Mid-Level Urban Designer (U.S. and Middle East)

Concept/Design Develop environmentally-friendly design concepts and solutions for Urban Design projects for US and international markets. Contribute to new and ongoing planning and interdisciplinary projects focused on resilience, affordability, and equity. Generate strong, cutting-edge and innovative design concepts for a range of project types including municipalities, mixed-use, retail, residential, commercial, entertainment, educational land uses, innovation districts and transit-oriented development. Coordinate and collaborate with clients and consultants to design sustainable projects incorporating environmentally friendly strategies and concepts including but not limited to LEED standards. Resiliency: Conduct climate change and sea level rise analyses and work carefully with local authorities, landscape architects and other consultants to develop state-of-the-art resiliency strategies. Analysis & Development : Prepare Urban Design analysis and alternative scenarios, as appropriate (site analysis and existing conditions) Implement zoning analyses and reviews of jurisdictional requirements and align these with project requirements. Develop Urban Design guidelines, feasibility studies, and impact analysis for a range of scales, from individual parcels to city wide planning and zoning initiatives Generate drawings, layouts, reports incorporating various aspects of projects such as materials, specifications, costs and construction time and phasing, under the direction of the Senior Urban Designer Prepare graphics, narratives, and presentations that clearly communicate the design process and concepts using various mediums like 2d and 3d diagrams, storyboards, renderings, posters and videos. Collaborate with consultants and integrate engineering and infrastructural requirements into the design. Coordinate with economic consultants on the financial feasibility of projects during the conception and formulation of projects. Community & Staff: Mentor junior staff, ensuring the quality of the work. Communicate and consult with pertinent constituencies (client, local communities, government officials, developers, interest groups, various stakeholders) to determine the functional, spatial and economic requirements of projects and create a vision for the project. Qualifications and Requirements: Master's degree in urban design, architecture and urban design, or a closely related field, and 5 years experience in any job title with duties involving urban design. Expertise required in: interpretation of urban design and architectural drawings, including plans, sections, and elevations Demonstrated ability to: creating and securing regulatory approval of Conceptual and Detailed Master Plans for design projects in the Middle East; performing varied scales of urban design and master planning in the U.S.; analyzing climate change and Urban Heat Mitigation; solving complex urban design, planning, and zoning problems across a wide range of scales ; communicating graphically and verbally with stakeholders; executing multiple design projects simultaneously In-depth knowledge of: building typologies and land uses in Middle East Position requires demonstrated ability, as evidenced by portfolio, to perform urban design using Revit, AutoCad, Rhino, Adobe Suite, and Enscape design software or equivalent design software 5% domestic travel