Senior Landscape Designer

Surfacedesign is a studio of landscape architects, designers and planners who love beauty, hard‑work, fun, creativity and serving the public. We find poetry in landscape design even as our work sustains and restores the earth. We design parks; landscapes for museums, hotels, city streets, vineyards, corporate campuses; and private residences.

Surfacedesign focuses on cultivating a sense of connection to the built and natural world, pushing people to engage with landscape in new ways. We emphasize the unique context and imaginative potential of each project, which has brought us accolades and awards.

We are looking to welcome a dynamic and visionary Senior Landscape Designer to contribute to our successful and growing practice. This position will be in‑person in our San Francisco office on the Embarcadero.

The ideal candidate exhibits skill and experience in the practice of landscape architecture and urban design. In addition to providing conceptual design vision for projects, you will be responsible for preparing final project design drawings, and also plan and manage quality, time, and resources of small to medium single‑discipline projects or large multi‑discipline projects. You will also be responsible for coordinating workload through entire project development to ensure completion of documents on schedule and budget and will work with the team to develop designs and construction details and to collaborate, communicate, and coordinate with outside consultants as needed.

This role is ideal for someone who is familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within our field. You have experience in strictly adhering to office standards of design and documentation, and training others to adhere to office standards. You rely on your experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. You demonstrate abilities associated with project drawing documentation as well as rendering, presentation, building materials, details, and construction techniques.

You are proactive with follow‑through on tasks, assignments, research, and coordination, and you use advanced problem‑solving skills regarding landscape design. You will perform a variety of tasks and work under general supervision of an Associate, Principal, and/or Partner.

Note this position is considered a non‑exempt position for purposes of federal wage‑hour law, which means that you will be eligible for overtime time pay.

• Support design forward, values‑based thinking for our projects and clients for both landscape design and urban design projects.
• Work closely with Partners, Principals, and Associates in guarding the design goals for the project as they are developed; advancing those goals throughout the project’s evolution.
• Participate and develop design approaches that are innovative and show a strong conceptual basis.
• Collaborate in and facilitate information‑gathering for vision, programming, and planning.
• Problem solve and attend to details for self‑directed research as well as team‑developed projects.
• Develop 2D drawings for landscape designs. Pick up redlines for project documentation, focusing on accuracy and confirm that the intent is in line with design goals.
• Model landscape design concepts in 3D.
• Utilize a variety of design methods including hand and digital drawing, painting, sketching, drafting, digital and physical modeling, graphics development, photography curation, and others to convey ideas.
• Collaborate with project team including consultants to coordinate, produce, and administer deliverables and tracking assignments. Work closely with Principals, Associates, and Landscape Designers in establishing and realizing milestones within the project schedule.
• Prepare project design in preparation…