SGA is seeking a project planner / urban designer with three-to-six years of community planning experience, preferably in urban environments, brownfields, and large-scale redevelopment projects. Our ideal candidate has supplemental experience and/or education in the fields of communications, environmental sciences, horticulture, sustainability, landscape architecture, architecture, or urban design. The successful candidate brings leadership abilities, passion, and verve to our multi-disciplinary collaborative design studio.
Stromberg/Garrigan & Associates, Inc., (SGA) is a multi-disciplinary collaborative design studio focused on the revitalization of established communities and the creative development of new places. Our firm is a national leader in urban and community revitalization specializing in urban and brownfields redevelopment planning with projects located across the U.S. SGA’s projects are diverse, ranging from major urban centers, including the Cities of Philadelphia, Norfolk, Detroit, Pittsburgh and New York, to smaller cities and towns located throughout the East Coast, Midwest, and Mountain regions.
Employment location(s):
- Norfolk, VA
- Philadelphia Metro, PA
Job Responsibilities:
- Support and contribute to project design work from master planning and analysis efforts;
- Serve as a technical resource to support and manage tasks and projects;
- Assist in the development of presentations, technical documentation, master plans and reports;
- Demonstrated experience in project communications and giving client and public presentations;
- Demonstrated experience facilitating public workshops, public meetings, and design charrettes;
- Serve clients, project teams, and staff in support of project implementation; ensure timely, cost effective, high-quality service, and product delivery.
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree (minimum) with a Masters level degree (preferred) in City and Regional Planning or Urban Design. It is desirable, but not necessary, for candidates to also hold a degree(s) in communications, environmental sciences, horticulture, sustainability, landscape architecture, architecture or urban design.
- Interest or experience with neighborhood planning and civic design.
- Interest or experience working with non-profit clients, community groups, government clients, and private clients.
- Interest or experience in facilitating client, key stakeholder, and public meetings.
- Interest or experience in strategic communication and digital/social media campaigns.
- Periodic and multi-day travel to site locations and to facilitate public engagement programs.
Proficiencies:
- English fluency (writing, speaking).
- Exemplary writing, presentation, and verbal communication/public speaking skills.
- Proficiency in ESRI ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Bluebeam, and O365 Office suite. (It is desirable that applicants have a high proficiency in all or most software packages listed to support the design studio’s work product).
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, AutoCAD 3D map, Rhinoceros, and/or Sketch Up Pro (for urban designers)
- Experience preparing and assembling presentations and report/plan document preparation and assembly.
Physical Requirements:
- Sitting for extended length of time
- Periodic and multi-day travel to site locations and to facilitate public engagement/meetings
- Fieldwork/ability to travel
- Valid driver’s license
- Listening
- Typing and handwriting
- Hand drawing
- Occasional lifting of boxes up to 50 lbs.
Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, portfolio and samples of graphic and written work to: careers@s-ga.com. Portfolio samples of work should illustrate the candidate’s strength of understanding in graphic and written presentation as well as software and hand drawing/sketching/drafting proficiencies.
Please indicate the position (Project Planner/Urban Designer) and the office location you are applying for in the subject line of your email. Phone inquiries are not accepted.
