Planning - Sr Urban Designer

HOK is a collective of future-forward thinkers and designers who are driven to face the critical challenges of our time. We are dedicated to improving people’s lives, serving our clients and healing the planet. Together, we cultivate a culture of design excellence at the confluence of art and science, blending the power of creative expression with a clear sense of purpose.

Participate in all phases of large-scale projects for a variety of clients. Capable of selling and delivering a range of services in a variety of client situations.

• Uses advanced knowledge of urban design to contribute towards the success of the team, to design and manage urban design projects, guides internal teams and consultants towards firmwide design excellence and problem solving.
• Develops a deep understanding of client’s program requirements, standards and policies. Directs selection of appropriate key performance metrics to guide design and support client project goals and ensures their integration into design decision making and documentation.
• Strategic application of advanced understanding of urban design benchmarks and precedents, for a range of project types, based on extensive professional experience, towards project and client needs.
• Leads urban design concepts, strategy, creative direction and project organization for design teams.
• Uses advanced knowledge of planning concepts and controls for a range of urban design project types to guide team approaches to the creation and modification of urban design documents, drawings and performs advanced calculations, ensuring the incorporation of design intent.
• Coordinates all aspects of urban design project deliverables, including defining and controlling scope of work, schedules and workplans to guide clients and project teams. Effectively coordinates with outside design and consulting partners towards project design goals.
• Displays critical thinking and creativity in initiating urban design approaches, manages the creation and modification of urban design documents and ensures incorporation of design intent.
• Leads team strategy for urban design frameworks, systems diagrams and conceptual plans under guidance of Regional Lead / PIC. Provides creative direction, providing outlines and structure for design teams. Develops content for external presentation. Demonstrates advanced understanding of the relationship between design and feasibility.
• Assesses and directs urban design process and team workflow improvements, incorporates integrated sustainable design solutions and promotes best practices in design thinking in project deliverables.
• Directs urban design concepts based on advanced knowledge of site planning strategies. Ability to articulate impacts to overall district composition based on changes in plan components.
• Leads articulate and effective project-related client, public and/or professional presentations. Guides collaborative team design meetings and consultant meetings.
• Guides multi-disciplinary teams and consultants towards incorporation of integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects.
• Leads multi-disciplinary teams to complete tasks on projects, within the scope of work, schedule, and budget, in an organized, timely and consistent way, with meeting agendas, minutes, action items and follow-up coordination. Ability to support team in prioritizing obligations based on task prioritization and understanding of contractual obligations and client expectations.
• Supports business development strategies led by others.
• Leads intra-company agreements, contracts and deliverables to assure HOK standards for project management are met.
• Leads efforts in developing and validating project approach, schedule, scope of work and staffing plans for team review. Assists in teaming strategy, consultant coordination and facilitates multi-discipline collaboration. Participates in interviews as subject matter expert.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.
• Proactively engages staff and provides opportunities for professional growth.
• Manages design teams, provides innovative design solutions, fosters…