Overview
We seek early-career landscape architecture professionals eager to continue growing a dynamic career in a designer planner role based in our Aspen, Colorado studio. Founded in 1969, Design Workshop Inc. is an internationally recognized firm focused on landscape architecture, urban design, community and regional planning, market analysis and strategic services. We believe that when environment, economics, art, and community are combined in harmony with the dictates of the land and needs of society, magical places result-sustainable places of timeless beauty, significant value, and enduring quality. Through a closely collaborative process at all levels, Design Workshop is dedicated to creating legacy projects for our clients, for society and for the well-being of our planet. Our pioneering efforts have been recognized with hundreds of awards from such organizations as the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Planning Association, and the Urban Land Institute.
Responsibilities
In the designer/planner role, you’ll be engaged and stretched in design and technical tasks via a range of project types and scales as part of a team. Early-career designer/planners are expected to build a presence in-studio as integral members of our workshop environments. Alongside your project team mates firmwide and in-studio colleagues, you will have an immediate opportunity to :
- provide residential design, urban design, resort/recreational design, community design, site planning, neighborhood design, design guidelines, form based / hybrid codes and project management services to a wide variety of private and public clients.
- develop and implement legacy work through exceptional design, project graphic communication, planning, business development, and project management.
- act with an entrepreneurial spirit to advance the work and grow the business.
- contribute to project success through effective internal and external coordination, creative problem-solving, and diligent task completion.
Qualifications
- An undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited landscape architecture program.
- 2-4 years of professional landscape architecture and/or related work experience.
- Exceptional AutoCAD, Adobe Suite and digital production skills.
- Proficiency in graphic communication, analysis, 3D modeling programs (SketchUp, Lumion, etc.) and Adobe Suite.
- Proficiency in ArcGIS with examples of mapping and analysis, and proven experience with construction documentation
- A solid technical foundation (understanding of drawings, grading, and basic construction knowledge).
- A positive attitude and open mind towards involvement on a wide range of project types.
- Candidates must be self-motivated, take initiative, possess strong organizational and communication skills, and ready to work collaboratively.
Differentiators:
- Graduate degree in landscape architecture or combination of architecture/urban design, planning and/or engineering-oriented degrees.
- Currently pursuing licensure or possessing a license in landscape architecture.
- Pursuing or possessing certifications related to landscape/architectural/engineering profession.
If this role profile begins to capture the career journey you want to initiate or continue, please submit a complete employment application via our online portal. Applications for this opportunity will be accepted through August 15, 2025, or until filled whichever occurs first. A complete application includes: a cover letter, resume and work samples/portfolio. Please note that the combined set of documents uploaded may not exceed 10 Megabytes. We are reviewing and scheduling applicants of interest for interviews with our Aspen team starting immediately. We look forward to considering you!
Design Workshop is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not base hiring decisions on age including 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $63K - $73K depending on demonstrated project and professional work experience. As you develop and contribute to growing the firm, you will continue to also grow your compensation by qualifying for annual pay-for-performance merit increases, discretionary bonus payouts based on the firm's profitability along with professional advancement awards. In addition, we support and provide the flexibility to develop hybrid work schedules. Our benefits include personal time-off and paid holidays; comprehensive health, wealth, and well-being benefits including company paid medical premiums for employee only coverages; a health savings account (HSA) option; dental and vision coverages; a 401K plan with a 5% match; life and company-paid disability insurances. We provide public transportation and bicycle commuter expense support along with rental housing expense assistance. To support ongoing individual development, we provide financial support toward the pursuit of degrees, professional certifications, training, and licensing. We are 100% employee owned meaning that employees become participant owners in an ESOP Trust. This is designed as a long-term retirement benefit, with the employees’ accounts increasing as the value of the business increases.
