People

We’re excited about the future. Design it with us.

Join our team. HOK designs buildings and spaces that inspire people. We’re a diverse team of innovative, entrepreneurial people with an ambitious vision: to create the world’s best, most sustainable places. It will be your responsibility, even as the newest member of our team, to help us make a positive impact on the world. If this sounds good, let’s talk.

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Find more on HOK’s sustainability commitments and progress.

People at HOK

My immigrant parents always stressed the importance of minimizing waste, recycling, and reusing whatever we could—and to be grateful for the clean air and the four seasons of New England. I remember repurposing everything from tin containers used for egg-roll cookies to store my crayons to altering milk jugs to hold the blackberries we would pick in the summer. To this day, those values still hold true.

When I began my career as a structural engineer, much of my focus was on design. Today, it’s still about design but also about reducing the embodied carbon and making a lasting environmental impact. When HOK signed onto the SE2050 Challenge, I was given the opportunity to lead our firmwide efforts to reduce embodied carbon across all our projects and reach net zero carbon by 2050. In my day-to-day, I collaborate with our architects, contractors, and engineers to ensure that we conduct at least one Life Cycle Assessment on every new HOK building project. This, in turn, informs our internal carbon database and benchmarking efforts from which we measure our embodied carbon reductions.

What interests me most about this work is our integrated approach towards a common goal. I like to challenge my peers to think beyond code requirements and cost efficiencies and be more intentional with our designs so that, together with other firms in our industry, we can make a positive impact on the planet.

My 25-year journey at HOK has seen me grow from a junior architectural technician to operations leader for the London studio. People ask me how I’ve stayed at one company for so long. The answer is simple: HOK’s diverse range of sectors and project typologies keeps it fresh and interesting. Here you have the ability to change your path to suit your own preferences. You can move sideways, between different sectors, and upwards—with the help of amazing mentors—to seek new challenges and opportunities.

Basically, if you have the ambition, passion and drive to develop your skills and grow your career, HOK will support you. I have worked on and managed large and influential projects across the world. I’m proud of my achievements to date at HOK and looking forward to many more to come!

HOK is a firm that recognizes talent, hard work and a passion for design. In my seven years at HOK I’ve risen from a designer to senior designer to senior project designer and—most recently—to director of the Canadian Interiors practice. I didn’t accomplish it alone.

My HOK mentors have propelled my success. Through them I’ve learned about teamwork, leadership, empathy and design excellence. Now, as a leader myself, I’m passionate about mentoring and providing others with opportunities to grow their careers and fuel their passion for design.

I’m an “HOK boomerang” i.e., an employee who leaves HOK only to return. My experience at HOK has spanned three offices on two continents and includes a gap of six years in which I worked for two other large design firms.

What led me back to HOK were the consistency in design quality, collaborative environment, and trust it places in its employees. Although a large firm, HOK has an entrepreneurial spirit that allows people to chart new paths that grow their careers and—in so doing—grow HOK. For me, that has meant helping launch HOK’s Seattle office in 2008 and then pursuing a dream of mine to work internationally in Hong Kong for four years before returning to the U.S. to help grow our Texas practice.

After a six-year hiatus with other firms, I’m now back in my hometown of Seattle and couldn’t be happier to rejoin my original HOK team. It’s both familiar and new, and I’m excited to see where we take it next.

Benefits + Perks

HOK invests in our people. We’ve designed a benefits package intended to help you live your best life. Our benefits and perks include:

Competitive salaries
Annual discretionary bonuses and profit sharing
401(K) plans with matching investment
Medical, dental and vision plans
Mental health counseling
Paid parental leave for new parents
Tuition reimbursement
Reimbursement for licensure fees, bonus for completing licensure
Paid membership to a professional organization
Paid time off and holidays

HOK also prides itself on its corporate culture, both within our individual studios and across our firm. At HOK, you will share and collaborate with colleagues across the world and build lasting relationships with office mates through volunteer opportunities, in-studio gatherings and off-site events.

Professional Development

Wherever you are in your career, HOK provides opportunities to learn, develop and apply your talents at the highest level.

At HOK, you’ll be exposed to a cross section of domestic and international projects for the world’s best, most forward-thinking clients, and feel empowered to make meaningful contributions.

HOK provides a robust framework for professional development, including:

Reimbursement for professional licensure exams and memberships
Mentoring opportunities within each studio and across all HOK
Lunch-and-learn programs and on-site training sessions that count toward continuing education units (CEUs)
Construction site visits
A rotating emerging talent program that provides opportunities for young leaders to participate on HOK’s core boards.
Career goal planning and regular check-in conversations
Learning platform for continuous development

Diversity + Inclusion

Our Diversity Advisory Council works with firm leadership to promote an inclusive business environment and a culture where people with different backgrounds, perspectives, skills and experience can succeed. This commitment to diversity translates into designs that incorporate divergent viewpoints to create spaces as inclusive as they are unique.

HOK employees participate in unconscious bias training, and we celebrate the diversity of our colleagues through internal forums, publications and leadership opportunities.

HOK also seeks to expand the pipeline of designers entering the field. We do this through our sponsorship and involvement in the National Organization of Minority Architects and ACE Mentorship Program.

HOK is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, provincial or local law.

Student Internships

If you thrive on new challenges and want to make important contributions to real-life design projects, we encourage you to apply for a student internship with HOK.

Our interns work full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year. All internships are paid. Depending on your school’s curriculum, academic credit may be available.

Check out this video highlighting student internship opportunities in an HOK office.

Internships are available in architecture, interior design, engineering, planning, sustainable design, marketing and other disciplines across our global studios. These internship opportunities vary by location, with all available positions posted here.

Start Your HOK Career

Benefits + Perks

HOK invests in our people. We’ve designed a benefits package intended to help you live your best life. Our benefits and perks include:

Competitive salaries
Annual discretionary bonuses and profit sharing
401(K) plans with matching investment
Medical, dental and vision plans
Mental health counseling
Paid parental leave for new parents
Tuition reimbursement
Reimbursement for licensure fees, bonus for completing licensure
Paid membership to a professional organization
Paid time off and holidays

Professional Development

Wherever you are in your career, HOK provides opportunities to learn, develop and apply your talents at the highest level.

At HOK, you’ll be exposed to a cross section of domestic and international projects for the world’s best, most forward-thinking clients, and feel empowered to make meaningful contributions.

HOK provides a robust framework for professional development, including:

Reimbursement for professional licensure exams and memberships
Mentoring opportunities within each studio and across all HOK
Lunch-and-learn programs and on-site training sessions that count toward continuing education units (CEUs)
Construction site visits
A rotating emerging talent program that provides opportunities for young leaders to participate on HOK’s core boards.
Career goal planning and regular check-in conversations
Learning platform for continuous development

Diversity + Inclusion

HOK employees participate in unconscious bias training, and we celebrate the diversity of our colleagues through internal forums, publications and leadership opportunities.

Student Internships

If you thrive on new challenges and want to make important contributions to real-life design projects, we encourage you to apply for a student internship with HOK.

Our interns work full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year. All internships are paid. Depending on your school’s curriculum, academic credit may be available.

Check out this video highlighting student internship opportunities in an HOK office.

People at HOK

Start Your HOK Career

Start Your HOK Career

People at HOK

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