Landscape Architect / Designer Job at VITA, Scottsdale, AZ

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  • VITA
  • Scottsdale, AZ

Job Description

Company Overview

VITA Planning and Landscape Architecture, Inc. is located north of San Francisco in Marin County. The firm focuses on planning and landscape design for large-scale, high-end recreation communities, urban mixed-use developments, hotels, and resorts. Projects often involve innovative approaches to unique market opportunities, sensitive environments, historic contexts, or complex approval processes. VITA has successfully completed projects across the United States, the Caribbean, Hawai’i, Asia, Central and South America, and the Pacific Rim.

VITA is comprised of planners, architects, and landscape architects who aim to harmonize the built environment with natural settings through collaborative design. Their approach incorporates an understanding of local cultures, history, and the natural environment, ensuring cultural connections to place.

Position Role & Responsibilities

As a member of the team, responsibilities include:

  • Design (design studies, sketches, and conceptual studies using hand drawing and digital media)
  • 3D modeling
  • Producing presentation graphics and presentations
  • Assisting in preparation of construction drawings/documents, sets (grading plans, planting plans, layout plans, technical details and specifications)
  • Assisting in development of site development plans for approval in compliance with plans, specifications, and ordinances
  • Compiling and analyzing data on site conditions
  • Preparing cost estimates, technical reports, and memos
  • Participating in meetings (including oral presentations, interaction with clients and consultant teams, and travel)
  • Collaborating with senior designers and principals from conceptual design through construction documentation

Requirements

A professional undergraduate or graduate degree or certificate in landscape architecture or architecture from an accredited program.

Candidate Qualifications

  • Strong design skills
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Attention to detail and organization
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Effective time management skills
  • Leadership qualities and initiative; self-motivation
  • Ability to take direction
  • Positive attitude
  • Sense of accountability
  • Willingness to travel (subject to Covid conditions)
  • Technical understanding of landscape architecture site development elements
  • Licensure as a landscape architect, planner, or architect (or in progress) is a bonus

Proficiency in

  • AutoCAD
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
  • Microsoft Office
  • 3D modeling (SketchUp and Rhino)
  • Lumion
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Hand sketching

Additional experience with the following is desirable

  • Revit
  • Grasshopper
  • ArcMap/ArcGIS
  • Bluebeam Revu

Application Requirements

  • Portfolio (PDF, 15MB max.)
  • Resume/CV (Word or PDF)
  • Contact info for 2-3 references
  • Email or cover letter

Job Tags

Local area,

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