Architect Position Titles

I am on a quest to create job titles at our firm that are in line with what the AIA, NCARB and any other agency “endorse” – this has been A LOT more difficult than I imagined it would be as I cannot find much at all.  

Do you have any resources for this?  Any help is most appreciated.  Thank you - 

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I found the following list on the AIA website (see attached) although it is from 2007.

In her book, Architecture: The Story of Practice, Dana Cuff outlines this summary of the Architect's States of Development

Student
Entry

Intern
Draftsperson
Junior Designer

Middle Years

Junior Designer
Job Captain
Senior Designer
Project Architect
Associate

Full-Fledged

Associate
Partner
Principal
Owner

 
I hope this provides you with some useful information.

Definition of Architect Positions
Excerpted from the 2005 AIA Compensation Report: A Survey of U.S. Architecture Firms Revised May 2007
 
SUMMARY
To collect uniform comparative data about compensation at U.S. architecture firms, the AIA Economics and Market Research team defines typical positions in a typical architecture firm as shown below. These descriptions may or may not be descriptive of positions within your firm, and are provided for information only.

SENIOR PRINCIPAL/PARTNER
Typically an owner or majority shareholder of the firm; may be the founder; titles may include president, chief executive officer, or managing principal/partner.

MID-LEVEL PRINCIPAL/PARTNER
Principal or partner; titles may include executive or senior vice president.

JUNIOR PRINCIPAL/PARTNER
Recently made a partner or principal of the firm; title may include vice president.

DEPARTMENT HEAD/SENIOR MANAGER
Senior management architect or nonregistered graduate; responsible for major department(s) or functions; reports to a principal or partner.

PROJECT MANAGER
Licensed architect or nonregistered graduate with more than 10 years of experience; has overall project management responsibility for a variety of projects or project teams, including client contact, scheduling, and budgeting.

ARCHITECT/DESIGNER III
Licensed architect or nonregistered graduate with 8-10 years experience; responsible for significant aspects of projects. Responsible for work on minor projects. Selects, evaluates, and implements procedures and techniques used on projects.

ARCHITECT/DESIGNER II
Licensed architect or nonregistered graduate with 6-8 years of experience; responsible for daily design or technical development of project.

ARCHITECT/DESIGNER I
Recently licensed architect or nonregistered graduate with 3-5 years of experience; responsible for particular parts of a project within parameters set by others.

THIRD-YEAR INTERN
Unlicensed architecture school graduate in third year of internship; develops design or technical solutions under supervision of an architect.

SECOND-YEAR INTERN
Unlicensed architecture school graduate in second year of internship.

ENTRY-LEVEL INTERN
Unlicensed architecture school graduate in first year of internship.

CAD MANAGER
Responsible for implementation, standards, upgrades, and training of CAD technology.

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