Urban Planner – Designer

Role Overview

• Support planning projects for colleges and universities, including campus master plans, district plans, and site studies, as well as specialized planning studies.
• Assist with select urban and community planning projects, particularly those that interface with campus environments.
• Conduct research related to campus and urban planning topics.
• Provide technical support to planning projects, including GIS mapping, data collection and analysis, report writing, and preparation of planning deliverables such as plans, maps, diagrams, and graphics.
• Prepare graphic and written materials, including presentations, reports, and visual communication.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including planners, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and other planning and design professionals.
• Coordinate with campus clients, public agencies, consultants, and other project stakeholders.
• Facilitate campus and community engagement activities, such as workshops, charrettes, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support proposal development and other business development efforts.

Requirements

• Professional planning experience ideally in a higher education or institutional context.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams on planning or design projects.
• Strong work ethic with a high level of organization and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in standard planning and design software tools, including Microsoft Office, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, and Bluebeam.
• Additional proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, and AutoCAD, and working ability with AI tools is preferred.
• Working knowledge of industry-standard GIS software, such as Esri’s ArcGIS.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including ability to prepare clear, concise planning reports and presentations to campus and public audiences.
• Strong graphic skills and ability to assist in the preparation of plan diagrams and graphics, including two
• and three-dimensional representations at the campus, district, and building scales.
• Quantitative and data-analytic skills are preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field, and a Master’s degree in a related discipline.
• Professional certification / licensure or ability to obtain with one or more of the following: AICP, NOMA, AIA, LEED, LEED-ND, Sites AP, or other pertinent credentials.
• Minimum of two years of experience in campus planning, urban planning, or related work with private consulting firms or higher education institutions is preferred.

Benefits

• Access to medical, dental, and vision plans
• Wellness program
• Health saving accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• Emergency travel benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional membership fee coverage
• Paid family leave
• Ten paid holidays each calendar year
• Accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
• Eligible for paid sick leave