GRO Architects is looking for a motivated, energetic and versatile individual to serve as an office and account manager. The position requires an individual with strong leadership and organizational skills, with a basic knowledge of project accounting and client engagement. GRO Architects is a fast-paced work environment that requires a commitment to professionalism in every aspect. An interest and appreciation of design is especially welcome.
RESPONSIBILITIES, including but not limited to the following:
- Assist in maintaining the physical office spaces at both the New York and Jersey City locations by keeping office supplies and equipment organized and refreshed as needed.
- Maintain the client and project database, and review project accounts.
- Log reimbursable expenses and consultant bills in project accounting software.
- Create and issue project invoices each month.
- Run occasional errands
- Answer phone and convey messages clearly and accurately.
WHO WE ARE:
GRO Architects is an award-winning architectural practice formed by Nicole A. Robertson, AIA and Richard J. Garber, AIA in 2006. GRO Architects has been based in Lower Manhattan for the past 19 years, and opened an office in Jersey City in 2020, servicing projects throughout the metropolitan area. Our projects range in size, program, and complexity; our design portfolio includes several ground-up multi-family residential projects, the design for religious institutions such as the Montgomery Mosque for the Muslim Federation of New Jersey, and the adaptive reuse of historic structures such as our 125,000sf commercial project for Warren at Bay. Our projects always consider the specific needs of the client and site, responding creatively to constraints to propose innovative design solutions. For example, our Nest Micro-Housing project pushes the boundaries to propose the smallest legal dwelling possible in New Jersey, providing an innovative approach to the accommodation of accessible facilities and flexible built-in furnishings, thereby providing an alternative housing option that addresses the growing housing shortage. GRO recently received the 2024 Merit Award from AIA New Jersey for our Montgomery Mosque project, and in 2022 the Honor Award from AIA New Jersey for our Nest Micro-Housing project, completed in 2021. Our urban infill prototype, PREttyFAB, won an AIA Merit Award in 2009, a 2010 PCI Design Award in 2010, and was named “Project of the Year” by the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency that same year. In July 2009, Metropolis Magazine named GRO a “Next Gen Notable” for our Docking Stations project. The scheme envisioned a series of publicly accessible floating ex-tensions from Manhattan into the Hudson and East Rivers that powered city street lamps by harnessing river currents. In 2007, GRO won re:Construction, a design competition curated by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown New York, with our project “Best Pedestrian Route”. In 2008, the same project also won an AIA New York Merit Award and a New York Designs Award from the Architectural League of New York. The fi rm’s design work has been published in the New York Times, the (Newark) Star Ledger, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Fast Company, Azure, Dwell, and Metropolis Magazine.
Our firm privileges the integration of emerging technologies to respond to client needs, project complexity, and collaboration between disciplines. As architects, we are intimately engaged in providing creative and sustainable design solutions for a broad array of project types and budgets. The virtual design and construction tools we use to realize our design proposals also allow us to bring to each project a more efficient and optimized construction process. Additionally, these tools have allowed us to operate in a highly efficient manner while maintaining a staff of two licensed architects and ten project designers. Through the conceptualization of how new digital protocols augment, challenge, and change the authorial process of design we create novel opportunities for our practice and bring excellence to design.
GRO ARCHITECTS, PLLC is a certified NYC M/WBE.
GRO Architects is committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Further, GRO Architects is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
Additional Application Instructions
Instructions: Complete the online application form, attach your resume and sample pages of your work (not exceeding 2 MB) using the URL provided.
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