He formerly served as partner at the award-winning and internationally recognized office of Jones, Partners: Architecture, and during his tenure was responsible for the design and management of a variety of projects, as graphic designer for the firm's first monograph Instrumental Form, and as graphic designer and coauthor of the firm's second monograph, El Segundo. Jackson is now principal of the Doug Jackson Design Office, whose constructed and speculative design work has been widely published and exhibited. In addition, he is also associate professor of architecture at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. Doug received his MArch from Princeton University in 2000, and his BArch from Virginia Tech in 1993.