Career Opportunities

Join SWA/Balsley!

Join our team at SWA/Balsley to develop and strengthen your emerging design & technical expertise working on high profile, award-winning projects in NYC, the US, and abroad.

SWA/Balsley is actively seeking creative, highly skilled junior-level landscape designers with minimum 1 year of experience for immediate employment in our New York City studio.

In this role, you will collaborate with a team of talented designers and studio leadership, including National ASLA Design Medalist Tom Balsley. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a dynamic studio, develop a robust portfolio of built work of the highest design caliber, and engage with various other studios of SWA – the largest design-centric landscape architecture firm in the U.S.

Including fully funded semi-annual bonuses, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, full 401K match, generous health insurance, and H1B sponsorship in the U.S. where applicable, SWA/Balsley offers an unparalleled benefit package. SWA is 100% Employee Owned. SWA/Balsley is an equal opportunity employer.

About the position:

SWA/Balsley is seeking an exceptionally competent and highly motivated junior-level candidate with minimum 1 year of professional experience. This is a promising opportunity for a designers who aspires to contribute to and thrive within a studio practice that works both locally and internationally and is empowered by a collaborative and congenial office setting.

Why SWA/Balsley?

• • Grow with an established, resource-rich firm with a national design reputation.

• • SWA/Balsley places equal design value on all facets of work.

• • Extraordinary growth potential within SWA/Balsley.

• • Opportunities to cross-fertilize with SWA’s eight other studios across the U.S. and abroad.

• • Unparalleled benefits package unique to SWA Group which includes employee stock contributions.

A Few Current Projects

• • Innovation QNS in Astoria, New York

• • Fordham Landing in the Bronx, New York

• • Success Academy K-12 Campus in the Bronx, New York

• • JFK Boulevard Streetscape in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Uptown ATX in Austin, Texas

• • Courthouse Park in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • TPLink Headquarters in Shenzhen, China

• • OSIRIA in Busan, South Korea
  • Jeddah Central District in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Wadi Safar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Golden Gate in Cairo, Egypt

• • Durres Yachts Marina in Durres, Albania

Minimum Requirements:

• • Accredited Degree in Landscape Architecture

• • Minimum 1 year of professional experience in a landscape architecture firm
  • Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
  • Attention to detail and organization

• • Strong communication skills (graphic, written, and verbal)
  • Effective time management skills
  • Positive attitude and sense of accountability

• • Proficiency in:
    • • AutoCAD
    • • 3D modeling (Rhino or SketchUp)
        • • Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.)
        • • Lumion

Preferred Qualifications:

• • Revit

• • Grasshopper

• • ArcMap/ ArcGIS

• • Hand sketching

Apply:

• • Portfolio (20MB max.)

• • Resume/CV

• • Cover letter

• • 2-3 professional references

Send materials in PDF format to slee@swabalsley.com. We will carefully consider your application during our initial screening and contact you if you are selected for an interview by video-conference.

Learn more about our firm at http://swabalsley.com and https://www.swagroup.com/.