Project Manager / Landscape Designer

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Start Date: 8.15.23  Compensation: Pay is commensurate with experience and knowledge

Todd Haiman Landscape Design (THLD) is a small, collaborative growing firm looking to add another key partner. Our work encompasses a range of residential urban and suburban gardens. The majority of our work is within the confines of New York City designing, administrating, project managing, installing and maintaining terrace gardens in upscale condo/coop buildings and townhouse gardens. 

A smaller subset of our work are second and third homes outside of NYC in the Northeast. We seek to create original, holistic ideas based upon academic principles for our clientele. Our goal is to create outdoor spaces that embody a sense of place, offer a functional and sustainable perspective, address the users of the space and their programming needs, all the while providing site-specific and imaginative solutions to the challenges and opportunities of the site. We collaborate with architects, structural + civil engineers, landscape architects, artists, expeditors, fabricators, carpenters and various other contractors to plan and build our gardens. 

We invite you to research our website and blog for additional company information and our ethos.

Responsibilities/Duties

Project Management

  • Overseeing project timelines internally (using Gantt charts and project management software, Monday)
  • Coordinate contracted professionals: arranging meetings, monitoring fabrication of deliverables, and scheduling delivery/installation dates (*detail oriented*)
  • Take meticulous meeting notes and index all relevant emails, documents, and design work. Ultimately, creating a legible and organized archive of each project’s development.

Design Work 

  • Collaborate with THLD team to design sustainable outdoor spaces incorporating native plant selections, an informed sense of place, and imaginative solutions to clients’ needs
  • Shepherd landscape design projects through the design, budgeting/planning, installation, and maintenance process
  • Model proposed designs in Sketch Up and communicate effective, compelling design presentations to clients
  • Assist with drawing sets of final designs in AutoCAD
  • Request RFPs from a range of contracted professionals (including architects, engineers, masons, metalworkers, horticulturists, arborists, irrigation and lighting specialists, etc.)

Marketing & Social Media 

  • Contribute to bi-monthly blog posts
  • Visually document project developments and share with online communities (*storytelling*)
  • Dedicate time to marketing outreach and maintaining SEO ranking of the company website

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Positive attitude, self-motivated, dependable, hard-working, honest & capacity to keep it real.
  • Ability to organize multiple projects and deadlines and work closely with a team
  • Graphic design and presentation skills
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD, Photoshop, Sketchup, Microsoft Word, Excel, Apple Keynote, Pages, Numbers
  • Project management/project coordination experience
  • Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
  • Excellent written communication and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Effective time management skills
  • High standard of workmanship and presentation

    EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:
  • 1-3 years of professional experience. 
  • Degree in landscape design, landscape architecture or architecture (BLA or MLA) preferred, though we will also give consideration to suitable candidates with relevant experience and training. We are open-minded and acknowledge that talented individuals can bring a unique and divergent set of skills to a position and master it. Seeking a creative & talented Entry Level Project Manager in Landscape Design for immediate employment.

Additional Information

COMPENSATION - Pay is commensurate with experience and knowledge

TO APPLY: Please send to the following: cover letter, resume, and portfolio in PDF format (2 MB maximum size, please). Portfolios should demonstrate an ability to effectively convey information and ideas in a presentation format. Cover letter should demonstrate an ability to express information in writing in a clear and concise manner. In your cover letter/resume, please provide a brief overview of prior work, any relevant life history, goals, and salary requirements. No telephone calls please. Due to high response volume, we can only respond to those candidates we wish to interview.  Please note mandated vaccines are a condition of employment.

Contact Information

THLD
Email: info@thld.nyc