Employers & Career Paths for Landscape Architecture Students
Who hires GSD Landscape Architecture graduates? A look at employers hiring 2016-2018:
- AECOM
- Alta Planning & Design
- Continuum Innovation
- Design Workshop
- dland studio
- George Hargreaves
- Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Landscape Architects
- Marta Fry Landscape Associates
- Martha Schwartz Associates
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Oficinaa
- Olin
- Perkins & Will
- Peter Walker
- Reed Hilderbrand
- Rios Clemente Hale Studios
- ROMA Design Group
- Sasaki Associates
- Spurr Design Studio
- Stoss Landscape Urbanism
- Surfacedesign Inc.
- SWA Group
- Toyo Ito and Associates
- West 8
Which industries hire Landscape Architecture graduates?
- Landscape architecture, architecture, planning firms
- Consulting
- Government
- Higher education
- Nonprofit
Licensure and Certification
How do I find Landscape Architecture alumni contacts?
Three sources of alumni contacts (for current students and graduates):
LinkedIn: Join the Harvard GSD group
CREATE: the GSD career management system
Harvard Alumni Directory: (Harvard Alumni Association)
Reality Check
- Utilize your time here to cultivate relationships within the GSD community:
alumni; fellow students; faculty; visiting speakers; networking events; GSD Alumni Council events - Seek out ways to supplement your academic studies with experience: involvement with student clubs (across Harvard), summer internship or community service fellowship
Events of special note for Landscape Architecture students
- Resume Blitz (electronic resume reviews)
- Developing Your Portfolio Workshop
- Individual portfolio reviews
- Virtual Career Fair (summer internship opportunities)
- Alternative Design Careers Panel
- Harvard GSD Career Fairs (events)
Take advantage of:
- Weekly e-newsletter (Career Newsflash)
- Virtual Career Fair, January
- (Begin your summer internship search early)
- Community Service Fellowship Program
(domestic summer internships & international travel grants)
apply by November for international travel;
apply by mid March for domestic summer internships