Associate Partner

GastingerWalker& is seeking a passionate and highly capable Associate Partner to join our leadership team in Kansas City.  The ideal candidate for this position is someone who can educate and mentor GW staff, promote emerging research and technologies, foster GW team culture, display architectural and design expertise and develop client relationships. This role will be a leadership role in the firm and will entail collaborative strategic planning for the firm’s future. Consideration will be given to Licensed Professionals who meet the following:

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Positive energy, driven and a commitment to design excellence, client satisfaction and project profitability

• Be able to foster great collaboration, cultivate team talent and be a mentor/role model

• Cultivate passion for design, progressive architectural solutions and sustainability

• Possess the ability and skills to build new clients and sustain existing relationships

• Maintain a high level of technical proficiency in the production of drawings

• 10+ years of experience as a Project Architect and Project Manager working on a variety of project types

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Design

• Proficient in the use of REVIT and CAD computer modeling and rendering software

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As part of our team you will help create design solutions that elevate the human experience through design

• You will partner directly with the Project Team and Project Managers to ensure the financial health of the project, the quality of project documents, claim prevention, team collaboration and communication

• Additionally, you will lead the cross-functional design disciplines in developing technical solutions

• Provide mentorship to other architectural staff

• Lead the project team to comply with all practice standards

• Supervise the design and technical development of the project

• Lead the team and work with staff to nurture client relationships

• Provide thought leadership internally within the firm, as well as externally with clients and the Design and Architecture industry

• Strategic planning for the future of the firm.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume and portfolio to:

Andy Meyer - ameyer@gastingerwalker.com

ABOUT GASTINGERWALKER&

GastingerWalker& is a full service architectural, interior design and construction management firm based in Kansas City and is a part of a larger affiliation with HFW Companies.  The Firm is a diverse group of committed, insightful, and progressive-minded individuals who are enthusiastic about the product and process of architecture and design. GastingerWalker&’s main focus of business includes the following sectors: Work, Live, Learn, Heal and Play.

Our firm is known for its broad interests and a practice that is client-based rather than project-driven. We do not think of our clients as single projects, but as relationships. Each of our firm’s projects is the result of a relationship we have built and nurtured. New clients come to us for our sincere interest in design, aversion to formulaic solutions, sustained interest in their input, and responsibility to their budget – and clients return because our work exceeds their expectations.