Assistant Design Workshop Coordinator

This summer NYC Parks will be offering a free playground design workshop for inner city youth. We are actively seeking up to 7 summer interns who are currently juniors, seniors or graduate students of landscape architecture, urban planning, or open space management.

7 Internship positions available:

Queens Site: Al Oerter Recreation Center : 2
Manhattan Site: Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
Staten Island Site: Faber Recreation Center
Bronx Site: St. Mary's Recreation Center
Brooklyn Site: St. John's Recreation Center: 2

 Candidate will: Participate as an intern in a multi-disciplinary project team, under the supervision of a Parks design and teen program staff. Assist team lead and student participants in the development of a plan, as well as creation and assemble of presentation materials for in-house and potential client design review meetings, project proposals, and public presentations. Experience in 3-d drafting and graphic software work on landscape design projects. Model-making in clay, paper, foam core, and wood in the design phases of landscape projects. Interest in working with and stewarding inner-city youth in design projects. Skills Required: Knowledge of Google Sketchup and the Adobe Creative Suite (version 3 or later) is required. Demonstrated self-motivation and the ability to work within a team structure. A keen understanding of open space and  landscape architectural design process and documentation. An interest in further developing knowledge in landscape architecture and related pursuits.