Project Urban Designer
About The Position
WATG is hiring a Project Urban Designer for our office in Tustin. This role requires in-person collaboration, with the option to work remotely only on Friday. ROLE The Project Urban Designer collaborates with architects, landscape architects, consultants, and other project members to plan, design, coordinate, and present ideas for a variety of project disciplines, including hospitality, residential, mixed-use, entertainment, and support facilities. These projects occur in various natural, rural, suburban, and urban settings – from islands to mountains to deserts across Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. The Project Urban Designer is responsible for research, analysis, design concept ideation and development, interface and coordination with external clients and consultants, as well as internal project teams across the service lines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in urban design, landscape architecture, or architecture
- 7 to 10+ years of experience in urban design, architecture, and/or landscape architecture practices
- Proficient in MS Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and SketchUp required
- Working knowledge and experience with land use planning, residential, retail, hospitality, commercial and mixed-use development typologies
- Technical experience with physical design and planning, including site planning and programming, building layout, development yields, and massing modelling
- Solid graphic skills, including hand-sketching ability, visualization renderings (desired), plans, and document layout
- Working knowledge of urban planning, environmental planning, sustainable design, and planning
- Highly effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Nice To Haves
- Relevant urban planning certification preferred
- Proficiency in Rhino, Enscape, and other rendering software desired
- Knowledge of Grasshopper, Ladybug, and other sustainability analysis software and mapping tools desired
- Knowledge of ArcGIS and GIS analysis desired
- Knowledge of Midjourney and other latest AI tools, approved by WATG for project work desired
- Ability to apply technology and software applications creatively to support planning solutions desired
- visualization renderings (desired)
Responsibilities
- Works closely with senior leaders of the team, including the Project Director, Senior Project Urban Designer, Senior Project Planner, and the Project Manager, in developing creative physical planning concepts on a wide range of master planning project types, including large-scale master-planned development, mixed-use and infill development, resort and hospitality destination master plans, community and neighborhood-scale master planning, and vision master planning
- Conducts site analysis and project research
- Assists with project visioning, land use planning, site planning and programming, footprint layouts, and calculations
- Analyzes, synthesizes, and documents project planning and urban design processes
- Prepares high-quality 2D planning and urban design diagrams and illustrations
- Understands basic architectural design and prepares 3D project base, massing models
- Coordinates and manages project CGI production
- Able to do written reports and deliverable summaries
- Collaborates in writing and compiling a variety of document types, including planning reports, technical memoranda, design narratives, project approach, and design guidelines
- Interfaces with clients, sub-consultants, and other professionals during all stages of project development
- Directs the work and manages the production of planning concepts of other members of the team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
