Our multidisciplinary office team includes Architects, Interior Designers, Construction Administrators, Estimators, Spec Writers, and Project Managers. We promote personal and professional growth and seek passionate design professionals to join our firm.

HOLT Architects, renowned across New York State, combines high-design aesthetics with creative, sustainable solutions. With over 60 years of experience, our portfolio spans from college and university campuses, healthcare institutions, and housing clients.

We prioritize keeping our employees at the forefront of the profession through conferences, workshops, vendor sessions, and collaborative design activities. HOLT has been recognized as one of New York State's Best Places to Work for small firms in both 2022 and 2023. Additionally, for 12 consecutive years, we have been named a Best Place to Work in Central New York in the small company category.

Commitment To Sustainability

At HOLT, sustainability is at the core of every project, regardless of whether the client seeks LEED certification. Our design approach maximizes energy efficiency and enhances indoor environmental quality, resulting in long-term cost savings, healthier spaces for occupants, and positive environmental impacts. The Ithaca office is Net Zero and LEED Gold Certified. Both offices are WELL Certified.

Offices

Our headquarters is located in Ithaca’s West End, close to restaurants, coffee shops, and outdoor attractions like the Ithaca Waterfront Trail. We also have an office in Syracuse, just a short distance from Armory Square and Salt City Market.

Belief In Community involvement

Our firm and our employees are personally invested in the communities where our offices are located and where our projects are built. We take our role very seriously with creating the physical environments in which people live, work, learn, and heal. Most of our staff call the areas around our offices home. We shop, attend cultural events, and explore the natural beauty. Our children attend area schools. That is to say, we are the communities in which we work.

HOLT is dedicated to giving back to the community. We actively participate in projects such as building raised garden beds for local nonprofits, taking part in the Family & Children’s Services Annual Cardboard Boat Fundraiser, Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes’ Walkathon, and supporting Habitat for Humanity’s Annual Women’s Build Day. Many of our staff serve on nonprofit boards, and we encourage everyone on our team to engage in community activities—providing both support and time to make a positive impact.

Current Openings

  • Experience - Minimum two to four years of professional experience.

    Position Description - Intern on the path to licensure (or licensed architect) designs and produces work under supervision; and performs non-routine architectural assignments and coordinates design work with engineering disciplines.

    Personal Qualities

    • Ability to interact successfully with staff and other professional disciplines.

    • Flexible, and open to change.

    • Receptive to the ideas and concepts of others.

    • Clear communication skills, both written and oral.

    • Begins to show leadership and accountability for project tasks.

    Responsibilities

    • Independently produce a set of architectural drawings for a small project (interior and envelope detailing). Technical adequacy of non-routine work is reviewed during progress and on completion. Routine work is reviewed on completion.

    • Product research & selection of appropriate products for use on projects.

    • Ability to integrate and coordinate architectural design requirements with other engineering disciplines. Consults with engineers regarding model accuracy, design, and drafting standards.

    • Understanding of ADA regulations and appropriate implementation.

    • Research and develop design and product solutions and presents them for consideration.

    • Familiar with the HOLT standards details and able to appropriately modify them if required to fit the design requirements of the project.

    • All responsibilities of Designer 1, and other duties as assigned by Team Leader.

    Hiring Range: $55,000-$65,000

    HOLT Architects participates in E-Verify

  • Experience - Minimum three to six years of professional experience.

    Position Description - Intern on the path to licensure (or licensed architect) that works under the direction of others; responsible for projects' technical design; provides planning/design/coordination consultation to clients on small projects. Plays a leading in-house role in the design and production of large projects.

    Personal Qualities

    • Ability to interact successfully with staff, clients, and other professional disciplines.

    • Flexible, and open to change.

    • Receptive to the ideas and concepts of others.

    • Clear communication skills, both written and oral.

    Responsibilities

    • Runs small projects independently under the supervision of a principal.

    • Interacts with clients to identify project requirements and design goals.

    • Offer recommendation to clients on suitable choice of design, considering set budget and preference.

    • Work with a set budget to create design solutions that meet the requirements of clients.

    • Specify important details for a building project such as cost estimates, materials, and assumed duration of construction.

    • Present project to office/client for approval.

    • Continually coordinate design of project with engineering disciplines.

    • Research building and municipal codes for project requirements.

    • Use technical manuals to ensure compliance with required standards.

    • Successfully manage and execute design assignments within the available project fee.

    • Develop custom architectural details appropriate to the project design requirements and actively participate in cleaning and evolving the HOLT standards details library.

    • Adapt plans according to circumstances and resolving any problems that may arise during construction.

    • May, as an exception, act in a lead role over other modelers or designers.

    • All responsibilities of Designer 2, and other duties as assigned by Team Leader.

    Hiring Range: $65,000-$75,000

    HOLT Architects participates in E-Verify

  • Experience - Minimum five or more years of professional experience.

    Position Description - Licensed architect (or experienced professional) who exercises independent judgment in evaluation, selection, and use of standard techniques; solves problems when encountered and oversees a small staff of architects and technicians.

    Personal Qualities

    • Ability to motivate staff and set appropriate standards for professional performance.

    • Able to plan, organize, and implement projects with consistently successful results.

    • Flexible, and open to change.

    • Receptive to the ideas and concepts of others.

    • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

    Responsibilities

    • Coordination of project team to execute design, production, and construction of small and mid-size projects.

    • Responsible for projects fee, budgets, and production scheduling.

    • Ability to formulate an original concept, direct staff thru design and to lead a project and interact and solve problems with clients.

    • Conduct meetings with architectural and A/E teams, clients and public forums.

    • Works around constraining factors such as town planning legislation, environmental impact and project budget. Applies for planning permission and advice from governmental new build and legal departments. Presents at regulatory review meetings.

    • Travels regularly to building sites, proposed locations and client meetings.

    • Experience and knowledge of applicable regulations and processing through local agencies.

    • Writes and presents reports, proposals, applications and contracts.

    • Supports marketing and business development effort of the firm.

    • All responsibilities of Designer 3, and other duties as assigned by Principal.

    Hiring Range: $70,000-$90,000

    HOLT Architects participates in E-Verify

  • Experience - Minimum eight or more years of professional experience.

    Position Description - Licensed architect (or experienced professional) with diverse knowledge of architecture principles and practices; uses advanced techniques to oversee a large staff of architects and technicians on medium and large projects.

    Personal Qualities

    • Ability to motivate staff and set appropriate standards for professional performance.

    • Able to plan, organize, and implement projects with consistently successful results.

    • Exhibits ownership of project requirements.

    • Flexible, and open to change.

    • Receptive to the ideas and concepts of others.

    • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

    • Functions as a team member on office-wide tasks and roles.

    Responsibility

    • Initiate and monitor client, in-house, and consultant relationships on large and complex projects.

    • Is involved in business development, bringing new work to the firm through existing clients.

    • Initiate project setup, programming, and initial budgets on large and complex projects.

    • Preparing and presenting fee proposals to clients on large and complex projects.

    • Initiate and monitor correspondence with agencies on large and complex projects.

    • Possess substantial knowledge of principles and techniques of personnel supervision and reasonable knowledge or all engineering disciplines.

    • Specifications editing (with assistance from team).

    • Holistic understanding of building codes as an intuitive driver of the design process. Trusted ability to efficiently perform a thorough code review on any project.

    • Managing and coordinating with contractors and other professionals on large and complex projects.

    • Participates as a member of the Marketing and BD team.

    • All responsibilities of Architect 1, and other duties as assigned by Principal.

    Hiring Range: $80,000-$100,000

    HOLT Architects participates in E-Verify

  • Experience - Minimum five or more years of professional experience.

    Position Description -Architectural Construction Administrator will be responsible for the bidding/negotiation, construction observation, submittal review, payment applications, change orders, and close-out aspects for projects of varying types, complexities, scopes, and budgets.

    Personal Qualities

    • Understands and contributes to the process and workflow of an A/E project team and works within established cost budgets and timelines.

    • Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills.

    • Self-driven desire to learn and grow professionally, ability to multi-task, and to meet multiple simultaneous deadlines.

    • Experience interacting with various government agencies and municipalities is a plus.

    Responsibility

    • Proactively contributes to projects under the supervision of a Project Manager.

    • Generation and management of construction phase project paperwork.

    • Site observations, construction meetings, and reporting.

    • Interaction with government agency Inspectors, Contractors, Construction Managers, and Owners.

    • Punch-listing and contract close-out.

    • Meets deadlines as necessary to ensure highest level of client satisfaction.

    • Assists in collection and maintenance of cost data.

    • Travel to Project sites required.

    Hiring Range: $45,000-$100,000

Benefits Include

  • Comprehensive, competitive compensation package

  • Group health insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance. HOLT’s contribution covers 100% of an individual plan.

  • Company-paid long-term care and long-term disability insurance

  • Paid family leave

  • Group term life insurance for employees

  • Supplemental life, spousal, and dependent life plans available

  • 401k plan with company contribution and free professional financial planning consultation

  • Company-paid time off

  • Professional development program, professional licensing/certifications reimbursement

  • Workplace accommodations for disabilities and other temporary and permanent needs

  • Professional development workshops and skills training

  • Mentoring, coaching, and hands-on learning programs and opportunities

  • Culture of career advancement

  • Yearly NYS Parks Empire Pass

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Professional Organizations membership reimbursement

  • Recruitment Bonus