Urban Designer Job at Perkins Eastman, New York, NY

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  • Perkins Eastman
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Life at PE:

Perkins Eastman is a global architectural design practice with expertise in all aspects of the built environment, working at all scales, and at every level of detail. With studios in 24 locations worldwide, we design for people, to leave a lasting and positive impact on the human experience and the world we inhabit. This is captured in our ethos "human by design".

We believe design is a collaborative art and we are structured as integrated practice of passionate professionals committed to delivering the best design for our clients. Our team of diverse and complementary talents work together in studios, that can draw from relevant expertise and points of view from across the whole practice to analyze and solve the specific design challenges they are working on. Within the firm we have 18 practice areas, cores of expertise, that focus as centers of knowledge and analysis, that are both an essential foundation and fuel for the creative design work. Sustainability is intrinsic to our design approach. It is an essential ingredient for the design teams throughout the process, adding valuable insights, ideas, and research to the process. For us all good design is sustainable.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an urban designer with a keen interest in Architecture and Cities. Must be interested in producing creative and original design and planning concepts involving ideas-driven design thinking leading to implementable solutions.

The Urban Designer will be involved in projects encompassing large scale mixed use, waterfronts, transit-oriented development, strategic planning, downtown revitalization, resiliency, and design of public realm. Work involves both plans and buildings. Requires a “collaborator” who is able to work with design and planning teams, consultants, and clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Advances designs for large-scale urban projects using 3D modeling and digital presentation, urban design diagramming, GIS based analytical analysis.
  • Prepare presentations for public, private, and institutional sector clients
  • Prepare and participate in stakeholder and public meetings.
  • Prepare final reports including first draft of text and layout in Adobe InDesign. Responsible for primarily conceptual, and schematic design.
  • Collaboration within multidisciplinary, Mult consultant design and planning teams.

Primary Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Architecture required. Degree in Urban Design a plus.
  • One-three years’ experience (maximum) in Urban Design and Planning projects in the U.S. preferred.
  • Experience with large-scale urban and mixed-use development and planning projects.
  • High-quality three dimensional rendering
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Strong digital and hand graphic/diagraming to help present and explain complex design concepts.
  • Verbal communications; ability to write narrative text a plus
  • ‘Software agnostic’ mindset
  • Proficient with AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Affinity; 3D software such as Sketchup. Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper, video editing a plus.

What we offer you:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
  • 401k Options
  • PTO
  • Company Paid Holidays
  • Life Insurance
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Professional Development
  • Competitive salary

PE has a hybrid policy that allows flexibility for our employees in managing their working days and hours to cater to their diverse needs.

Salary Range: $65,000 - $72,000

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographical work location.

Perkins Eastman is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information

Please note that we are not engaging in any external recruitment agencies for this position.

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