Senior Level - Landscape Architect

Sasaki Associates • Los Angeles, CA

14h

About The Position

Sasaki is seeking a curious, well-rounded, self-motivated project manager to join its landscape architecture team in Los Angeles. The role focuses on creating inspiring, lasting spaces and serving campus clients, particularly universities, colleges, and institutions. The team’s campus landscape practice includes award-winning built and unbuilt work recognized by ASLA and SCUP.

The Landscape Architect will manage and coordinate multiple projects, working closely with clients and interdisciplinary teams to understand client needs and goals. Projects include built work from schematic design through construction administration, as well as master plans, landscape master plans, and conceptual studies. The position combines creative and technical design work with project management, team leadership, client engagement, marketing, and business development.

The role calls for strong design skills and knowledge of trends in public space, resilience, and green infrastructure, along with interest in detail design, material selection, construction techniques, and planting. The successful candidate is collaborative, proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, curious, people-oriented, and comfortable mentoring staff and representing Sasaki to clients and the design community.

Requirements

• Professional degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program.
• Licensed Landscape Architect.
• 10+ years of experience.
• Experience leading teams through design phases from master planning to construction documentation and administration.
• Strong communication, presentation, and public speaking skills.
• Marketing and business development experience and acumen.
• Strong working knowledge of trends in public space, resilience, and green infrastructure.
• Interest in detail design, including material selection, construction techniques, and planting.
• Ability to manage time effectively and juggle multiple projects.
• Experience with project management and designing alongside interdisciplinary teams is highly desired.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with universities, colleges, and institutions.
• Experience with project management and designing alongside interdisciplinary teams.
• Interest in detail design, including material selection, construction techniques, and planting.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal project teams and external relationships with clients and subconsultants across project types, from master planning and conceptual design through construction documentation.
• Oversee construction documentation, bidding, and construction administration.
• Lead marketing and business development efforts.
• Craft proposals and participate in interviews for new work, including building subconsultant teams, developing work plans, and writing detailed scopes of work and contracts.
• Develop and coordinate all facets of project design, from conceptual design—including sketches, illustrative graphics, 3D models, and renderings—through construction documentation.
• Oversee and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Build strong relationships with campus clients and develop an understanding of their needs and goals.
• Lead teams through design phases and mentor staff.
• Represent Sasaki to clients and the broader design community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior