Mithun-posted about 2 hours ago
$88,000 - $105,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • Los Angeles, CA
101-250 employees

We are seeking a collaborative and driven Landscape Designer / Architect with 5-10 years of experience to join Mithun. As the first Landscape Architect / Designer based in our Los Angeles office, you will have a unique opportunity to shape our emerging local landscape practice and contribute to the growth of our integrated design team. You bring a commitment to continuous learning and a passion for resilient, community-centered, and culturally equitable design, with strong skills in site planning and landscape design. Our work spans multiple scales and partnerships—including public and private clients, nonprofits, community-based organizations, philanthropy, and research institutions. You’ll collaborate closely with our Los Angeles design team, as well as landscape colleagues in San Francisco and Seattle, who value shared curiosity, careful listening, appreciation, and learning from one another’s experiences. We currently collaborate in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays can be in-office or WFH for most roles. About Mithun At Mithun, our design has purpose—to create positive change in people’s lives. We are an internationally recognized leader in sustainability, combining exemplary design with a focus on building and site performance, human health and social equity. Since the inception of the practice in 1949, our work has been recognized with hundreds of peer and industry awards including the 2023 AIA Architecture Firm Award, ULI Global Awards for Excellence, nine AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Awards, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards finalist and numerous honors in the ASLA Professional Awards program. We embrace justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) as key expressions of our mission of Design for Positive Change. We are committed to promoting JEDI both internally and externally in our firm culture, project work and partnerships. A JUST organization since 2017, Mithun’s goal is not just good intentions but real impact for the people, communities and clients we serve.

  • Contribute to projects as a member of an integrated design team that includes Landscape Architects, Architects, Interior Designers, and Urban Planners.
  • Responsible for a wide range of site design and framework plan aspects from marketing pursuits, project management, community engagement, design studies and documentation.
  • Produce diagrammatic studies, design sketches, renderings, models, and graphics for design exploration and presentation materials.
  • Provide mentorship and professional guidance to emerging designers across multiple disciplines.
  • Participate in thought leadership, writing, and R&D projects.
  • Engage in collaborative discipline-focused team meetings and project shares.
  • Prepare construction drawings and document sets, with a strong focus on technical accuracy and detail.
  • Review and redline drawing sets to ensure quality and consistency.
  • Assist in the development of technical specifications.
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently.
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in landscape architecture (BLA, BSLA, MLA).
  • 5-10 years of post-graduate professional experience.
  • Concept-driven and proficient in visual communication by hand or digitally.
  • Polished verbal communication, public speaking, and presentation skills.
  • Proven success in meeting deadlines and major design milestones.
  • A commitment to sustainability.
  • Experience with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, AutoCAD, MS Office and Bluebeam.
  • Please include your resume and portfolio.
  • Project management experience, particularly in consultant coordination and collaboration, is a plus.
  • Experience with Revit, ArcGIS, Rhino, Grasshopper, and Lumion is also a plus.
  • Mithun benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, parental leave, transit benefits, a 401(k) retirement plan and an annual discretionary bonus opportunity.
  • We offer eight paid holidays, vacation accrual of two weeks per year, sick time accrual, and paid volunteer time.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts are available based on eligibility requirements.
  • The expected range of compensation for this role is $88,000 to $105,000 per year.
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