Year One - Junior Designer - Landscape Architecture

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global collective committed to shaping a better future for clients, communities, and the planet. They are seeking a Junior Designer in Landscape Architecture to contribute to project development, produce deliverables, and collaborate within project teams while expanding their learning in a supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of an aspect of a project under the direct supervision of project leadership. Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at a task-specific level
• Produces presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations
• Effectively communicates internally through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means
• Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability. Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of a project component
• Actively collaborates at a project team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of landscape and site related materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques. Has an elementary knowledge of Architecture and Planning disciplines. Effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases
• Manages time and workload to meet project task deadlines and commitments with frequent interaction and direction from Project Leadership

Skills

• Recent completion of a professional degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field
• Strong collaborative ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite
• Proficiency in Google Workspace

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance
• 401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs
• Inquire about our approach to flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program
• Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development
• Hybrid/Flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program

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