Urban Planner / Designer (Urban Planning)

Location: Remote within the United States, with a preference for proximity to Waltham, Massachusetts, or Denver, Colorado. Willingness to travel as needed is required.

Salary: $60,967–$103,643 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider helping clients address complex challenges through expertise and technology.

What you will do

• Support small area plans, downtown revitalization strategies, site reuse strategies, and site plans.
• Contribute to projects involving mixed-use development, transportation, housing, open space, adaptive reuse, and public realm improvements.
• Conduct research, collect data, and perform qualitative and quantitative analysis for redevelopment projects.
• Analyze demographic, real estate, consumer spending, and workforce data and create visualizations, charts, tables, and presentations.
• Prepare reports, market analyses, conceptual designs, community engagement materials, fact sheets, and other client deliverables.
• Support in-person and virtual stakeholder outreach, workshops, charrettes, and community meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, urban design, or a related technical field.
• At least two years of experience supporting technically oriented community revitalization, economic development, brownfields redevelopment, or infill development projects.
• Strong analytical, written, oral communication, and public speaking skills.
• Knowledge of planning and policy topics including land use, economic development, multimodal transportation, real estate, climate adaptation, and affordable housing.
• Proficiency with Excel, R, or other quantitative analysis software.
• Demonstrated experience with Adobe Creative Suite and willingness to travel as needed.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in urban planning, urban design, or a related technical field.
• Knowledge of ArcGIS, CAD, Rhino, SketchUp, Lumion, or Enscape.
• Familiarity with building codes, zoning codes, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, and related standards.
• Experience with multifamily housing, mixed-use and community-oriented projects, adaptive reuse, landscape design, or public realm design.
• AICP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with a preference for proximity to the Waltham or Denver locations.
• Collaboration with local, state, and federal clients and nonprofit organizations.
• Full-time employment with pay determined by experience, skills, certifications, education, geography, and contract requirements.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available throughout the employment process.