Urban Designer – SF Bay Area

Who We Are

Street Plans is an award-winning transportation planning, urban design, and placemaking practice. Founded in 2009, we believe that the key to building great towns and cities requires the creation of active, safe, and human-scale streets and public spaces. Our approach integrates design, engineering, and programming to help communities achieve their social, economic, and mobility goals. We partner with local, regional, state, and national governments; not-for-profit organizations; foundations, and private sector clients to build better streets and better places – quickly.

Street Plans is globally renowned as both the founder and leading practitioner of Tactical Urbanism, an action-oriented approach to neighborhood transformation through short-term, cost-effective interventions that catalyze long-term change. As pioneers of this “Plan by Doing” methodology, we collaborate with communities to evaluate and learn from project performance.We are a minority-owned business with office hubs in New York City, Miami, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Pittsburgh, and the San Francisco Bay Area. We deliver groundbreaking transportation, urban design, and placemaking projects nationwide. Want to join us?

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Who We’re Looking For

• An early-stage professional with 1-3 years work experience and expertise in architecture or urban design
• Already based in the SF Bay Area and/or planning or willing to relocate
• Comfortable working remotely and a willingness to meet at a shared office/co-working space up to 2-3 times a week
• Willing and able to travel to Bay-Area project sites for in-person meetings with partners, clients, or colleagues up to 2-3 times per week (typically in lieu of in-person office days)

Duties 

• Help develop technical and design drawings that meet project deliverables
• Support project management and design team with project tasks
• Support preparation of analysis, studies, presentations, proposals and reports, including graphic design and layout
• Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentationAssist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis

Requirements

• Proficient with the use of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign and Illustrator required, Photoshop a plus)
• Possessing intermediate to advanced level visualization skills in additional key software programs (AutoCAD as highest priority, with Rhino, Revit, or other comparable parametric design software being secondary)
• 2D graphic design experience and interest
• GIS skills considered a plus

Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge in drafting/modeling programs such as AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup, Rhino, etc.,
• Expertise in post-production programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, V-Ray, Lumion etc.
• Strong verbal and visual communication skills for presentations and coordination of projects,
• Experience with GIS is a plus
• Experience with Tactical Urbanism /project implementation is a big, big plus!

Salary and Benefits

• $55,000-$65,000 annual salary based on skills and experience
• 401k match
• Medical coverage
• Flexible PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays off
• Winter Break holiday from 12/24-1/1
• Early closure for Summer Fridays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Bonus (dependent upon company & personal performance)
• Casual work environment

To Apply

Email joinus@streetplans.org with “SF Bay Area Urban Design Position” in the subject of your email. Please include your Resume, Cover Letter, Portfolio, and any other relevant work samples (professional or personal) you’d like to highlight for this position – and a short description of your favorite street or public space – tell us why you love it in 250 words or less. The deadline to apply is Monday, August 25, 2025.

Street Plans is a minority-owned business and equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds, identities, cultures, and experience to apply to any/all roles advertised. Salary range is dependent on level of experience.