Description
About You
Berger Partnership is seeking motivated, creative, and organized individuals with a minimum of 5 years’ experience to join our design team based in Seattle, WA. We celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion, believing it makes our work better and our lives richer, and we encourage people of all backgrounds, orientations, and abilities to apply. The ideal candidate brings a degree in landscape architecture or a related field, hands-on project management experience, and a genuine enthusiasm for contributing to a diverse range of project types. Project manager training or certification is a bonus but not required.
About Us
Our 30-person studio located in Pike Place Market is passionate, supportive, and proud of what we do. We take our role as stewards of the environment seriously and continuously strive to achieve balance between program (people) and site (nature). We bring an ethic of sustainability, ecological awareness, resource efficiency, and regenerative design to all our projects. We support the social justice transparency platform tool developed by the International Living Future Institute called JUST. Certification includes diversity, equity, safety, employee benefit, local benefit, and community stewardship.
Berger Partnership operates on a hybrid work model, with flexibility to work remotely for a portion of the week. See our website for additional information about the firm. Berger Partnership is an E-Verify firm.
Compensation and Benefits
$80-110K base salary dependent upon experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, long-term care insurance, profit sharing, 401(k) Safe Harbor, FSA, ORCA card, vacation, holiday, as well as paid wellness leave, professional development, and community volunteering time.
How to Apply
Please send an electronic copy (PDF preferred) of cover letter, portfolio, and resume to resumes@bergerpartnership.com
Requirements
The Work
A project manager is a core member of our studio, helping shape both our projects and our collaborative culture. This role bridges design vision and delivery, guiding projects from concept through implementation while fostering clear communication among team members, clients, the public, and partner consultants. Project managers participate in and often lead internal and external meetings, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and oversee the development of technical documentation that supports thoughtful, well-crafted work. You will be involved in multiple projects at once, working closely with designers at all levels, taking a proactive, organized, and team-oriented approach is essential. While day-to-day responsibilities will vary, we are seeking a project manager who values collaboration, takes pride in mentoring, and is invested in contributing to a positive, engaged studio environment, including the following key responsibilities and characteristics:
- Highly organized, focused, and detail-oriented, with the ability to confidently manage and track multiple projects across varying phases of design and implementation.
- Strong aesthetic sensibility paired with technical skill in graphic production, including compelling 2D and 3D design communication, project renderings, and the assembly of clear, engaging reports, narratives, and presentations.
- Proficient in technical documentation using Revit (preferred) and CAD with experience across all aspects of landscape architecture including hardscape, planting, site furnishings, grading, and coordination with consultant disciplines.
- Adept at prioritizing tasks and managing time effectively to meet deadlines while staying adaptable and maintaining a high standard of quality and craft.
- Naturally curious and motivated to explore the practical, built realities of landscape architecture, with an interest in how design decisions translate from concept to construction.
- Interested in growing with the firm over time, with opportunities to take on increasing responsibility, contribute to project leadership, and help shape both our work and our studio culture.
- An interest in experimenting with emerging tools and technologies—such as digital fabrication and mixed/virtual reality—is a valued bonus, offering opportunities to contribute fresh perspectives and evolving workflows within the studio.
Preferred Software Skills
Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, 3D modeling, Lumion
