Studio Practice Leader
About The Position
Design Workshop is seeking accomplished landscape architecture leaders to join their studios as Studio Practice Leaders. This role is for experienced practitioners who want to grow a practice, build client relationships, mentor future leaders, and shape the future of an employee-owned firm. Design Workshop is a 100% employee-owned landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with a global presence across seven US studios. They focus on creating resilient, meaningful places where people and environments thrive, using research, collaboration, and innovative design to transform visions into measurable impact and enduring legacies. The firm's mission is to turn ideas into impact through collaborative spirit, overcoming complexity with design, process, and purpose. The Studio Practice Leader, in partnership with the Studio Leader/Principal, is responsible for advancing the studio in four key areas: Business, Leadership, People, and Content. This is a practice-building leadership role requiring candidates with an established professional network, strong market relationships, and a proven ability to originate and secure significant new work. They should be recognized and trusted within the profession and among clients, developers, public agencies, and other relevant decision-makers. Studio Practice Leaders are expected to actively cultivate new clients and markets while expanding existing relationships, while also remaining engaged in the work, providing design judgment, strategic thinking, and technical expertise to complex challenges and creating opportunities for others to lead.
Requirements
- A well-established professional network and strong client relationships within one or more of Design Workshop’s target markets or practice areas.
- A demonstrated track record of originating, pursuing and winning significant new work.
- Recognized expertise and credibility within the profession and relevant client markets.
- Significant experience leading complex landscape architecture, planning and/or urban design projects.
- Strong project management and financial management capabilities.
- Proven experience building, mentoring and leading high-performing teams.
- Professional landscape architecture licensure.
- An undergraduate and/or graduate degree from an accredited landscape architecture program.
Responsibilities
- Leverage an established network of clients, industry leaders, collaborators and decision-makers to generate new opportunities and expand Design Workshop’s reach.
- Originate, pursue and secure new work aligned with the firm’s strategic priorities.
- Maintain a visible presence in relevant markets and industries through professional organizations, conferences, speaking, writing and thought leadership.
- Identify emerging markets, client needs and opportunities for new services.
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of opportunities that contributes meaningfully to studio and firmwide revenue.
- Lead consequential landscape architecture, planning and urban design work from vision and conceptual design through implementation.
- Bring strong design judgment, technical knowledge and strategic thinking to projects and client relationships.
- Advance design solutions that create measurable environmental, community and economic impact.
- Strengthen quality, rigor and consistency in our design and delivery practices.
- Partner with studio leadership to enhance business, practice and talent priorities.
- Serve as a visible leader within the studio and across Design Workshop.
- Develop long-range strategies for areas of responsibility and translate them into measurable actions and results.
- Champion collaboration across studios, disciplines, markets and geographies.
- Attract, mentor and develop talented professionals at multiple stages of their careers.
- Identify emerging leaders and create opportunities for them to grow.
- Foster a studio culture of curiosity, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Employer paid medical plans with health savings account (HSA) options
- Dental and eyecare coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Pet insurance
- 401K plan with a 5% company match
- Personal time-off benefits
- Financial support for volunteer efforts
- Financial support for the pursuit of professional memberships and certifications
- Employee ownership (ESOP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
