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At American Design Concepts, our team is made up of creative, detail-driven professionals who love what they do and take pride in doing it well. We’re a Wisconsin-based design and drafting firm known for creating high-quality, affordable residential plans for homeowners, builders, and contractors — and we’re growing fast.

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Now Hiring: Home Design Drafter

Are you passionate about residential home design drafting? Would you rather focus on CAD drafting and house plan design than phone calls or sales? At American Design Concepts, drafting homes isn’t just part of the job — it is the job.

If you’re motivated by precision, creativity, and seeing your work come to life in real homes across the Midwest, we’d love to hear from you.

We do not currently offer internship opportunities. Students interested
in joining our team are encouraged to apply for full-time positions after
completing their studies.

About American Design Concepts

Based in Madison, WI, with branches in Milwaukee and Mosinee, we specialize in custom home plan design, CAD drafting, and residential rendering. We don’t just draw houses — we help people create their dream home.

As a busy and growing residential design firm, we create affordable, high-quality residential construction drawings for individuals and professional home builders across Wisconsin. As a family-oriented, quality-driven, and fast-paced team we believe in working hard, enjoying our work, and promoting from within. You’ll be challenged, recognized, and given opportunities to advance into leadership roles as your skills grow.

Summary of Responsibilities

As one of our Drafters, you’ll play a key role in:

  • Developing our custom home plans
  • Updating existing plans
  • Assisting in the creation of 3D renderings.

We pride ourselves on accuracy and turnaround time. After your training period, you will get challenging work that matches your skills, along with a competitive salary. Be part of a supportive, fast- paced team that values solutions over complaints, and as you grow in the role, you’ll have
opportunities to work directly with clients and take on higher-level responsibilities.

Essential Functions

 

  • Revise and update existing house plans per request
  • Post training you will come up with unique layouts that are client and budget driven
  • Help create interior and exterior 3D renderings
  • Deliver plans that are accurate and code compliant
  • Apply a checklist to all plans to ensure accuracy
  • Being highly capable with CAD software and computers in general
  • Contribute to a solution-driven team environment

Ideal Qualifications

  • 2+ years of drafting experience (residential focus preferred), equivalent to 1+ year drafting experience with Soft Plan expertise
  • Proficiency in Soft Plan 2020 or similar residential drafting software
  • Tech degree in Residential Design or Architectural Technology, equivalent to 1 year of Soft Plan experience
  • Detail-oriented, analytical, and a natural problem-solver
  • Ability to take direction, follow a check list and update plans to our standards

This is a full-time, in-office position. Employees are required to work on site Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available. Applicants should only apply if they are able to meet this requirement.

Compensation & Benefits

    • Annual salary beginning at $50,000, with flexibility for higher compensation depending on experience and qualifications.
    • Medical insurance
    • 401(k) with up to 4% company match
    • Paid Time Off (PTO)
    • Opportunity for bonuses

How to Apply

Must include Professional Portfolio and Resume to be considered for this position.

Interested applicants should submit their resume, portfolio, and a short statement describing their qualifications and interest in the role to info@americandesignconcepts.com with the subject line “Drafting Application”.

This is a full-time, in-office position. Employees are required to work on site Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available. Applicants should only apply if they are able to meet this requirement.

American Design Concepts provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, American Design Concepts complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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