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.
- Lead client design meetings and establish key work priorities.
- Generate creative ideas to meet project goals and solve design challenges.
- Manage team member’s project allocation schedules and QA/QC for all design deliverables.
- Guide implementation of deliverables through construction administration phase and project close-out.
- Mentor and lead team members towards professional development and encourage a positive work environment.
- Assist in generating proposals and review proposal final drafts.
- Understand client vision and establish project goals.
- Maintain consistent communication with clients from initial contact through project close-out.
- Represent firm in public meetings and private client meetings.
- Update APL and cashflow projection monthly.
- Review and approve timesheet submissions and plot logs during billing cycle.
- Review employee requests for PTO and conduct performance review evaluations on a yearly basis.
- Manage project financials, including project budget, schedule, scope of services, terms and conditions, and report to Managing Principal and Design Principal when there is a need for an additional services request.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited college or university
- 10 to 15 years of professional experience in landscape architecture or a closely related design field
- At least 5 years of experience managing landscape architecture projects
- 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.