What does an architecture staffing agency do?
An architecture staffing agency recruits registered architects, designers, planners and technical staff for practices, developers and public agencies. GlobalCybers places them permanently onto your payroll rather than on project-length contracts. Registration is the load-bearing check: only a registered architect may stamp drawings, registration is granted by each state's board through the NCARB process, and a designer with a complete AXP but no passed exams is a different hire from a registered architect. We confirm exactly where a candidate sits. RPO at $2,999/mo, or Direct Hire at 12-20% on a successful hire only.
Need a permanent studio instead of project-length contractors?
Contract designers cover a deadline, but a practice is built on drawing standards, detail libraries and the client relationships that bring the next commission. Every rotation re-teaches the standards and re-litigates decisions the last person understood. A permanent hire is a one-time fee and lets a studio's technical quality accumulate rather than reset each project.
How It Works
From Brief to Shortlist in 48 Hours
Submit Brief
Tell us the role, location, required credentials, and timeline. Takes under 5 minutes.
We Source
Our recruiters tap active candidate pools, including credentialed pros not on job boards.
Credential Check
Every state licence and federal cert verified directly against the issuing authority. No exceptions.
Shortlist Delivered
3–5 verified candidates in your portal within 48 hours of receiving a complete brief.
Roles We Place
10+ Architecture & Planning Roles, Permanent Placement
Credential Verification
Every Licence & Cert Verified Before Delivery
Unverified candidates never appear on a shortlist. We check directly against the issuing authority, not self-reported documentation.
Architect registration and the NCARB record
Registration is granted by each state's board, and only a registered architect may stamp drawings or, in most states, use the title. We confirm registration with the board, check the NCARB record and certificate for candidates working across state lines, and state plainly where a candidate sits on the AXP and ARE path rather than blurring 'architect' and 'designer'.
AICP and planning credentials
AICP certification from the American Planning Association is confirmed with the association for planning roles, along with the actual entitlement experience: zoning code drafting, comprehensive plan work and public-hearing exposure, which is what a municipal client is really buying.
BIM delivery, tested by model
'Revit experience' covers everything from placing families to owning a federated model and clash workflow. We record the actual role in delivery, the model size, and whether the candidate has run coordination with consultants, and test the claim rather than take it.
Sustainability and code credentials
LEED AP and WELL AP are confirmed with the certifying bodies, and ICC code-official certifications are checked by category for inspection roles. On public and institutional work these credentials often decide who may be listed on a submission at all.
Pricing
Two Models, Same Quality
Direct Hire
Of first-year salary · on successful hire only · no retainer
90-Day Written Guarantee: If a placed architecture & planning professional leaves or is terminated within 90 days, we replace them at no additional cost. Available on both RPO and Direct Hire models.
Employer Value
What an Open Studio Seat Costs, and How We Cut It
An unfilled seat in a practice shows up as slipped milestones, principals doing production work, and a fee that stops being profitable. Here is what the delay costs and how we shorten it.
A verified 3-5 shortlist lands within 48 hours of a complete brief, with registration status stated precisely.
We confirm registration with the board and say exactly where an unregistered designer sits on the path, so nobody is hired to stamp who cannot.
Pay only when you hire, at 12-20% of first-year salary. RPO is a flat $2,999/month for continuous studio hiring.
If a placed architect or planner leaves or is let go within 90 days, we source a replacement free under both models.
Proof & Results
Trusted by Practices & Public Agencies
Architecture practices, developers and municipal planning departments use GlobalCybers to hire registered talent permanently.
“They told us exactly which ARE divisions each candidate had passed instead of calling everyone an architect.”
“Our AICP planner came with real entitlement and hearing experience, not just a certification.”
Outcomes and quotes are illustrative of recent permanent placements; client details are anonymized. Replace with verified figures and named references before publication.
Markets
Top Architecture & Planning Staffing Markets
New York & Northeast
Institutional, healthcare and high-rise practice with the most demanding code and filing environment in the country.
Coming soonCalifornia
Seismic, energy-code and CEQA-driven work, plus heavy housing and mixed-use entitlement activity.
Coming soonTexas
Rapid mixed-use and institutional growth across Austin, Dallas and Houston, with strong demand for project architects.
Coming soonMountain West
Municipal planning departments and resort-community development competing for a small pool of AICP planners.
Coming soonWe place architecture and planning professionals across all states & cities. Metro pages launching through 2026.
FAQ
Architecture & Planning Staffing Agency FAQ
Need verified architecture & planning workers?
Submit a brief in under 5 minutes. First verified shortlist within 48 hours. 90-day written guarantee on every placement.
Looking for a permanent architecture & planning role?
Set your career intent. We benchmark your pay and bring matching employers to you. No applications.
View Architecture & Planning Jobs & Salaries →How hiring works
From brief to verified hire, in 48 hours
Tell us who you need
Submit a short hiring brief with the role, location, licenses and must-haves. It takes about 10 minutes.
Submit a hiring briefPick how you want to hire
Choose Direct Hire and pay only when you make a hire, or run flat-fee RPO at $2,999 a month for up to three concurrent roles.
Compare hiring modelsEvery credential checked
We source, screen and verify every state license and certification directly against the issuing board before a single profile reaches you.
See how screening worksA shortlist in 48 hours
Receive three to five matched, fully verified professionals within 48 hours of a complete brief, ready to interview.
Get verified talentHire, backed by a guarantee
Make a competitive offer using BLS benchmark data and hire direct. Every placement carries a 90-day written replacement guarantee.
Start hiringHiring architecture & planning professionals?
Get a verified shortlist of 3–5 qualified candidates in 48 hours
GlobalCybers verifies active state licenses, trade certifications, Intent and right-to-work status before any candidate reaches your portal. Flat $2,999/mo RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), up to 3 concurrent roles, or a free trial (pay on hire). 90-day written guarantee.