Internship - Landscape Architecture
Come join our award-winning design studio!
Richardson & Associates is a small landscape architecture firm making a big impact on landscapes throughout New England and beyond. The firm is located just minutes from the ocean, mountains, and the beautiful city of Portland, Maine. We have an outstanding roster of high-quality projects currently in the office and on the horizon, and are seeking a talented individual to become an integral part of our growing team.
Richardson & Associates fosters a collaborative work environment that encourages design excellence, quality, and innovation. Our projects are diverse in scale, dynamic in range, and typically include working on integrated teams with a variety of like-minded allied professionals in many fields.
The office’s portfolio includes a diverse range of high quality, design focused projects in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Project types include recreational, institutional, streetscapes, historic, civic, community/downtown, brownfields, and residential projects. The majority the firm’s distinctive residential work occurs on the state’s rugged coast and islands as well as within the mountains and alongside the lakes of the state’s interior.
Description of Opportunity
R & A offers the right applicant hands-on experience in the office as well as out in the field and on job sites. We are excited to provide an excellent learning opportunity and exposure to diverse activities and projects.
We are interested in talking further with those who have a passion for design and an eagerness to learn.
Additional information:
This internship position is anticipated to be full-time and can begin at any time of the year.
Compensation is commensurate with experience.
For the right candidate, there may be an opportunity to continue working with Richardson & Associates full-time after graduation.
If you believe you may be the right fit for our team, we’d love to hear from you! Please reach out at mail@richardsonassociates.com.
Project Assistant - Landscape Designer / Landscape Architect
Come join our award-winning design studio!
Richardson & Associates is a small landscape architecture firm making a big impact on landscapes throughout New England and beyond. The firm is located just minutes from the ocean, mountains, and the beautiful city of Portland, Maine. We have an outstanding roster of high-quality projects currently in the office and on the horizon, and are seeking a talented individual to become an integral part of our growing team.
Richardson & Associates fosters a collaborative work environment that encourages design excellence, quality, and innovation. Our projects are diverse in scale, dynamic in range, and typically include working on integrated teams with a variety of like-minded allied professionals in many fields.
The office’s portfolio includes a diverse range of high quality, design focused projects in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Project types include recreational, institutional, streetscapes, historic, civic, community/downtown, brownfields, and residential projects. The majority the firm’s distinctive residential work occurs on the state’s rugged coast and islands as well as within the mountains and alongside the lakes of the state’s interior.
Description of Opportunity
Richardson and Associates is looking to grow our team with individuals offering a variety of experience levels to help complement the needs of the studio.
We are seeking a project collaborator with a BA/BS degree in Landscape Architecture/Design who have strong organizational, time-management, and communication skills and are comfortable taking on a variety of tasks. This position is expected to contribute to the diversity of project types (public, private, non-profit) with which the office is involved from their inception through to their completion: this includes project coordination, planning, analysis, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, bidding administration, report writing, and permitting, as well as construction documentation and administration. Applicants should have interest in a very hands-on design process including playing an active role with clients, other team members, and contractors.
Applicants should be comfortable in a fast-paced work environment involving day-to-day management of multiple projects across a wide spectrum of types, sizes, and tasks. Candidates should also demonstrate a high degree of competency in areas of design and have excellent written, graphic, and technical skills. Proficiencies in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and SketchUp (and/or other 3-D modeling software) is required. This individual must be a team player, have strong organizational, time-management, and communication skills, and be comfortable managing a diversity of tasks.
We offer a competitive compensation package which includes medical benefits, retirement plan (employer match at 3%), and a relocation allowance.
Please send questions about the position to mail@richardsonassociates.com. If you believe you may be the right fit for our team, we’d love to hear from you: please send a letter of interest, résumé, and work samples / portfolio to mail@richardsonassociates.com.
Associate and Entry Level Designers
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLC, a nationally recognized landscape architecture firm specializing in residential design seeks passionate, energetic, and talented candidates for open Associate and entry-level positions in our Portland, Maine studio!
MCLD is transforming the visual and built narratives of residential garden design, proving that the value of home has never been more important in the face of global pandemic, climate change, and shifting cultural values. We believe the positive cumulative impacts of residential work are only just beginning to be understood.
Our unique grasp of what it means to live in seasonal New England drives our environmentally distinctive approach towards creating lush, ecologically balanced, contextual landscapes. We embrace an iterative and collaborative design process with our clients and work closely with the Region's most celebrated architects, interior designers, builders, suppliers and landscape construction professionals. Our gardens strengthen the connections between interior and exterior spaces, bridge our clients’ indoor and outdoor lifestyles, and grasp the dynamic rhythms of everyday life.
Applicants must share our passion for creating authentic and ecologically sincere domestic landscapes for clientele throughout the Northeast. A BSLA or MLA degree in landscape architecture is required, and relevant professional experiences for this position should include:
Associates should have 5+ years minimum work experience in a landscape architecture firm (3+ years residential work in the Northeast strongly preferred)
Excellent project management and budget monitoring skillsets
Comfort with workday travel to sites throughout the Northeast
Ability to produce accurate, highly detailed construction documentation sets
Strong knowledge of New England’s authentic plant and material palettes
Ability to independently and collaboratively work through all phases of a project
Experience managing staff, multiple clients, contractors, and collaborators simultaneously
Capacity to perform due-diligence study and permitting coordination
Have a strong work ethic and be able to tackle all assignments autonomously
Demonstrate design talents that contribute to all aspects of placemaking
Be able to adapt to the dynamic needs of the firm and its clients
Strong design sensibility, creative energy, and a sense of humor are essential! We value loyal, proactive, and pragmatic people who are thoughtful, organized, and focused. We are a hybrid work environment. Candidates must be eager to learn, possess excellent time management and communication skills, and be capable of thriving in a fast-paced atmosphere. We are a Mac office and use Vectorworks, Lumion, Adobe CC, Affinity, BQE Core, and MS Office.
Please email letters of interest, resumes, and a pdf (15mb max) of your best work or portfolio to: employment@matthew-cunningham.com with the subject: “Employment Inquiry”