Urban Designer

Description

• Provide mentorship and training to junior designers, elevating team capabilities in software, design approaches, and graphic communication.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with clients and colleagues, including cross-functional teams, peers, direct reports, and leadership, fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Coordinate design work with architecture, engineering, landscape, and planning teams, resolving conflicts and integrating technical requirements.
• Conduct quality-control reviews of drawings, diagrams, reports, and presentations to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with Stratus standards.
• Lead detailed design development for master plans, redevelopment strategies, public-realm plans, and large-scale urban frameworks, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Produce advanced 2D and 3D design studies, including refined massing, development scenarios, streetscape layouts, and public realm design concepts.
• Oversee the creation of high-quality diagrams, renderings, visualizations, and presentation materials, ensuring visual consistency and clarity.
• Contribute to project management tasks, including defining scopes of work, estimating design hours, and monitoring progress on deliverables.
• Support and facilitate community engagement events, including charrettes, workshops, and public presentations.
• Interpret zoning, development regulations, and policy frameworks, identifying opportunities and constraints that shape urban design solutions.
• Direct major sections of planning reports, proposals, and design narratives, integrating graphics, data, and spatial analysis.
• Synthesize complex site, regulatory, environmental, and demographic data into clear and actionable design recommendations.
• Represent the design team in client and stakeholder meetings, presenting design work, gathering feedback, and recommending strategic adjustments.

Requirements

• Familiarity with sustainability, resilience, and equitable development strategies
• Understanding of transportation systems, infrastructure design, and multimodal planning.
• Strong writing skills for client-facing reports, proposals, and technical documents.
• Ability to lead and independently develop major project components with minimal oversight.
• Strong knowledge of zoning frameworks, entitlement processes, and planning policies.
• Master’s degree in Urban Design or related discipline.
• Ability to remain seated for extended periods while working at a computer or attending meetings.
• Ability to translate complex research and policy frameworks into design-driven recommendations.
• Deep knowledge of urban design theory, public-realm design, and development feasibility.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and balance competing deadlines.
• Adapt to changing business needs and priorities, demonstrating flexibility in taking on new responsibilities and adjusting to evolving challenges.
• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Design , Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, or related field.
• Ability to engage confidently with clients, stakeholders, and public audiences.
• Ability to mentor others and contribute to talent development within the studio.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced design, modeling, and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in person, over the phone, and through written communication.
• Experience with form-based codes, transportation planning, or advanced GIS analytics.
• Expert-level proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and 3D modeling software (Rhino, SketchUp, or equivalent).
• Highly skilled at producing presentations, renderings, and complex analytical graphics.
• Public engagement and client-facing experience.
• Occasional light physical activity such as walking, standing, or carrying materials (up to25lbs.).
• Demonstrated leadership of complex design tasks and large-scale deliverables.
• 5–7 years of urban design or related experience.
• Frequent use of standard office equipment, including computers, keyboards, telephones, and printers.
• Strong coordination and communication skills with multidisciplinary teams and clients.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance