end residential and commercial projects.
- Experience mentoring and managing architectural staff within a creative studio environment.
- Strong proficiency in Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Exceptional design sensibility, spatial awareness, and storytelling ability.
- Deep understanding of construction methods and integration of architecture with interiors and build teams.
- Professional licensure.
Who You Are
You are both visionary and grounded. You are able to see the invisible and bring it into form. You lead with confidence but stay curious, always seeking better ways to create and communicate. You have the heart of an artist and the discipline of a builder. You take pride in your craft, but even more in your ability to inspire others to rise with you.
You design for the eye, and also for the feeling it leaves behind.
Why Join Us
At Ezra Lee Design Build, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate designers, builders, and creators who believe that great design changes the way people live and lead.
We move fast, think deeply, and expect excellence. We also celebrate creativity, growth, and human connection.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401k match
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Professional development and continuing education support.
- Opportunity to work on meaningful, design-forward projects that make a lasting impact.
How to Apply
Submit your portfolio, resume, and a short statement on “What design leadership means to you” to careers@ezralee.com with the subject line:
- Design Architect – Studio Lead Application.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $80,000