Sr. Landscape Designer

Job description:

For more than 73 years, we’ve been designing landscapes meant to last—both in the ground and in the lives of the people who experience them.

We are a privately owned, multi-generation firm with a clear succession plan and a long-term vision: to create thoughtful, enduring landscapes for discerning residential and commercial clients, while building a studio where designers can do the most meaningful work of their careers.

We’re looking for a Senior Landscape Designer who leads with design excellence, communicates ideas with confidence, and values collaboration as part of the creative process.

A Design-First Role (With Real Responsibility)

This role is for a designer who wants to:

• Lead design from concept through approval
• Work closely with clients who value quality and taste
• Design with strong plant knowledge, material sensitivity, and spatial clarity
• See their ideas realized through close collaboration with experienced teams

You’ll be trusted with creative leadership, client relationships, and meaningful responsibility—without being pulled into construction management.

What You’ll Be Designing

• Luxury residential landscapes with architectural clarity and restraint
• Experiential commercial and institutional environments
• Projects where planting, hardscape, and spatial sequencing matter
• Work that values longevity, not trends

If your background includes studios like Hoerr & Schaudt, Mariani Landscape, SWT, or similar design-led firms, you’ll feel at home here.

How We Work (Without the Buzzwords)

We believe:

• Strong ideas deserve thoughtful execution
• Collaboration improves design outcomes
• Clarity early leads to better work later
• Design excellence and professional discipline go hand in hand

This is a place where good design is respected—and supported.

Who Thrives Here

You’ll likely enjoy this role if you:

• Care deeply about design quality and planting
• Enjoy presenting and refining ideas with clients
• Value working within a thoughtful, professional studio environment
• Want long-term growth, not just your next project

This probably isn’t the right seat if you prefer working in isolation or chasing personal spotlight over collective success.

Experience We’re Looking For

• 5 years of professional landscape design experience
• Strong planting knowledge and design judgment
• Comfort presenting and selling design ideas
• Vectorworks experience strongly preferred
• Luxury residential or experiential commercial experience
• Landscape Architecture licensure (or path toward licensure) is a plus

*Why This Is a Rare Opportunity*

• A design-forward studio inside a stable, 73-year privately owned company
• Clear leadership, clear succession, and long-term thinking
• Premier clients and meaningful projects
• Compensation that rewards both design excellence and contribution

*The Bottom Line*

This is a role for a designer who wants their work—and their career—to endure.

• If you’re looking for a studio that values taste, collaboration, and longevity as much as creativity, we should talk.ojects is a plus.