Careers

Work
with us.

Join the team

We hire the
right person.

Empyreal Home Design is a small residential design firm in Traverse City. We draw custom homes, additions, remodels, site plans, and landscapes for homeowners and builders across Northern Michigan.

We don't hire to fill a slot on a schedule. When the right person comes along, we make room for them, and we shape the role around what they do well. If you're good at this work or want to become good at it, we'd like to hear from you.

Send your resume
Where
In person in the Traverse City area, remote, or a mix of both.
How
Full-time, part-time, contract, seasonal, or internship. We'll work out what fits.
Software
AutoCAD, Chief Architect, Revit, SketchUp, Civil 3D, or whatever you draw well in. Accuracy matters more than the program.
Experience
Experienced designers and drafters, career changers from the trades, and students are all welcome to apply.
Who we're looking for

The work we do.

Most people here do more than one of these. If your skills fit somewhere in this list, or somewhere we haven't thought of, apply anyway.

Construction or trade experience counts for a lot here. People who have built things tend to draw things that can be built.
Why work here

What you can expect.

01
Work directly with the principal

This is a small firm. You work alongside Caleb on real projects, your questions get answered the same day, and your work goes in front of clients.

02
Training on the job

We teach how we draw, how houses actually go together, and how to prepare a set a building department will accept. You do not need to know all of it on day one.

03
Flexible hours

Good drawings matter more than a time clock. We work out a schedule that fits the work and fits your life.

04
Projects worth drawing

Custom homes, lakefront cottages, additions to hundred-year-old houses, cabins, barndominiums, and landscapes across Northern Michigan.

How it works

Three steps.

01
Send your resume

Use the form below. Add work samples or a portfolio link if you have them. Drawings say more than a resume does.

02
We talk

We read every submission. If there's a possible fit we'll reach out for a conversation about your experience and what you're looking for.

03
We shape the role

Hours, location, and responsibilities get worked out together, based on what you do well and what the firm needs.

Apply

Send us
your resume.

Tell us what you do and what kind of work you want. We keep every resume on file, so if the timing isn't right today, you're still on our list.

A resume
PDF or Word.
Work samples, if you have them
A drawing set, a rendering, a site plan, or a link to a portfolio.
A few lines about you
What you've done, what you're good at, and what you want to learn.

Prefer email? Send it to info@empyrealhomedesign.com.

Resume (required)
PDF or Word document.
Work samples (optional)
One PDF or image. Resume and samples together can total up to 8 MB.