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Resume / CV

Justin Pohl

Justin Pohl

Designer

Lee's Summit, Missouri

Professional Summary

Designer with experience in facility coordination, commercial design, and narrative-based placemaking. Skilled in CAFM tools (AutoCAD, Revit, Nuvolo), spatial planning, and cross-functional coordination across facilities, planning, and design. Led design on large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects; contributed to conceptual developments from $100k to $2B+.

Professional Experience

Facility Archive Coordinator / Project Designer

Boulder Valley School District Boulder, Colorado April 2021 – October 2024
  • Coordinated asset lifecycles and locations across 5M+ sf with Construction Management, Planning, Environmental Services, IT, and Transportation.
  • Data aggregation for spatial planning and utilization via CAFM tools (AutoCAD, Revit, Nuvolo/ServiceNow).
  • Interior design renovation scope education; improved enrollment projection process; coordinated admin building seating charts.
  • Edited maps for provision to law enforcement to reduce response times; created graphics for Office of Civil Rights; simplified deliverables for staff maintainability and reduced liability.
  • Increased bike rack capacities for growing student populations.

Designer II, Associate

505Design Boulder, CO May 2019 – July 2020
  • Collaborated with internal partners and external executives; created fee schedules and personnel forecasting for hundred-million-dollar projects.
  • Impactful designer on large-scale, multi-year commercial projects; led design on major features, technical detailing, entitlements, permitting, CA.
  • Built full-service capabilities in Boulder office; improved internal tools; mentored staff via Revit sessions and technical guidance.
  • 90+ projects ($100k–$215MM); involvements in conceptual developments in excess of $2B; total lifetime billable ~$1.4MM.

Designer I

505Design Boulder, Colorado June 2015 – May 2019
  • Won multiple RFP design competitions for major commercial landlords; led teams, budgets, and timelines.
  • Produced project docs and graphics through all phases (ideation through CA) and entitlement processes; marketing documents for leasing.
  • Heavy collaboration with design architect and full-service team; coordination across Arch, Interiors, Environmental Graphics, Urban Interiors, Leasing, IT, UX.
  • Tech Committee seat; Formit product testing and recommendations; interviewed and mentored staff. Project types: Mixed Use, Retail, Interiors, Urban Interiors, Specialty Fab, Play Areas, Furniture.

Sales Advisor

Club Demonstration Services Overland Park, Kansas May 2010 – August 2012 (Part time)
  • Customer-facing sales and product demonstration support.

Education

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

Kansas State University Architecture, Planning & Design 2008 – 2013
3.7 Undergrad | 3.9 Graduate Studio courses with BNIM Architects & El Dorado inc.; work selected for KSU archives 2011. Consistently ranked top 15 graduate program. Unofficial transcript · Official eTranscript

Architecture & Urban Planning

Czech Technical University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic 2012
Study abroad program with exposure to European design, cultures, and curriculum.

High School Diploma

Blue Valley Northwest High School — 2008
Grade: 4.3 National Honors Society (4 yr), Presidential Service Awards (4 yrs), Future Business Leaders of America, JV Lacrosse.

Technical Skills

Design & Documentation

Concept Design Revit AutoCAD

CAFM & Planning

Nuvolo (ServiceNow) Spatial Planning Asset Lifecycle

Delivery & Collaboration

Entitlements & Permitting Fee & Personnel Forecasting Cross-functional Coordination

Activities & Leadership

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
College of Architecture, Planning & Design – Ambassador & Mentor
Private Tutor – Structural Systems Courses

Hobbies

Travel
Tennis – KSU Tennis Club
Cycling
Lacrosse

Professional Development

Studio courses – BNIM Architects & El Dorado Inc.

Notes

Blog

Short notes alongside the portfolio. These are not professional advice.

  1. A place for notes
  2. What stays public

A place for notes

This site already holds the public architecture work, visualization and web design, the resume, and a way to get in touch. The blog is for shorter notes beside those pages.

It is not a client newsletter, and it is not architectural or other professional advice. Sending a note from the contact page does not start a project until that is agreed in writing.

Comments

A comment is emailed to Justin. It is not posted on this page.

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What stays public

On the architecture page, built work that can be named includes Premium Outlet Collection Edmonton, Southlands, Dairy Block, International Marketplace Waikiki, Shops at Walnut Creek, Kingsley 13, Outlet Collection Winnipeg, and West 7th.

Other work is listed by project type rather than by client name. Some images stay locked. The passphrase is not published here. Visualization and web design ranges are on the shop page.

Comments

A comment is emailed to Justin. It is not posted on this page.

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Web and mobile

A phone-sized view of the home page.

Web design ranges