Associate Urban Designer

Are you a passionate and experienced Urban Designer with a strong design sensibility and a proven track record of delivering projects from policy through to design? We are seeking a talented experienced Urban Designer with 7 plus years to join our Melbourne team. The ideal candidate will possess a love of the complexity of our urban environments and a curiosity in how all the elements come together to help inform outcomes including landscape and built form design, planning, policy, stakeholder and community engagement and an innate responsibility to our planet and its ecology.  You will have a passion for creating unique and impactful design outcomes, and the ability to foster client relationships with confidence and creativity.

About Us

LatStudios is a national design collective of urban designers, landscape architects, architects and landscape planners. We are committed to creating environments that are as meaningful as they are inspiring. With a portfolio of transformative urban design and landscape architecture projects, we contribute to places that are loved and address the challenges of our built environment, now and for the future. As a practice, we are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of Country, by respecting, valuing and being guided by First Nations people.

About You

As an Associate Urban Designer, you will take the lead in managing projects and ensuring their successful delivery. In addition, you will play a key role in mentoring junior staff and fostering a collaborative studio environment. Your responsibilities will include building strong client relationships, coordinating with the studio team, and ensuring design briefs, project goals, and quality standards are met throughout all project stages. You will also work closely with studio management to support daily operations, contributing to a productive and dynamic workplace. This role includes preparing proposals and bids for new projects. With your expertise as an urban designer, you will be able to balance technical project requirements with creative, high-quality and creative design solutions.

The applicant will demonstrate the following Skills and Attributes:

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Rhino/sketch up.
• Strong understanding of Urban Design theory and practice.
• Experience working within the Victorian planning environment an advantage.
• Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills.
• Commitment to delivering design excellence across all project outcomes.
• Proven experience in project management, from proposal and bid preparation through to project completion.
• Exceptional financial management and project coordination abilities.
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring junior staff
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively while determining staffing needs to balance workloads.
• Skilled in critically reviewing personal work to ensure outstanding results.
• Capability to support studio management with business development and marketing efforts.
• Strong critical thinking, innovation, and sensitivity to community and environmental contexts.
• Ability to create high-quality project designs and graphics that are efficient and effective.
• Willingness to learn and adapt.
• Flexibility to tailor outputs to meet the unique needs of different projects and clients.
• Passion for contributing to the advancement of Urban Design profession.

What We Offer

• A welcoming and collaborative studio environment in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.
• Opportunities to work on impactful, transformative projects across Victoria and interstate.
• Support for professional development, cultural engagement at both the team and individual levels.
• Well established project management systems.
• Mentorship from experienced leaders and real opportunities for career progression.
• A calendar of studio social events and activities including a yearly all of staff retreat.