Landscape Designer I

Description

RIOS is an international design collective committed to creating wonder within the built environment through design. We believe in using design as a tool for optimism, fostering innovation, and shaping meaningful experiences. Our approach integrates architecture, placemaking, landscape architecture, and experience design to ensure our projects are resilient, innovative, and inclusive.

About the Role

The Designer I role at RIOS is an entry-level position designed to support project teams through various stages of design, including ideation, modeling, drafting, visualization, and technical production. This role also involves contributing to the broader design process, participating in research, and supporting the maintenance of project files and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design process through ideation, modeling, drafting, visualization, and technical production across project phases.
• Aid in the preparation of graphics, diagrams, renderings, presentations, and early technical documentation aligned with project goals and design intent.
• Communicate design concepts and thinking through visual, written, and verbal presentations.
• Contribute innovative ideas and engage in project tasks and team discussions.
• Support project teams in conducting research, precedent studies, sustainability investigations, and early technical explorations.
• Support project teams through digital modeling, visualization, documentation, and presentation development.

Requirements

• Strong design sensibility and passion for creativity and innovation.
• Excellent graphic communication and visualization skills.
• High degree of self-motivation, curiosity, flexibility, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to work effectively in collaborative and interdisciplinary team environments.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Commitment to sustainable and responsible design practices.
• Experience with software such as Revit, Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), and other visualization or modeling tools.
• Familiarity with BIM workflows preferred.
• Experience with Lumion, Grasshopper, Dynamo, SignAgent, or similar design technologies is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or equivalent professional experience.
• 0–3 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture.

Benefits & Perks

• Hybrid work environment.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• 401(k) matching.
• PTO package.
• Reduced summer work hours.

Equal Opportunity Statement

RIOS is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified candidates with arrests/conviction records will not be excluded from consideration.

Pay

$67,000 - $79,000 per year.