Urban Designer/Planner

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Position Responsibilities

• Actively promotes the City Design Practice within home o ce

• Develops plans and policies, directs research, and helps provide strategic direction for complex projects

• Develops and directs e cient approaches to develop ideas, communicate design intent, and ful ll scope requirements.

• Directs delivery of planning and urban design projects in all phases.

• Ensures adherence to quality and consistency standards for all CDP planning and urban design work products research, analysis, site planning, design guidelines, renderings and visualization.

• Ensures regular and active review of deliverables for compliance with project requirements."
  

• Helps elevate project thinking, manage the project team, and oversee project work plans and support practice initiatives.

• Collaborates with and provides regular updates to the project leaders.

• Participate in organizational management including team building and staff training, contributing to o ce culture, strategic planning.

• Support project sta ng and manage resources.

• Coordinate with project managers to implement on nancial management"

• Participate in mentorship of junior staff and support o ce-wide studio culture

• Actively engage in recruitment and retention of key staff; encourage and support individualized professional development of entire studio

• Facilitates decision making in the public interest

• Prepare clear and cogent client/public presentations.

• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and others during various stages of project development.

• Engage in new business development, cultivating relationships with consultants, and supporting the provision of exceptional service to clients.

• Actively participates in local City Design Practice initiatives and makes substantive contributions to the advancement of activities of the CDP Global Practice. Lead annual awards cycles / applications

Leadership Responsibilities

• Actively leads multiple projects and teams.

• Established as a o cewide resource in an area of expertise for market, discipline, or department.

• Directly supervises, trains, and mentors team members.

• Engages in talent strategy to nd specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the rm through resume review, interviews, and leveraging personal network.

• Demonstrates leadership in the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.

• Creates and drives new ways of working through contributing to the development of services, standards, procedures based in an understanding of the business principles that protect SOM from nancial and legal risk.