The Collaborative

Careers

We invest in our peo­ple, men­tor the next gen­er­a­tion of design lead­ers and cre­ate spaces that strength­en the com­mu­ni­ties we serve.

We Are Versatile

We’re a studio made stronger by a range of perspectives. Our team includes seasoned professionals and emerging voices across architecture, planning, interiors, and design. We believe that diverse experiences lead to better work — and we’re always looking for new team members who want to contribute their talents to a wide variety of project types and markets.

We Are Partners

We thrive on collaboration — not just with our clients, but with each other. At The Collaborative, your voice matters, whether you’re an intern or a principal. We believe in listening actively, supporting one another, and making sure everyone feels empowered to bring ideas to the table.

We Are Empathetic

We design for real people, in real communities. That means putting ourselves in the shoes of the users — whether students, patients, employees or neighbors — and creating architecture that responds to their unique context and needs. We expect our team members to lead with curiosity, care deeply about the people behind the projects, and never cut corners when it comes to quality.

Open
Positions

Join a firm that lives up to our name. At The Col­lab­o­ra­tive, prin­ci­pals are involved in day-to-day oper­a­tions, while new hires bring ener­gy and fresh per­spec­tives. We offer com­pet­i­tive salaries, ben­e­fits and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to grow. Check out our open posi­tions and become part of the team

Experienced (7-10 years) K-12 Sector Architectural Project Manager

Expe­ri­enced K‑12 Sec­tor Archi­tec­tur­al Project Manager 7 to 10 Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive is active­ly seek­ing a cre­ative and high­ly moti­vat­ed Project Man­ag­er to specif­i­cal­ly sup­port our grow­ing K‑12 mar­ket sec­tor. The can­di­date will be respon­si­ble for over­sight of inter­nal and exter­nal teams, client inter­face and over­all suc­cess­ful project deliv­ery. The abil­i­ty to lead the devel­op­ment of mul­ti­ple projects simul­ta­ne­ous­ly while main­tain­ing a high lev­el of qual­i­ty is a must. Client rela­tion­ship man­age­ment, excep­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills and over­all orga­ni­za­tion are the key aspects for this position.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Senior Interior Designer

Senior Inte­ri­or Designer

10+ Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive has an imme­di­ate need for a Senior Inte­ri­or Design­er with 10+ years’ com­mer­cial design expe­ri­ence, ide­al­ly with a focus on the Edu­ca­tion (High­er Ed and K‑12) mar­ket. This per­son will devel­op cre­ative solu­tions for var­ied envi­ron­ments; par­tic­i­pate in high-ener­gy, col­lab­o­ra­tive teams; and imple­ment over­all design con­cepts, inte­ri­or details and fin­ish palettes through all phas­es of design. The ide­al can­di­date is self-moti­vat­ed, com­fort­able com­mu­ni­cat­ing with clients and an inno­v­a­tive prob­lem solver. As a senior team mem­ber, the indi­vid­ual will take lead for design issues and will be respon­si­ble for all phas­es of the projects from pro­gram­ming, design devel­op­ment, and over­sight of design intent dur­ing the con­struc­tion doc­u­ment and con­struc­tion admin­is­tra­tion phases.

Loca­tions:
Colum­bus

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Project Manager

Project Man­ag­er

10+ Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive is active­ly seek­ing a cre­ative and high­ly moti­vat­ed Project Manager(s) in all offices. The can­di­date will be respon­si­ble for over­sight of inter­nal and exter­nal teams, client inter­face and over­all suc­cess­ful project deliv­ery. The abil­i­ty to lead the devel­op­ment of mul­ti­ple projects simul­ta­ne­ous­ly while main­tain­ing a high lev­el of qual­i­ty, is a must. Client rela­tion­ship man­age­ment, excep­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills and over­all orga­ni­za­tion are the key aspects for this position.

Loca­tion:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Project Designer

Project Design­er

5 to 7 Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive is look­ing for tal­ent­ed, moti­vat­ed and curi­ous design­ers to join our grow­ing prac­tice. The can­di­date should be able to work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with our Senior Design staff and Project Archi­tects to help cre­ate inno­v­a­tive and thought­ful solu­tions for our broad client base. Strong visu­al and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills are required. Pro­fi­cien­cy in BIM, var­i­ous ren­der­ing plat­forms and Adobe Cre­ative Suite a plus.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Construction Administrator

Con­struc­tion Administrator

3+ Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive seeks a per­son with excep­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion and inter­per­son­al skills to sup­port the efforts of the design and tech­ni­cal teams in a suc­cess­ful and time­ly project exe­cu­tion. The ide­al can­di­date will be a results-ori­ent­ed per­son able to mul­ti-task and deal with issues head-on across mul­ti­ple projects. The abil­i­ties to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly with inter­nal and exter­nal team mem­bers; review and inter­pret project doc­u­ments; coor­di­nate and dri­ve sched­ule mile­stones; observe and mar­shal the job from pre-con­struc­tion to con­tract com­ple­tion are of utmost impor­tance. This posi­tion requires fre­quent, same-day trav­el to var­i­ous local and region­al job sites with the occa­sion­al overnight stay. 3+ years of rel­e­vant job­site expe­ri­ence is preferred.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Technical Architect

Tech­ni­cal Architect

5 to 7 Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive is active­ly recruit­ing tech­ni­cal archi­tects for all offices. The can­di­date will be respon­si­ble for a pro­jec­t’s tech­ni­cal design effort, sub­se­quent detailed design devel­op­ment, project coor­di­na­tion and qual­i­ty con­trol efforts dur­ing all phas­es of project work, all while in close col­lab­o­ra­tion with the design team. Atten­tion to detail, a basic knowl­edge of build­ing codes and abil­i­ty to work in a team envi­ron­ment is very impor­tant. Pro­fi­cien­cy in BIM is required. Pro­fes­sion­al licen­sure encouraged.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Entry Level Architect

Archi­tect

Entry Lev­el

Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive has an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a tal­ent­ed entry lev­el archi­tect to join in any office. The can­di­date will be a mem­ber of project teams involved with high­er edu­ca­tion, cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial projects through­out the mid-west and east coast. Req­ui­site skills are strong design, plan­ning, and prob­lem-solv­ing capa­bil­i­ties. Pro­fi­cien­cy in BIM, var­i­ous ren­der­ing plat­forms and Adobe Cre­ative Suite prod­ucts a plus. Can­di­dates should pos­sess a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Archi­tec­ture or relat­ed field. A suc­cess­ful can­di­date will be self-start­ing, flex­i­ble, and quick to con­tribute to our range of projects for nation­al­ly known clients.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Senior Level Landscape Architect

10+ Years’ Experience


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive is look­ing for an expe­ri­enced Land­scape Archi­tect inter­est­ed in the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work along­side Archi­tects and Inte­ri­or Design­ers to cre­ate unique and inspir­ing envi­ron­ments. The can­di­date should pos­sess a pas­sion for design, a breadth of knowl­edge on var­i­ous plant and tree species, an inter­est in sus­tain­able site prac­tices and strong ver­bal and graph­ic com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills. The posi­tion will include the inde­pen­dent devel­op­ment and man­age­ment of small­er land­scape projects as well con­tri­bu­tions to larg­er mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary projects dur­ing all phas­es from con­cept devel­op­ment through con­struc­tion admin­is­tra­tion. Pri­or busi­ness devel­op­ment, client man­age­ment and BIM expe­ri­ence a plus.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Entry Level Landscape Architect

Entry Lev­el Land­scape Architect


Respon­si­bil­i­ties:
The Col­lab­o­ra­tive, a high­ly moti­vat­ed design firm, seeks to hire an entry lev­el Land­scape Archi­tect.
Although office expe­ri­ence is not required, pref­er­ence will be giv­en to can­di­dates who demon­strate a his­to­ry of suc­cess in an office or class­work and/​or a com­plet­ed intern­ship in a Land­scape Archi­tec­ture office set­ting.
As part of our Land­scape Archi­tec­ture and plan­ning team, this indi­vid­ual will work on com­plex assign­ments requir­ing design, plan­ning, crit­i­cal think­ing and inno­v­a­tive solu­tions. The can­di­date must be able to devel­op site plans, land­scape plans and project details; devel­op illus­tra­tive graph­ics; and col­lect, orga­nize, inter­pret and present data in cre­ative ways.

Loca­tions:
All Offices — Ann Arbor, Colum­bus & Toledo

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Architectural Co-Op

Archi­tec­tur­al Co-Op

The Col­lab­o­ra­tive embraces co-op stu­dents as part of our team. We strive to pro­vide our stu­dents with mean­ing­ful work and a snap­shot of all phas­es of the design process.

Our sum­mer co-op posi­tions have been filled; how­ev­er we are always look­ing for the next best co-op stu­dent, and invite you to sub­mit your resume and design port­fo­lio to careers@tc.design

It’s no coin­ci­dence that some of our top archi­tects and design­ers began their career at The Col­lab­o­ra­tive as co-ops.