Landscape Designer

Firm Background

The Guzzardo Partnership, Inc. is a San Francisco based Landscape Architecture and Land Planning Studio that designs thoughtful spaces that respect the environment and foster meaningful connections between people and place.

Founded in 1963, our firm has grown into one of the Bay Area’s leaders in Landscape Architectural design services, guided by decades of experience that shape our values and approach. Our commitment to excellence has fostered close relationships with clients, cities and communities and has consistently yielded successful projects over the years.

We are landscape architects who translate innovative ideas into dynamic built environments. Our time-tested methodologies generate designs that are resilient, purposeful, and cohesive. We begin each project by creating a shared vision with our clients, shaping early ideas into compelling concepts and nuanced site challenges into realistic solutions. The design evolves as an expression of our collaborative partnership and the environmental characteristics of a site, and is thoughtfully balanced by a clearly defined program and budget.

From ideation to installation, our team functions as an advocate and ally, developing practical responses to the unforeseen while maintaining technical rigor and design excellence.

Our practice is rooted in the human experience.

We ground our work in the fluidity and versatility of nature to compose seamless connections between the landscape, built environment, and people who experience these spaces every day.

Innovation is pragmatic.

We believe that a concept is only as effective as its implementation, and that creative ambition should be pursued within defined project parameters. Over the last six decades, we have fine-tuned successful design approaches that underscore creativity and exceed client expectations.

Open forums inspire fresh ideas.

We combine an entrepreneurial mindset with the reliability of a legacy firm. The result is a studio environment that is vibrant, flexible, and transparent. We have found that the best solutions arise from a collective effort across internal, external, and client teams, allowing us to meet project challenges and nuances with ease.

Long-term partnership is a mindset.

Our experiences with our clients and industry partners often extend beyond one project to include many distinct landscape design achievements. These lasting relationships are fostered by our commitment to dependable and consistent collaboration, from early visioning through construction completion.

As a landscape project designer in the firm you will be asked to provide insight to project design, task execution and production level work for various projects within the office. That work will pertain to design assistance, 3d modeling, preparation of city submittal packages and construction documentation. You will work directly with project managers within the office and be exposed to different approaches to project delivery.

At the same time, you will grow your technical and project management skillsets. We are looking for landscape designers that have a strong work ethic, are inquisitive about the profession and have the ability to multi-task and handle fast paced deadlines.

• BSLA or BLA required; MLA appreciated
• 2-4 years working in a landscape architecture design studio/professional office required
• Authorized to work in the United States required (H1B/Green Card, Current Citizen)
• Proficient using AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Bluebeam and Adobe Suite required
• Revit knowledge appreciated
• Excellent graphic communication skills, including but not limited to hand drawing and/or digital.
• Excellent verbal communication skills with ability to describe design ideas and engage in project related dialogue
• California Plant Material knowledge is appreciated
• Basic knowledge of construction materials is appreciated
• Ability to self-motivate with exceptional time management skills to deal with fast paced, deadline driven environment and multi-tasking
• Excellent written communication skills for both internal and external project communication
• Ability to work within a team…