Mid-Level Designer/Planner - Design Workshop

Our Aspen Studio seeks a landscape architect/project manager to fill its experienced designer planner role. Design Workshop Inc. is an internationally recognized firm focused on landscape architecture, urban design, community and regional planning, market analysis and strategic services. We believe that when environment, economics, art and community are combined in harmony with the dictates of the land and needs of society, magical places result-sustainable places of timeless beauty, significant value and enduring quality. Through a closely collaborative process at all levels, Design Workshop is dedicated to creating legacy projects for our clients, for society and for the well-being of our planet. Our pioneering efforts have been recognized with hundreds of awards from such organizations as the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute.

In our role, the experienced professional is responsible for developing business, leading work of great content, building capacity within the offices so that they are economically sustainable, and mentoring the next generation of leaders in our studios.  This role is responsible for building capacity within the four objectives of Leadership, People, Content and Business. Finally, they are required to live Legacy Design, and be a champion of its implementation in all aspects of the work and practice.  Experienced colleagues in this role:

-Provide urban design, community design, site planning, neighborhood design, design guidelines, form based / hybrid codes and project management services to a wide variety of private and public clients.

-Serve in a firm-wide leadership capacity in the pursuit and implementation of legacy work through exceptional design, project graphic communication, planning, business development, and project management.

-Act with an entrepreneurial spirit to advance the work and the business.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master of Landscape Architecture or equivalent degree.
• Four (4) or more years of experience in a landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, planning or equivalent role.
• Experience synthesizing marketing, personnel, and project management facets of the work.
• Goal oriented, strategic thinker possessing a global perspective.
• Strong written, verbal and communication skills.
• Project management experience across a wide range of scopes and project types.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Management experience including effective leadership, teaching, delegating, and team building skils.
• Ability to run several programs at once prioritizing with a firm-wide perspective. 
• Consistent in exercising initiative and good judgment.
• An undergraduate and/or graduate degree from an accredited landscape architecture program.
• Landscape Architecture Licensure.
• Master’s degree or dual degrees in both landscape architecture and urban design, architecture or planning 

Our experienced designer planner is expected to develop an immediate presence in-studio as an integral member of the Aspen Studio team located in Basalt, Colorado. If this overview begins to meet your profile and appeal to you, please submit a complete employment application via our online portal.  Applications for this opportunity will be accepted until filled or through July 15, 2024, whichever occurs first. A complete application includes: a cover letter, resume and work samples/portfolio. Please note that the combined set of documents uploaded may not exceed 10 Megabytes.  We are reviewing and scheduling applicants of interest for interviews starting immediately.  We look forward to considering you!

Design Workshop is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

The salary for this position is $63K - $78K depending on experience and demonstrated professional contributions.  As you develop and contribute to growing the firm, you will continue to also grow your compensation by qualifying for annual pay-for-performance merit increases, discretionary bonus payouts based on the firm's profitability along with professional advancement awards. We support and provide the flexibility to develop hybrid work schedules.  Our benefits include personal time-off and paid holidays; comprehensive health, wealth, and well-being benefits including company paid medical premiums for employee only coverages; a health savings account (HSA) option; dental and vision coverages; a 401K plan with a 5% match; life and company-paid disability insurances.  We provide public transportation and bicycle commuter expense support along with rental housing expense assistance. To support ongoing individual development, we provide financial support toward the pursuit of degrees, professional certifications, training, and licensing. We are 100% employee owned; employees become participant owners in an ESOP Trust. This is designed as a long-term retirement benefit, with the employees’ accounts increasing as the value of the business increases.