About You

• Possesses strong knowledge of new urbanism, smart growth, neighborhood development, and higher education campus development.
• Shows diversity in planning experience working with private developers, higher education, and governmental clients.
• Is nimble enough to transition from one type of planning to another quickly.
• Has proven experience that allows you to execute quickly and understand what success looks like for each planning project/client.
• Creates meaningful relationships with our planning clients and builds on those relationships.
• Experience writing codes specific to transect guidelines for neighborhoods and campus guidelines. (Having the ability to write architectural typology codes would be a plus.)
• Is a great communicator and listener. Mediates and resolves complex planning project conflicts.
• Has the ability to think strategically about the future.
• Is able to balance and prioritize multiple planning projects competing for your time.
• Possesses proven management and delegation skills.
• Models effective leadership behaviors for others to emulate.
• Contributes to Firm culture and professional initiatives.
• Effectively delegates while retaining responsibility for planning assignments.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree in planning, urban planning, architecture or landscape architecture.
• Certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP and/or AICP-CUD), Architect or Landscape Architect professional licensure.
• 10 or more years of relevant professional experience.
• Generally, four years of experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrated leadership in at least one supplemental organization.
• On a path for an applicable second credential.

About Our Culture

At ACSW we believe in helping everyone succeed in everything we do.  This focus of helping first leads to building lifelong relationships both inside and outside of the office.  This true team approach is the source of our strength.  We are looking for people who are confident enough in their abilities to not have to be the center of attention but hungry enough to aggressively pursue an objective and overcome obstacles.  Lastly and most importantly, we want people that thrive in working with others, sharing credit and responsibility, and having a positive impact on everyone they meet.

Compensation

Commensurate with Experience

Location

We would prefer the ACSW Planning Director to (eventually) office in and work out of our Lafayette, Louisiana location. However, we are open to discuss this further on a candidate by candidate basis. In short, the most important thing to us is hiring the right person and fit for the position, regardless.

Application

If you are interested in joining our Firm, please send a cover letter, your resume, and portfolio of your work that demonstrate the ability to meet the above expectations to the attention of our Administrative Assistant Skye Miller at Skye@ACSWarchitects.com.  Please do not mail hard copies or send links to portfolio websites.