About Quinn Evans

Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm and recipient of the American Institute of Architects’ 2024 Firm Award. Our process is informed by the past to address today’s complex challenges and design our shared future. We are technical experts, caretakers, conveners, and listeners. We identify the solutions that best serve the community and the long-term life of a place. We bring expertise in cultural and sustainable stewardship to every aspect of our practice and projects. Our projects encompass a variety of project types including public sites, museums, and visitor centers, civic, performing arts, educational, and hospitality, to multi-family housing.

Team building is critical to our practice. Together, we create better work and more fulfilling professional lives. We do this through a culture that fosters constructive engagement leveraging a diversity of staff, practice, client communities, and points of view.

Be a part of a collaborative and diverse team that is designing ways for places and people to thrive today and tomorrow. Quinn Evans is one of the largest women-owned design practices in the country. We take pride in our diverse team and workplace culture. We emphasize leadership, innovation, teamwork, and professional development. We offer competitive compensation, a supportive hybrid work environment, and opportunity to make a difference through work on unique and impactful projects.

We contribute to and advance our profession through sponsorship and team member leadership positions. This includes the American Institute of Architects, Association for Preservation Technology, membership in the President’s Circle of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) and as a signatory of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué.

Job Description

Quinn Evans is looking for a talented and motivated Landscape Architect with strong design and technical skills to join our growing Richmond, Virginia office. This is a full-time position with opportunities for professional growth in a highly collaborative studio environment. The work involves collaborating with an integrated team of architects, landscape architects, and interior designers on all phases of project planning and design, from client presentations and initial planning studies to construction administration. The work is varied and rewarding, with an emphasis on educational, civic, and cultural projects such as schools, libraries, colleges, and universities.    The ideal candidate must be a collaborative team player, a communicator, and a problem-solver. They must be well-organized and attentive to detail. A creative, inquisitive nature is essential, as is a strong professional work ethic.

Qualifications

• Professional degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited institution. 
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience that exhibits a steady growth in skills and responsibility. 
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills. 
• Proficiency in graphic visualization software such as Sketchup, Rhino, and the Affinity suite. Hand sketching and rendering skills are highly desirable. 
• The ability to prepare graphic drawings and presentations, including concept diagrams, rendered technical drawings, and related 2D and 3D graphics. 
• Experience preparing construction documents using Autodesk Revit or AutoCAD. 
• Professional registration in the Commonwealth of Virginia or demonstrated progress toward registration in the near future.

Quinn Evans is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation/gender status, Veteran’s status, and disability. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage women and diverse applicants to apply. 

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