Landscape Designer or Urban Planner

At Luckett & Farley, our firm’s vision is simple and enduring:
Together, we bring joy to those we serve by design. Everything we do, how we hire, how we lead, how we deliver design to our clients, is measured against that standard. As a 100% employee-owned firm with roots stretching back to 1853, we operate across five market studios, Civic, Distilled Spirits, Higher Education, Hospitality & Corporate Commercial, and Industrial, from our home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Our hybrid, multi-disciplinary team brings architects, engineers, and designers into daily collaboration from across the country, producing award-winning solutions for clients who trust us to deliver design which supports their most ambitious visions.

As an employee-owner at Luckett & Farley, you don’t just work here. You have a stake in what we create together.

Luckett & Farley is seeking an inspiring Landscape Designer or Urban Planner to help our clients shape and build the natural and social environments in the communities we serve. As a designer within our multi-disciplinary firm, this individual will participate in a wide variety of project types, from master planning to construction documentation, requiring versatility, creativity, and close collaboration with architects, engineers, clients, and community stakeholders.

• Conducts research to inform planning and landscape architectural projects.
• Prepares plans, renderings, diagrams, exhibits, and character boards for master planning and site development projects.
• Uses 3D modeling tools (Sketch Up and Enscape) to produce accurate, compelling representations of outdoor spaces.
• Develops and prepares documentation for master plans, site studies, and landscape design packages.
• Creates construction documentation for site plans and development plans for agency approvals.
• Maintains working knowledge of contemporary trends in landscape planning and design, construction techniques, irrigation systems, and civil, architectural, and structural principles, integrating them into aesthetically coordinated, well-resolved solutions.

• Actively participates in and pursues continuing education, including CEUs, Lunch & Learns, trade organization involvement, and independent study.
• Actively supports the strategic goals of the firm, departments, and managers, and understands how personal actions contribute to them.

• Develops and participates in community outreach, stakeholder visioning sessions, and workshops for data gathering and project communication.
• Works with vendors to identify options for material selections, outdoor furnishings, structures, plantings, and equipment.
• Conducts assigned aspects of the design scope on multiple projects, helping ensure on-time and under-budget completion.
• Collaborates successfully with owners, user groups, vendors, suppliers, code authorities, and co-workers, including other engineering departments, architects, project managers, and administrative staff, to deliver high-quality, well-coordinated, and technically proficient design solutions.
• Actively participates in project meetings during design activities; occasional travel involving day trips and overnight stays to out-of-town project locations is possible.
• Works successfully within a multi-disciplined team environment across multiple projects, sometimes managing competing deadlines or milestone requirements.
• Operates in a cross-functional capacity as workflow demands change, supporting other production requirements as part of a project team.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Landscape…