About Understory
Founded in 2022, Understory Landscape Architecture is a women-owned firm focused on developing high-quality, meaningful landscapes throughout the Pacific Northwest. We are a mission-based firm that believes in the importance of storytelling, human experience, and our impact on the environment. We develop site-specific design concepts for each project that carry through from early conceptual design to construction detailing. We have a wide range of projects including public parks, affordable housing, and non profit organizations.

The Opportunity
This position is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of an emerging firm’s design culture and processes. We are looking for someone who has a desire to be involved in every aspect of Understory’s projects from concept development to construction observation and is motivated to advance in their career quickly. You would be a good fit for this position if you are curious, have an enthusiasm for design, are self motivated, and have a strong attention to detail. Are you a critical thinker who enjoys solving design problems? We want to hear from you.

You should have the ability to immediately contribute to work in all phases of projects including conceptual development, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration. Prior experience preparing design development and construction document sets is required. The ideal candidate will have excellent design communication skills including written communication, hand drawing, illustrative graphics, and technical documentation. The position will involve remote collaboration. The ability to work independently, self-edit work, and command a high level of accuracy is required.

The position requires a degree in landscape architecture from an accredited university (BLA or MLA) and a minimum of two years of experience working as a landscape architect/landscape designer. Professional experience using AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, Google and Microsoft programs and developing 3D models (Sketchup or Rhino) and renderings for design studies and presentation graphics is required.

This position will be full-time (32-40 hours a week) and located in either Portland or Bend. We are a hybrid office and work in person together 2-3 days per week. We value work-life balance and support flexible schedules.

Salary and Benefits
Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include OregonSaves IRA, paid time off and holidays, health stipend, and education stipend

Understory Landscape Architecture is an equal opportunity employer.

Please email a single PDF comprising a cover letter, resume with references, and up to 10 pages of a graphic portfolio (10 MB maximum file size) to Amy Cragg amy@understory.design and Andrea Kuns andrea@understory.design