MNLA’s New York City-based practice is seeking Landscape Designers with three to five and five-seven years of experience to join our team to create inspired landscapes and envision thoughtful place-making.

Required Skills:

• We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed candidate that demonstrates the following skills:
• Highly organized with strong written, graphic, and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and 3d modeling
• Experience managing projects of varying size
• Experience in all phases of design and construction
• Self-starter that can thrive in a team environment with the ability to coordinate and collaborate with other consultants and client teams
• Knowledge of plant material
• Familiarity with both remote and in-person work models  

 Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Landscape Architect with licensure preferred
•  A BLA or MLA from an accredited landscape architecture program
• Experience with both public and private clients
• Experience with community-based design process 

MNLA invests in its employees and offers a competitive salary based on experience, annual professional practice allowances for continuing education and licensure, health insurance and FSA, and a 401k/Profit Sharing Plan. Our team engages in active mentorship at all phases of design from concept to construction. 

This is a full-time position based in New York City for immediate hire. The office currently works in a flexible-hybrid model that allows staff to balance their individual schedule with a minimum of three days in our lower Manhattan office. 

All MNLA employees and interns must be fully vaccinated/boosted against COVID-19.

MNLA is an equal-opportunity employer.

Please email letter of interest, resume with three references, and portfolio to Ms. Katrina Williams, Human Resources Administrator at kwilliams@mnlandscape.com. No phone calls please.

• Subject line shall indicate LANDSCAPE DESIGNER POSITION. 
• Portfolio images must be sent as a single PDF no larger than 20 MB. Portfolio should clearly indicate applicant’s role on project and work authorization status. 
• Candidates will receive email confirmation that their material was received.

 Schedule:

Deadline for submission of application materials is December 13, 2024.

Selection, including video conference interviews, will begin thereafter.

On September 30th, Yale University celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Physical Sciences and Engineering Building (PSEB), the centerpiece of the Upper Science Hill Development (USHD), which spans 16 acres and 611,000 square feet.

The complex will serve as a hub for quantum science, engineering, and materials initiatives. It embraces the topography of New Haven’s urban and landscape context, and integrates the campus with the surrounding neighborhood. The USHD is one of Yale’s largest and most complex buildings to date, and it embodies the client and the design team's commitment to excellence, sustainability, and community-oriented design.

This groundbreaking commences Phase 1 of 2, with construction completion projected for 2030.

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As part of New York Climate Week, MNLA Principal Molly Bourne will be taking part in a panel discussion on September 24 to discuss coastal resilience initiatives that preserve access to the waterfront while integrating public space. Join us! Please click through for registration info.

Present-day climate change is intimately linked to geological and environmental history. Living Landscapes is an upcoming talk and tour that brings the past, present, and future of landscape into focus.

Kim Fendrich, educator and program coordinator at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, will provide an overview of the billion-year evolution of the Hudson Valley landscape that continues to shape the region today.

Signe will then discuss MNLA's recent work at Pocantico's David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center as well as additional project experience.

An up close look at the features introduced in both presentations is scheduled as a tour after the Q&A and reception.

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On Tuesday, July 16 Associate Principal Johanna Phelps with Rockefeller University's George Candler led a tour for Metro Hort of MNLA's design of the 1.4 acre Stavros Niarchos Foundation David Rockefeller River Campus landscape.

Completed in 2018, the landscape frames both expansive and intimate views, with native plantings offering a lush landscape of texture and movement. The open space now engages Rockefeller's riverfront location and affords scientists respite and a place for dialogue.

On Friday June 14th, NJ ASLA, MNLA, and MBC hosted a unique walking tour of two prominent Jersey City Waterfront Public spaces: Newport Green and Pier, and Exchange Place Memorial Plaza. Insights into the respective spaces were shared, including their connection to the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and their significance to the surrounding communities. This event offered 2 CEUs for LLA's.

Associate Principal Dan Yannaccone will visit his alma mater Rutgers University for a landscape architecture student portfolio review on Saturday, April 27th from 12-3pm. Held in Blake Hall at the New Brunswick campus, the review is scheduled in conjunction with Rutgers Day and organized by the Rutgers Landscape Architecture Grad Club.

MNLA has been awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Landscape Architecture Foundation for the proposal Ethically Sourcing: Specifying Forced-Labor Free Materials in Landscape Architecture.

How can the field of landscape architecture evaluate its exposure risk to materials produced through forced labor? Can more conscientious sourcing of construction materials address this important question of social equity? Over the next year, a team at MNLA led by Noriko Maeda, RLA, ASLA and an academic partner, Franca Trubiano, PhD will explore these questions and more, researching how landscape architects can use project specifications and procurement processes to address these critical issues and help to advance fair labor practices.

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