Here LA is Hiring!
Here LA is looking for bright and motivated Urban Designers to join our team!
Urban Designers at Here LA work on the full range of the firm’s projects, including developing urban design plans, maps, infographics, illustrations, project branding, collateral, presentations, and outreach materials.
As a small company, our team members are involved in all aspects of our projects. Key skill sets include: urban design, graphic design, community outreach, and GIS-based mapping. Team members must have both strong verbal and visual communication skills – the ability to translate dense planning topics and concepts into eye-catching and easy-to understand graphics and stories. Designers prepare project and marketing related deliverables and carry out creative community outreach, helping to facilitate community pop-ups and meetings. Urban Designers may also be called upon to manage projects, applying innovations and solving problems based on their past experiences. Team members are expected to have a deep interest and inquisitiveness in urban planning topics and urban form in Los Angeles and further afield. Applicants must be communicative, flexible, and positive.
Full time position, based in Los Angeles. Salary commensurate with experience.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicant must have an advanced professional degree in urban design or a related field and have 3+ years of relevant work experience.
Proficiency in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and GIS is required.
Proficiency in other programs such as SketchUp, Rhino, and CAD is a plus.
Fluency in Spanish or other languages is a plus.
Given our firm’s emphasis on pop-up and tactical urbanism, experience with design fabrication is a plus.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Submit cover letter, resume, and portfolio to: hello@here.la. Applications without these items will not be accepted.
