LANDSCAPE DESIGNER Position Available In DeKalb, Georgia

Landscape Designer
Shades of Green Permaculture +2 more
Date Posted June 13, 2025
Location Avondale Estates, GA
Category Agriculture / Design
Job type Full-Time

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

We design in harmony with nature’s intelligence for balance and longevity. We use permaculture principles to understand a site as a whole system, so that your landscape can flourish in resilience and respond to environmental forces such as drought and flood. By contouring the earth to direct and infiltrate water where it is actually useful in your landscape, we alleviate the pressure on municipal stormwater systems and limited water supplies. We create diverse plant communities that build soil and habitat so that our landscapes are functional, dynamic and self-supporting.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the Designer is to generate ecologically-impactful designs for clients, enroll clients in SOG values by marrying client goals with site conditions and communicating design choices clearly and effectively, ensuring that SOG standards for design and client experience are upheld. The Designer provides an amazing client experience, with valuable education along the client journey to enroll them in our values and practices as they express in their specific design. The Designer is responsible for producing designs that are buildable, play to SOGs strengths, and realistic for the client’s stated budget. The Designer reports directly to the Lead Designer. Role + Responsibilities | Admin Exceed client expectations of timeliness, communicativeness, and professionalism, being preemptive and proactive in communicating
Manage personal Google Calendar diligently and communicate to clients and team proactively when expectations will not be met.
Maintain filing of all projects according to filing protocols
Work in design software suite to build upon design templates, as delegated by Lead Designer
Attend design team meetings and report on current projects
Attend regular 1:1 meetings with Lead Designer
Provide timely edits to Design Assistant for client deliverables Consultation + Design Process Attend consultations to define scope of work
Conduct design proposal costing, delivery, and negotiation
Create proposals
Move projects appropriately through CRM software and keep all project tracking tools updated regularly
Track billing and send invoices
Manage project calendar
Manage client communications
Maintain appropriate load of clients and projects
Conduct site analysis visits
Conduct charettes and attend internal design meetings
Design and render conceptual and detail designs
Annotate in CAD
Integrate research and company best-practices based on our values into designs
Present design deliverables to clients
Discuss budget at beginning of project and manage client expectations
Understand client priorities and reflect goals in VE to be handed off to Operations Director

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to have tough conversations. “Clarity is kind.” ~Brene Brown
Fluency Adobe Suite, GSuite, Excel
Fluency in LandFX CAD preferred
Fluency in ecological design, edible, medicinal, and regionally-appropriate plants
Strong aesthetic understanding of the built environment
Fluency in water management strategies
Excellent time management skills
Excellent sales skills
Ability to self-direct work
Ability to work directly with clients, and appropriately manage expectations

COMPENSATION

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +
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