WATG is the world's preeminent destination and hospitality design firm. We are employee-owned, almost 80 years young, and home to over 500 creative, globe-trotting professionals located remotely and in our offices in Atlantic City, California, Dallas, New York, Honolulu, London, Singapore, and Shanghai.
Our approach to design applies a hospitality ethos to the development of all shapes and sizes. From initial feasibility studies to finishing touches, we operate globally as an integrated, multidisciplinary practice. Along with our interior design studio, Wimberly Interiors, we specialize in hospitality, gaming + entertainment, urban + mixed-use, and high-end residential design.
WATG is hiring a Land Planner for our office in Dallas, Texas.
The Planner collaborates with other planners, architects, and project team members to design, coordinate, and present ideas for various resort, residential, mixed-use, and urban planning and design projects. The position supports the team in completing the different phases of a project and creates programs and plans for land use and development.
Responsibilities include conducting project research and analysis, coordinating the production and delivery of planning activities for several complex projects, completing project activities, documents, products, presentations, and deliverables, assuring the efficient preparation of detailed drawings through concept design and design development phases of assigned projects, producing working drawings, design sketches, diagrams, schedules, and other computer-generated or hand-drawn documents, creating design sketches and planning layouts, and completing presentations and report packages.
Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in planning, urban design/planning, architecture, or landscape architecture, minimum of 4 years of experience in planning, urban design/planning, or resort planning, experience in preparing design guidelines, experience in working with municipal land use and zoning codes and communicating with regulatory agencies, skilled with site planning and grading preferred, working toward a professional registration, such as AICP, environmental accreditation preferred, proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and SketchUp, knowledge of Rhino and Revit, and any programming language is beneficial, basic database knowledge and experience in GIS geodatabases, Microsoft Access, or SQL, basic knowledge and experience with Midjourney and any latest AI tools, knowledge of sustainability analysis software preferred, strong freehand illustration, digital graphics, rendering skills, and visualization, experience with developing concept plans at different scales, effective communication skills in verbal presentation, written narrative, and graphic representation, ability to manage multiple project priorities and meet deadlines and budgets consistently, and works effectively and collaboratively in a team environment.