Hybrid Urban Designer, Campus Planner

at Freese and Nichols

• Job title: Urban Designer, Campus Planner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Urban Designer/Campus Planner at Freese and Nichols managing urban design and campus planning projects. Collaborating with cross-functional teams in a creative studio-like atmosphere across Texas and North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative environment as part of a multi-discipline team
• Demonstrate ability to produce well-written reports and highly visual documents
• Develop design projects from conceptual design through schematic design and construction administration
• Manage personal timeliness and technical correctness of a project to ensure quality work within client budgets
• Travel as needed for project commitments, including overnight travel
• Prepare and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops
• Assist with marketing and client development for planning assignments
• Represent the company at conferences and make presentations to clients
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate detailed phases of large planning projects
• Maintain liaisons with individuals inside and outside of the company
• Draft proposals and statements of qualification
• Supervise technicians and other planners when performing project tasks

Requirements

• 10+ years of urban design and campus planning-related work experience
• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in urban planning, landscape architecture or architecture is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketchup and rendering/visualization programs
• Strong freehand illustration and rendering skills
• AICP certification, or Registered Landscape Architect or Architect in the office location state or ability to gain reciprocal licensing
• Experience in project management of multiple and complex projects, facilitation and engagement, project and scope development

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Paid overtime for salaried employees
• Annual bonus
• Access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico
• Flexible work environment with hybrid schedule including up to 40% remote work
• Alternative work schedule program providing a day off every other Friday