New York's architecture and design staffing agency.
From our New York home, we place architects, interior designers, engineers, and BIM specialists with the city's leading design firms — and have since 1984, when we invented the category.
The firm that's been placing New York's designers since 1984.
We didn't expand into New York — we started here, as the firm that pioneered project-based placement for architects. Four decades and four recessions later, we know this market's studios, its pay, and its people better than any generalist agency or national chain.
Every candidate is vetted by people who read drawings, for technical skill and design sensibility — so the architects, designers, and engineers we send fit your studio, not just the job description.
Our New York specialties
Architecture →
Project architects, job captains, designers, and PMs for NYC practices.
Interior Design →
Workplace, hospitality, healthcare, and residential designers.
Engineering →
MEP, structural, and plumbing / fire-protection talent.
CAD & BIM →
Revit and AutoCAD specialists, skills-tested before you meet them.
Three ways to staff a New York project
Contract
Flex talent for deadlines and project peaks — billed hourly, on site or remote.
Project-to-permanent
Try the fit on a live project before anyone commits.
Permanent
Direct placement of the right long-term hire.
New York staffing — common questions
Is CFA a New York-based staffing agency?
Yes. We've been headquartered in New York City since 1984 as the firm that pioneered project-based placement for architects — and we place design talent both locally and with firms nationwide.
What design roles do you fill in New York?
Architects, interior designers, engineers, CAD/BIM specialists, and project managers — from intermediate to director level, on contract, project-to-permanent, or permanent terms.
How quickly can you staff a New York project?
We keep a deep, curated NYC talent pool, so for many roles we can present qualified candidates within days.
Do you place contract and freelance designers in NYC?
Yes — flexible, project-based staffing is core to what we do, and has been since we pioneered flex hiring for architects in 1984.
Hiring in New York — or building your NYC career?
Talk to the recruiters who know this market best.