Landscape Designer

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is an international architectural company characterized by an entrepreneurial spirit, true teamwork across expertise areas and new ways of approaching conventional tasks. We have an informal work environment where camaraderie and collegial support are highly valued and where ambition, very high work morale and dedication to being the innovators of our field unify our staff. Our office culture is characterized by creativity, high energy and a strong team spirit. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a workplace where we want to be and work continuously at becoming better at what we do.

We are a company experiencing steady growth, and as we grow, we also strive to mature. We have over the past 15 years developed from a 10 to a 700 people organization in New York, London, Barcelona, Shenzhen and Copenhagen.

This is an unsolicited application form for a position as a Landscape Designer and/or Landscape Architect. After submitting your application, your material will remain active in our system for a 12-month period. Regarding our response, we will reach out to you directly if we find that your profile is suitable for an upcoming opportunity with our office.

If you wish to be considered for any future openings with our LON office, you must have 3-7 years post-grad professional experience on conceptual design, the technical side of production of drawing sets, grading and planting design, and landscape materiality.

Join us on our mission if you are a Landscape Designer who has:

• Strong conceptual and design skills with sensitivity in the human scale
• Proven experience with grading design, planting design, natural systems, materials and technical aspects of landscape architecture
• Ability to express design ideas quickly, clearly and succinctly
• Ability to develop design options in collaboration with and in support of architectural design teams
• Ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the project
• Should have strong ability with 3D modelling in Rhino, as well as AutoCAD, V-Ray, Adobe Suite (Revit is a plus)
• Strong organizational skills, able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and budget time
• Ability to take initiative in response to direction from managers
• A flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working
• Ability to work with the local management team on advancing the agenda on future of urban design, mobility, ecology, infrastructure
• Create excitement and interest around landscape architecture

Required skills and experience:

• Professional qualification as a Landscape Designer or an equivalent overseas qualification
• A minimum of 3 years professional experience as a landscape designer/architect on large-scale projects
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English- spoken and written
• Experience with landscape exercises on masterplans is a plus

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognize this and adopt a flexible approach to work.

Diversity has been part of our DNA since BIG’s foundation. A multitude of cultures and backgrounds creates a new point of reference which leads to amazing insights. At BIG, we value, celebrate and support diversity because it makes our team, work and the built environment better. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and take affirmative action to employ equally regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.