Lead Landscape Designer / Landscape Architect

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Relocation Assistance may be available to relocate to Connecticut.

Pay range: $90,000 - $125,000 base depending on experience – with a significant additional commission structure. Full benefits package including Health Insurance, paid time off, a year end shutdown period, company vehicle, 401K with match, and more!

Glengate is an award-winning, collaborative Landscape Architecture/construction/maintenance firm designing some of the most prestigious residential properties in the Northeast and throughout the United States. Our growing 50-year-old firm is made up of highly creative and motivated professionals working at the highest level of residential Landscape Architecture and construction.

Located just 40 minutes outside of New York City in one of the most high-income regions in the nation, Glengate takes immense pride in our associates, many of whom have been part of our family for several years – even decades – enabling us to stand behind our work with unparalleled levels of experience and integrity.

We need you to join us and be a key to our success! Our Lead Landscape Designer/Lead Landscape Architects will:

• Meet with our clients to understand the needs of their gardens and properties, observe their aesthetics, and link their homes architecture to its environment through creative designs.
• Lead/mentor/train a landscape design team and utilize them in your design/sales process.
• Present proposed designs to the client, work through and finalize budgets, as well as sign design and construction proposals.
• Act as the main design contact and voice throughout the process, visit client sites and meet with the Construction and maintenance teams throughout the project to ensure client satisfaction and creative visions are being realized.
• Network with other residential design professionals, magazine editors, and real-estate professionals to generate organic leads and marketing opportunities.
• Contribute to departmental and companywide initiatives, goals, and growth plans.
• Introduce and promote additional Glengate offerings such as architectural services for garden elements, Irrigation, Pool Care, Floral & Fine Gardening, outdoor furniture and décor, as well as educate clientele on the importance of ongoing Property Care ensuring the gardens you create mature to their full potential.

We’re looking for creative and self-motivated individuals who:

• Have a great sense of design and aesthetics and who are eager to learn and contribute to our brand and initiatives quickly.
• Are aligned with our core values as a firm.
• Are big picture thinkers.
• Recognize the importance of a detail-oriented process as well as environments they design.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess dynamic verbal and written communication skills.
• Have a strong command of fundamental design principals, an elevated aesthetic, and a unique design philosophy.
• Have advanced capabilities using AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, sketch-up, and the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Are proficient with hand graphics and rendering skills, and possess a knowledge of grading, drainage, and horticulture.
• Hold a Bachelor's degree or higher in Landscape Architecture or the equivalent in the Landscape Design field with at least 4 years of work experience within a Landscape Architect/design studio.

Are you ready?

…To establish your own creative voice and brand within a firm that has a national reach culminating in the height of industry and market recognition?

…Join a team of industry experts who work together in a collaborative and supportive fashion?

…Lead your own creative vison resulting in unforgettable spaces that bring people together?
…Lead a team of award-winning landscape designers and architects crafting exclusive high-end residential designs?

…Work with interesting clientele that are looking for highly creative solutions for their outdoor environments and are at the height of their own industries?

…Design landscapes and gardens for our clientele in other regions of the country as opportunities arise?

…To join an organization with an impeccable client service and design reputation, has a national footprint, operates with the utmost integrity, and are industry-leading visionaries?

Then Glengate is ready for you!

We are part of the Mariani Premier Group of companies, an enterprise of industry-leading landscape architecture and construction firms throughout the nation. Our position as a member of Mariani allows Glengate associates unprecedented opportunities to enrich their careers.

Lead Landscape Designer/Landscape Architects are the face of our firm. They meet and converse with clients to understand their needs and observe their lifestyles and aesthetic tastes—while leading a team of designers from the conceptualization of the project to the creation of impactful gardens and outdoor spaces. Our Lead Landscape Designers/Landscape Architects work closely with our construction department in a highly integrated process that ensures their vison is realized.

The Lead Designer manages his or her own book of business, establishing rewarding relationships with sophisticated clientele. Your peers at Glengate are industry-leading project managers, architects, horticulturists and fine gardeners, site engineers, world-class masons, pool experts, irrigation and night-lighting specialists, outdoor furniture and décor designers, and garden maintenance professionals, who work alongside you as a wealth of in-house knowledge. This guarantees a flawless execution of your design vision—one that is completed with attention to the last detail. Glengate offers a learning environment, and we support our teams in the growth of their knowledge and expertise.

We also recognize the importance of maintaining a high profile for our Lead Designers and champion their unique talents on social media, in magazine articles, awards submissions, industry news, and many other channels.

Glengate is a family company of the Mariani Premier Group. Founded by green pioneer Frank Mariani, The Mariani Premier Group is a collection of the finest landscaping companies across the country, formed with the singular goal of being the world’s premier outdoor living company, creating and nurturing outdoor spaces that bring families and communities closer together. Our founding companies share best practices in landscape design, construction, maintenance, and stewardship. We use our combined scale to gain priority access to new technologies and preferred materials. Most importantly, the Mariani Premier Group works together to attract, develop, and reward top talent in the industry.