Branch Real Estate Designer

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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What Experience You Need:

• Bachelor's degree required; preferred in Design (Architecture, Interiors, Environmental)
• 5+ years of architectural or interior design experience, NCIDQ a plus.
• Highly qualified in providing direction on complex branch design challenges

Functional Skills include:

• Evaluating industry trends and opportunities related to physical office space
• Interpreting federal, state, and local architectural requirements (including by not limited to ADA)
• Developing and owning relationships with third party vendors for furniture, fixture, and finishes
• Strong project management skills with experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to evaluate and establish priorities, then implement plans to accomplish them without compromising deadlines
• Provide direction and leadership for project team members (primarily external to Edward Jones)
• Highly collaborative
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required, including the ability to convey firm-level messaging to the field or relay difficult messages

Technical Skills to include:

• Ability to create, read and review construction drawings, provide red-lines, sign-off and approval for other designers
• Understanding of technical aspects of design/construction including low voltage, materials, budgets, constructability, electrical and HVAC systems
• Application and understanding of life safety and building code compliance
• Versed in the five phases of interior/architectural project
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or REVIT and Microsoft Office

Decision Making Skills Include:

• Good judgment will be required to ensure Edward Jones associates and contractors adhere to Firm standards in all geographic locations.
• Decisions made have potentially high impact from a business perspective. The degree of complexity is magnified by the overall scope and number of branches involved.
• Decisions require the ability to recognize special situations and implications to daily business operations.
• Knowledge of precedent, procedure, and guidelines is needed to make decisions. More complex decisions involve a high-level review. When necessary, decisions are made in a collaborative environment that may include peers, leaders, and partners.
• Complexity: Every project is unique. Must complete individual evaluation of each scenario. Analysis must be complete and accurate.
• Recommend solutions when confronted with demanding situations prior to escalating or seeking guidance from leaders.
• Autonomy: Must work within established framework of policies, procedures and standards while establishing priorities and ensuring timely implementation.
• Ability to distinguish and make determinations about what decisions should be made at this level.

*Candidates that live within in a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: