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Senior Higher Education Campus Planner/Designer

NBBJ -
Columbus, OH

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Job Details

$120,000 - $145,000 a year

Qualifications

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Academic institution experience
Bachelor's degree
Meeting facilitation
Design sketching
Colleges/universities
Project stakeholder communication
Digital design

Full Job Description

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

The role at a glance:

NBBJ is seeking a Senior Higher Education Campus Planner/Designer to join our Campus Planning/Urban Environments Practice. In this role, you will lead transformative campus planning projects for top-tier colleges, universities and healthcare institutions, integrating design thinking with institutional strategy and data analytics.

This is an opportunity to work within one of the most respected interdisciplinary design firms in the world, where planners, architects, strategists, and researchers collaborate to shape the future of higher education and healthcare. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in large-scale campus planning, planning-level design concepts, a deep understanding of academic environments, ability to guide clients through visioning of long-range planning strategies.

This opportunity is available in any of our NBBJ locations: Boston, Columbus, Charlotte, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco or Seattle. Other locations may be considered; with routine travel to the office and client sites.

In your new role, you will:

Serve as a trusted advisor to higher education and/or healthcare clients, leading the planning process from early engagement through final delivery.
Present plans and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholder groups.
Ability to translate client vision into actionable and inspiring spatial strategies and conceive these spatial ideas through hand-drawn or digital plans, diagrams and sketches.
Ability to conceptualize ideas at varying scales – from large (campus-wide) to medium (districts) to small (site-specific).
Collaborate cross practice with NBBJ architects, designers, and strategists to translate client goals into planning insights.
Advocate for integrated sustainability, resilience, and equity in all planning recommendations.
Proactively identify and pursue new business opportunities to expand the firm’s planning portfolio.
Contribute to business development efforts, including proposals, client interviews, and relationship-building across the higher education and/or healthcare sector.
Support the advancement of NBBJ’s thought leadership through speaking engagements, white papers, and participation in industry forums.
Stay at the forefront of trends and emerging pedagogies.

What you will need to succeed:

Bachelor's degree in Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or a related field.
15+ years of experience in higher education planning, healthcare and/or institutional strategy.
Proven experience leading campus planning efforts for higher education and/or healthcare institutions
Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences and build consensus.
Proficiency in analog or digital sketching skills.
AICP, PLA, AIA or other relevant professional certifications.
Familiarity with data visualization tools or dashboards is a plus.
Travel required (20–30%) to facilitate on-site client workshops, campus assessments, and presentations.

This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $120,000 and $145,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.

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