Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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.


Dr. Architecture

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ortiz1260 said...

I am a graduate (5 years + 1.5 semester thesis degree) and registered Colombian architect with 20 years of experience working for some architectural offices in South Florida. According to the NCARB and AIA and The Florida Regulation Board I cannot introduce myself as an Architect because I am not a USA Registered or licensed yet. I can buy that...I respectfully I accept it, What I do not understand is why these institution do not do anything against those that call themself Architect Software Developers holding a 2 years degree?