Key Responsibilities:

• Openly collaborate with multidisciplinary design teams, accepting mentoring and guidance
• Develop urban design strategies that support corporate, commercial and healthcare projects throughout the greater China region.
• Contribute to the development of high-performance urban design, planning and public realm concepts
• Produce rapid visualization analyses and concepts that can be transformed into built works
• Help win the right work – profitable, innovative, and aligned with NBBJ’s Asia strategy
• Conduct research and stay current with best planning and urban design practices in the Asia region and around the world.
• Advance NBBJ’s reputation as a leader in design by building strong client relationships, participating in industry conferences and assisting in social media communications

Skills and Qualifications (required unless otherwise noted):

• 8+ years of experience in the design profession with a focus in Urban Design & Planning.
• Dual degrees in Urban Design & Architecture or Landscape Architecture highly desired and will be given preference.
• LEED Accredited professionals are desired.
• Digital design tools, hand sketching and physical model making capabilities required
• Required knowledge of 3D modeling capabilities in Rhino (including Grasshopper) highly desired
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with Revit and/or GIS a plus
• Excellent computer rendering, massing and other graphic visualization skills
• Strong bilingual verbal and written communication skills in English and Mandarin highly desired
• Agile approach and attitude towards projects as career development opportunities
• Strong interest, experience and/or expertise in sustainable design practices
• Experience and comfortable with multidisciplinary and multi-cultured design teams
• Capabilities in multimedia story telling for analysis and design preferred

Additional Skills and Interest that will make you successful:

• Thoroughness to working at multiple scales with an attention to detail
• Working experience and desire to work with a variety of client types
• Involvement with professional planning organizations
• Research directions in ecology, density, transportation, housing, mixed-use, zoning, land use, urban form and morphology, etc.
• Shape a creative, enterprising, fun, learning and enriching work culture
• Working toward planning certification (and/or licensure in related field)