Lighting Designer

Job Description

Lighting Designer | CMTA, a Legence Company

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at CMTA, a rapidly growing national engineering firm recognized for its sustainable, high-performance building systems and complex MEP/FP delivery. The company, through its AMA Group integration, also brings deep expertise in media, broadcast, and production facilities, alongside CMTA’s national portfolio in education, healthcare, and zero-energy projects. This Lighting Designer position is vital for supporting the CMTA Lighting business unit, contributing creative and technically sound designs across these diverse sectors. The role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to projects from concept through documentation, in a collaborative environment that values deep technical craft.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified in listing
• Pay: $72000–$88000 yearly
• Team: CMTA Lighting Design Team
• Mission: To support the design team in developing, validating, and documenting architectural lighting designs for a variety of projects.
• Tech Stack: Revit, AGI, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Presentations: Assist in preparing clear and dynamically illustrated lighting design presentations.
• Design Concepts: Engage in studio processes to develop innovative lighting concepts and designs tailored to client requirements.
• Technical Documentation: Technically document and detail design documents using Revit and AutoCAD.
• Photometric Modeling: Utilize AGI to photometrically model and test designs.
• Physical Testing: Build mock-ups to test lighting conditions and evaluate project materials.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Lighting Design, Interiors, or Architectural Design is required.
• Experience: 2-5 years of hands-on experience in lighting design, with recent architectural lighting design training or lighting adjacent design training (interiors / architecture / landscape architecture / theatrical lighting).
• Skills: Proficiency in Revit and AGI software; working knowledge with AutoCAD, Adobe Suites (including Indesign and Photoshop); basic working knowledge of Architectural details related to lighting; a strong portfolio demonstrating a creative application of light in space; ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team; and exceptional problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Bonus: Exuberant enthusiasm for lighting and the built environment.