SNIPEBRIDGE is a strategic talent solutions company specializing in connecting exceptional talent with outstanding career opportunities in the Architecture and Planning industry. We are seeking an experienced Senior Associate to join a nationally recognized landscape architecture practice.
COMPANY
Our client is an award-winning Miami-based landscape architecture studio known for creating timeless, site-responsive environments that strengthen the relationship between people, architecture, and nature. The firm’s work spans public and private projects, from intimate gardens and residences to hospitality destinations, cultural institutions, and significant urban landscapes.
Guided by principles of ecological stewardship, design rigor, and respect for natural systems, the studio creates landscapes that are visually compelling, technically resolved, and deeply connected to place. Its collaborative team carries each project from concept through construction, combining innovative design with a commitment to craftsmanship, biodiversity, and enduring environmental value.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Senior Associate will provide leadership across project delivery, client relationships, team development, and financial management. This individual will guide complex landscape architecture projects through the complete project life cycle while maintaining the firm’s standards for design excellence, technical quality, and professional service.
This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced landscape architect who can balance creative problem-solving with disciplined project management. The Senior Associate will serve as a trusted client partner, mentor project teams, manage scope and financial performance, and help ensure that design intent is successfully carried through documentation, permitting, construction administration, and closeout.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage project design deliverables according to contract terms and guidelines.
- Preparation of documents for Founding Principal’s use
- Executes assigned research and investigation tasks such as site analysis
- Creates analytical and conceptual drawings, graphics, and 3D models
- Develop and coordinate all aspects of project design from conceptual sketches through to construction documentation under the guidance of the Project Manager
- Initiate creative problem solving and contribute to collaborative design environment
- Prepare and manage design presentation packages
- Prepare and manage drawing sets
- Work with the Project Manager to draft project workplans and task lists
- Manage and accurately organize all incoming project data from clients and consultants
- Coordinate with external design teams to receive, process, integrate and respond to design updates as needed
- Oversee aspects of your internal team including tracking task/deliverables progress, drafting meeting minutes and action items
- Represent firm in client, design team and public meetings as needed
- Coordinate with and mentor junior team members
- Visit project sites to coordinate with contractors and monitor construction during the project build/installation process
- Manage and respond to RFIs as needed
- May require domestic or international travel for client meetings and/or project site visits
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited college or university
- 6 to 8 years of professional experience in landscape architecture or a closely related design field
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary projects through multiple phases of design and construction
- Strong knowledge of site grading, technical detailing, permitting, construction documentation, and construction administration
- Proven ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, and financial performance
- Experience developing proposals and supporting contract or additional-service negotiations
- Experience in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) is required. Experience with recent releases of Sketchup, Rhino, Autodesk Revit are beneficial.
- Active professional Landscape Architect license (Preferred)
- Experience leading complex, design-intensive residential, hospitality, cultural, public-realm, or institutional projects
- Demonstrated success mentoring designers and developing high-performing project teams
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.