Landscape Designer 2
Company: Board & Vellum
Salary: $73,000-$79,000 Annually
Board & Vellum is looking for an awesome emerging professional to join our team as a Designer 2 in our Landscape Architecture & Site Design studio. We’re a dynamic architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture studio located in Seattle, WA, where collaboration, creativity, and storytelling shape everything we do. We’re looking for someone who can balance beautiful and thoughtful design work with a growing knowledge of how to be technically precise in the art of connecting people and ideas.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with multi-discipline project teams to develop design concepts and documentation, ensuring alignment with client goals and project narratives.
- Pull beautiful design packages together, help curate gorgeous material palettes and planting plans, and create work that you are proud of.
- Take ownership of project deliverables, focusing on accuracy, quality, and meeting deadlines.
- Produce design documentation and technical drawings using Revit with precision and efficiency.
- Participate in a collaborative studio culture where your voice and ideas are welcome.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor or Master of Landscape Architecture, or commensurate working experience in the industry.
- Experience with Built Green, Passive House, or other sustainable practices earns bonus points.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign), and Microsoft Office, along with a general comfort with technology.
- Experience and basic understanding of how to use Revit ideal.
- Excellent hand sketching skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Well-honed graphic presentation and visual communication skills.
- Desire to be involved in every phase of projects.
- Proactive, engaged, and able to handle multiple projects and tasks.
- Passionate about asking questions and engaging in critique.
- Dedicated to a practice of constant learning and continuing education.
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary, creative environment.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience: 3-5 years of professional design experience with a degree in landscape architecture.
- Technical Proficiency: Solid skills in Revit are strongly preferred. Bonus points for familiarity with AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, or Enscape. Your graphic presentation skills should be excellent.
- Hand Sketching: You should be able to hand sketch ideas to explore design concepts.
- Documentation Skills: You understand redlines and have experience in drafting them. You have a good grasp of assembling contract documents.
- Execution-Oriented: You are detail-oriented, highly organized, and adept at driving projects forward, meeting deadlines, and delivering high-quality results. You thrive when you diligently complete your task list.
- Design Acumen: You love making things beautiful through a creative eye for detail and a passion for storytelling. You understand how spaces evoke emotion and how every design choice contributes to a cohesive narrative.
- Communication Skills: You can confidently communicate ideas, collaborate with teammates, and engage with clients to bring designs to life. You do what you say you’re going to do.
- Excitement for Custom Residential Design Work: You are excited to work on custom residential projects.
Salary Range: $73,000 - $79,000Annually
BENEFITS
We offer competitive salary and benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; paid professional memberships; 401k matching; paid time to volunteer in your community; four weeks of vacation; holiday and discretionary time; free ORCA pass; wellness reimbursement; and a bunch of damn great people to work with.
Why work for Board & Vellum
Board & Vellum is an engaged group of design professionals, collaborating on single-family, multifamily, commercial, and civic projects. Creating spaces and communities people love is why we get up in the morning. With architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture teams in-house, we thrive on building integrated teams to design and deliver beautiful, thoughtful projects.
We believe in building stories, not just spaces. Our work is deeply rooted in creating environments that connect with the people who experience them. At Board & Vellum, you’ll find a supportive team that values collaboration, humor, and the joy of great design. We offer competitive pay, benefits, and a flexible work environment that celebrates work-life balance. You’ll also have opportunities for professional growth and mentorship as part of a team that celebrates curiosity and learning.
Board & Vellum is a dog-friendly office, and a non-smoking environment. Part of our commitment to the health of our office community includes required COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees. Our office is on Capitol Hill, within walking distance to all the fun stuff you want to do. We run a hybrid office with some required in-office days and some (optional) work-from-home days, though we are open to fully remote workers when they are non-local.
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