Careers

WRNS Studio works with today’s most visionary organizations to advance their missions through exceptional architecture, planning, and interior design. Our diverse portfolio—spanning education, workplace, science, health, housing, civic, and transportation—brings fresh insight to each project. With offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Honolulu, and New York, we serve an international clientele. 

WRNS Studio has been an International Living Futures Institute’s Just Label firm since 2017. This “nutrition label” encourages companies to disclose commitments to diversity, equity, safety, worker and local benefit. Since engaging in the JUST program WRNS Studio’s indicators have improved across all categories. In 2024, we were recognized by Healthiest Employers as the #1 Healthiest Workplace in both New York City and Northern California.

WRNS Studio is seeking a Senior Interior Architect for our San Francisco office.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and technical teams through all phases of projects, from concept to construction on various sizes and levels of complexity
  • Provide project team leadership and coordinate with consultants to engage clients, aligning vision and deliverables
  • Participate in production and oversee documentation of projects from concept, through entitlement, to permit submission
  • Oversee construction administration, ensuring design intent is maintained through execution
  • Exercise knowledge of architectural design, detailing, building materials, and construction techniques
  • Work independently and as part of a project team, collaborating effectively to achieve excellence in design and sustainability

Qualifications

    • Minimum 15+ years of architectural and planning experience with strong technical, design, and leadership skills
    • Demonstrated experience leading medium to large-scale projects
    • Technical proficiency with complex renovation projects
    • Preferred candidate will have some experience with interior architecture, especially workplace
    • Experience working in all phases of architectural projects, including construction administration
    • Experience permitting projects through local Authorities-Having-Jurisdiction
    • Strong knowledge of local building codes
    • Excellent Revit skills required
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal and problem-solving skills
    • Professional Degree in Architecture (BArch / MArch)
    • Registered architect (LEED accreditation a plus)

Work location

      Please note, this position is expected to work on-site. WRNS has found that working together and in-person is essential to our collaboration, communication, continuous learning, productivity and innovation.

Salary

        At the time of posting, the salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $170,000. Our final compensation decisions include a candidate’s experience as well as qualifications, background and education.

Benefits
At WRNS Studio, we are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that is reflective of our values. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance, as well as 401(k) match, 160 hours of paid time off (PTO) per year, alternate Fridays off, paid holidays, wellness programs, incentive compensation bonuses, and professional development opportunities. In addition, WRNS Studio offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and development.

Apply with

    • Cover Letter
    • Resume
    • Portfolio/Work samples
    • Apply

WRNS Studio seeks a Senior Project Manager with 15+ years of experience including corporate workplace interior projects, as well as institutional and commercial projects, to join our New York City office.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and execute complex projects, from pre-design through construction administration, on schedule and within budget
  • Ensure efficient and cost-effective project execution
  • Develop, gain consensus, and deliver upon project work plans, schedules, and fee proposals
  • Prepares strategic plans with defined scope expectations
  • Manage contracts, billings and add services with clients and consultants
  • Proactively budget and forecast project costs, labor costs, and design scope increases
  • Staff and oversee project team assignments and schedules
  • Mentor and oversee the work of future project managers and other staff members
  • Liaise with marketing, business development, and communications to pursue work and steward brand
  • Serve as primary client liaison, managing communications and documentation
  • Collaborate with firm partners on strategic planning, positioning, and nurturing client relationships
  • Proactively research, identify and qualify new clients, markets and project opportunities
  • Contact potential clients to establish a relationship and introduce the appropriate creative/account leaders
  • Occasional travel to project sites or other WRNS offices
  • Requirements

  • Minimum 15+ years of industry experience, with proven project management and leadership skills
  • Preferred candidate will have some experience with interior architecture, including corporate workplace
  • Strong knowledge of local building codes
  • Experience permitting projects through local Authorities-Having-Jurisdiction
  • Demonstrated experience leading medium to large-scale projects
  • Entrepreneurial spirit: ability to work both independently and in collaboration with diverse stakeholders
  • Ability to lead projects with team members located across different offices
  • Strategic thinking: ability to understand a prospective client’s needs, as well as identify competitive differentiators, and execute winning strategies
  • Excellent writing, editing, communication, and public speaking skills
  • Strong track record of success managing key initiatives and meeting goals
  • Excellent Revit skills required
  • LEED and/or WELL accreditation preferred
  • Professional Degree in Architecture (BArch / MArch)
  • Certification as a licensed professional in architecture, ideally in New York
  • Work location

        Please note, this position is expected to work on-site. WRNS has found that working together and in-person is essential to our collaboration, communication, continuous learning, productivity and innovation.

    Salary

          At the time of posting, the salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $170,000. Our final compensation decisions include a candidate’s experience as well as qualifications, background and education.

        Benefits
        At WRNS Studio, we are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that is reflective of our values. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance, as well as 401(k) match, 160 hours of paid time off (PTO) per year, alternate Fridays off, paid holidays, wellness programs, incentive compensation bonuses, and professional development opportunities. In addition, WRNS Studio offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and development.

        Apply with

        • Cover Letter
        • Resume
        • Portfolio/Work samples
        • Apply

    WRNS Studio is seeking a Senior Interior Architect for our Seattle office.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead design and technical teams through all phases of projects, from concept to construction on various sizes and levels of complexity
    • Provide project team leadership and coordinate with consultants to engage clients, aligning vision and deliverables
    • Participate in production and oversee documentation of projects from concept, through entitlement, to permit submission
    • Oversee construction administration, ensuring design intent is maintained through execution
    • Exercise knowledge of architectural design, detailing, building materials, and construction techniques
    • Work independently and as part of a project team, collaborating effectively to achieve excellence in design and sustainability

    Qualifications

      • Minimum 15+ years of architectural and planning experience with strong technical, design, and leadership skills
      • Demonstrated experience leading medium to large-scale projects
      • Technical proficiency with complex renovation projects
      • Preferred candidate will have some experience with interior architecture, especially workplace
      • Experience working in all phases of architectural projects, including construction administration
      • Experience permitting projects through local Authorities-Having-Jurisdiction
      • Strong knowledge of local building codes
      • Excellent Revit skills required
      • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal and problem-solving skills
      • Professional Degree in Architecture (BArch / MArch)
      • Registered architect (LEED accreditation a plus)

    Work location

        Please note, this position is expected to work on-site. WRNS has found that working together and in-person is essential to our collaboration, communication, continuous learning, productivity and innovation.

    Salary

          At the time of posting, the salary range for this position is between $115,000 and $160,000. Our final compensation decisions include a candidate’s experience as well as qualifications, background and education.

    Benefits
    At WRNS Studio, we are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that is reflective of our values. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance, as well as 401(k) match, 160 hours of paid time off (PTO) per year, alternate Fridays off, paid holidays, wellness programs, incentive compensation bonuses, and professional development opportunities. In addition, WRNS Studio offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and development.

    Apply with

      • Cover Letter
      • Resume
      • Portfolio/Work samples
      • Apply

    WRNS Studio is called “studio” for a reason: through open, in-house critiques and roving tutors, we engage in an ongoing critical discussion about how the firm’s buildings can most powerfully evoke place, while avoiding the trivializing effects of mimicry. The result is twofold: a vigorous culture of education, linking the academy and practice; and a distinguished portfolio of buildings spanning a broad range of programmatic type, fundamentally rooted in mission, place, time, culture and human aspiration.

    We believe in challenging, teaching, researching and growing in all aspects of our work. We are seeking interns who are curious, engaged and proactive (and will even teach us a thing or two). It is our belief that the best education WRNS can offer you is to treat you as a young professional — a staff member — so that you can learn about the integrated process of design and construction through real projects, in real time. We will assign work based on your skillset and specific project needs, as we would with any staff member, and will do our best to accommodate any specific goals you have for your time with us.


    2025 Internship Research Project

    To ensure a truly rich, diverse experience, our internships include educational activities that will support the work you do in the studio. These activities will broaden your exposure to many aspects of the profession and arm you with skills you will need throughout your professional career as an architect:

     

    • Research Presentation

      Over the course of your internship, you will be asked to conduct research on a topic themed around a particular issue chosen by the office. You will collaborate with staff members to define and refine your research focus. At the end of your internship, you will give a short presentation to the studio sharing your findings. This will mirror similar presentations given by staff at our many culture events (SkillSHARE, Field Study Presentations, WRNS U and more).

    • Mentorship and Career Development

      You will be provided with a dedicated mentor that will make themselves available to you throughout the summer. You will also be integrated into a project team and work directly with team members on a daily basis.

    • Educational Opportunities

      We do our best to provide events and activities throughout the summer to enhance your experience, through site visits, round table discussions, walking tours, etc., designed to get you out of the office and into the cities in which we work.

    • Internship Recap and Assessment

      At the completion of your internship you will meet with a staff advocate and the internship group to provide an opportunity for you to share our experience and benefit from a candid conversation of our experience with you.