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Entry Level Landscape Designer

Stromberg Garrigan & Associates, Inc.
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Entry Level Landscape Designer – Entry to 1+ years of experience


 Role Overview:


The SGA Design Studio is seeking an entry-level Landscape Designer with up to one year of professional experience in landscape architecture. This role is central to shaping thoughtful, high-quality design work from early concept through construction. It blends creative problem-solving and strong communication skills to support a collaborative studio environment and delivers exceptional project outcomes. SGA fosters a learning-focused studio culture that encourages innovation, curiosity, and leadership across all aspects of our practice. Successful applicants demonstrate strong leadership potential, technical rigor, and a genuine enthusiasm for contributing to a multidisciplinary design team.

 

Company Overview:


SGA is a multidisciplinary, collaborative design studio dedicated to revitalizing established communities, transforming previously developed lands, and shaping innovative public places. Our team is recognized nationally for leadership in urban and community revitalization, with specialized expertise in brownfield redevelopment, waterfront resilience, and public space design with a strong emphasis on implementation. Our core market sectors include Reuse & Revitalization, Waterfronts & Resilience, and Parks & Public Spaces. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive, welcoming, and collaborative team environment that supports creativity, innovation, and shared success.
 

Employment location:

  • Norfolk, VA (Hampton Roads Region)

 

Envisioning your experience at SGA:

  • Communicate design ideas with clarity and impact through strong writing, compelling presentations, and confident verbal storytelling.
  • Shape projects from concept to construction, contributing to master planning, analytical studies, detailed drawings, and specification development.
  • Collaborate with the SGA studio to produce beautifully crafted presentations, conceptual and schematic designs, design-development packages, construction details, permitting sets, and visually rich technical documents.
  • Support the creation of immersive client presentations, public workshops, and design charrettes that spark imagination and invite participation.
  • Manage individual design tasks with precision while staying deeply connected to the collaborative rhythm of the studio — in person, VOIP, and video call communication platforms.
  • Work fluidly within a creative team environment, integrating feedback and direction to elevate design intent and strengthen project outcomes.
  • Provide responsive, thoughtful support to project managers and clients, ensuring design excellence, efficiency, and high-quality delivery at every stage.
  •  Demonstrate strong hand-drawing, drafting, and rendering abilities, supported by a portfolio that showcases artistic range, process thinking, and a refined understanding of scale, form, and spatial depth.
  • Bring technical design strength in developing presentation graphics, 3D/BIM models, renderings, construction documents, specifications, and cost estimates.
  • Apply plant knowledge, planting design skills, and site grading expertise to craft landscapes that balance beauty, performance, and ecological intention.
  • Work confidently across a robust digital design toolkit — AutoCAD (Land F/X preferred), Civil 3D/3D Map, Rhino, SketchUp Pro, Lumion, D5, Adobe Creative Cloud, Bluebeam, and Microsoft 365 — with strong proficiency in AutoCAD and most listed platforms.


Candidate Requirements:

 

  • Accredited bachelor's degree (minimum) in Landscape Architecture.
  • Accredited master's degree (preferred) in Landscape Architecture.
  • It is desirable, but not necessary, for candidates to hold dual degrees in Communication, environmental sciences, horticulture, architecture or urban design.
  • It is preferred candidates, but not required, to have one of the following:
    • One (1) to three (3) internships, totaling 3 to 9 months of relevant work experience, or
    • One year of professional, post-graduation employment at an AEC industry design firm.
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with government clients, developers, non-profit clients, and community groups.
  • Capability to function independently as well as demonstrate initiative during SGA design team collaboration in multiple offices.
  • Proficiency in time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
  • Exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Open, clear, and honest communicator.
  • Proactive, initiating, and positive, can-do attitude.


Physical Requirements:

  • Sitting for extended length of time
  • Fluency in public speaking in the English Language
  • Fieldwork/ability to travel with a valid driver’s license
  • Listening
  • Typing and handwriting
  • Hand drawing
  • Occasional lifting of boxes up to 50lbs

 
Ready to join?


Please contact SGA at careers@s-ga.com. Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you would be a good fit for SGA Studio. Please include the following:
 

  • Letter of interest and resume
  • Portfolio and samples of work
  • Tell us about a landscape or a piece of art that inspires you.
  • What was a great personal or professional “win” you had recently?

Please indicate the position (Entry Level Landscape Designer) and the office location (NFK) you are applying for in the subject line of your email. Phone inquiries are not accepted.


Stromberg Garrigan & Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.