Landscape Designer/Landscape Architect

About MASS

We started MASS to create a place where people can build careers doing the work they believe will have the greatest impact in the world.

We welcome people from around the globe to bring their authentic selves and challenge conventional ideas about how design can drive change. Our purpose—creating disproportionate, world-changing impact through design—is inseparable from our ability to bring diverse perspectives to the table. This includes not only our candidates and team members, but also the clients we collaborate with, the partners we serve, and the communities we learn from through our research.

As a human-centered organization, we are committed to working with and designing for people of every race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, physical ability, religion, national origin, and political belief. We recognize that this commitment requires ongoing effort, sustained attention, and adaptation as new insights and best practices emerge.

Landscape Designer/Landscape Architect

Boston, MA, USA

MASS is seeking a full-time Landscape Designer / Architect to join our team in Boston, MA. This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of 3 days per week spent working in the office.

MASS is a mission-driven design collective that aspires to great impact through interdisciplinary design. We collaborate with communities to create landscapes that promote human dignity and planetary health. We work towards a regenerative design culture that advances economic, social, and environmental justice from the scale of a site to the scale of a system. We believe that all communities should have agency in the design process and are seeking a passionate and experienced colleague to join our team and help lead the way. On the boards today, we have multiblock urban parks dedicated to truth telling & restorative justice, campus projects commemorating desegregation and those who lived it, regional scale conservation & climate projects in the United states and Africa, amongst other smaller projects addressing gun violence, health care, coastal resilience, all seeking contextualized and community lead place making.

We are looking for a curious self-motivated learner, with a passion for the potential of landscape architecture. This person will work collaboratively with our interdisciplinary team to represent and refine design ideas, and to help develop construction documents which clearly and professionally translate design intentions into buildable language. Initiative and adaptability are essential qualities for success in this role. We are constantly seeking to improve the way we work as well as the quality of work we produce, and this position offers great potential for candidates who want to grow with our organization.

If you are interested in joining the conversation or learning more about how we do this, please apply for one of our open positions.

HOW YOU WORK

• You love imagining the role a landscape architect can take in building a more beautiful, equitable, flourishing world through great design.
• You take initiative and responsibility for your work, and are willing to ask for help when needed.
• You are committed to working in the landscape studio and contributing positively to the global office culture.
• You celebrate the input of others and know dialogue is critical to design rigor both in the studio and the field.
• You are committed to applying the MASS methodology and supporting high project standards while maintaining flexibility and humility toward the clients and communities we serve.

EXPERIENCE + SKILLS

• Skills in concept-driven form generation and representation, an appreciation for landscape research, an understanding of landscape construction materials and processes, experience in carbon driven design, or a special affinity for any one of these
• 0-5 years of related design and project-based experience, have a professional landscape degree, and if you have a license, wonderful!
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite, Revit, AutoCad and Rhino. Lumion is a plus.

You have specialized skills in these areas would supplement application:

• Low-carbon design, carbon sequestration and biodiversity analytics
• Ecology, conservation and landscape restoration
• Arborist, horticulturist or other certifications
• Construction documentation

Compensation and Benefits

At MASS we want people to be afforded the ability to do public interest work as a career and offer the opportunity to work with lighthouse organizations on seminal projects that promote justice and human dignity. Expected salary range for this position will begin at $65,000 and increase to $80,000 commensurate with experience.

We offer competitive benefits including employer subsidized health and dental insurance, paid parental leave, retirement savings plans, minimum 15 days of paid time off each year and 13 paid holidays.

Diversity at MASS

With over 100 employees from almost a dozen countries, MASS lives our belief that only a diverse staff from widely varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds is properly equipped to tackle complex challenges in our communities. We aspire to create a more inclusive architecture profession and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Office Time

Hybrid