Landscape Design Director

AE Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscape design consultancy is seeking a Landscape Design Director to shape the creative vision for luxury landscape projects in Dubai. The role requires over 15 years of experience, exceptional design skills, and a passion for impactful storytelling in landscape architecture. Candidates will lead innovative projects that define the hospitality sector, collaborating with top architects in a dynamic environment offering creative freedom.

Benefits

Salary from 60,000 AED per month, tax-free

Healthcare

Flights

Profit share

Creative freedom in a design-led studio

Qualifications

• Currently at Director level in a recognized landscape design studio.
• Strong background in hospitality and public realm design.
• 15+ years of experience in landscape architecture.
• Experience in the Middle East is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative vision for landscape projects.
• Collaborate with top-tier architects.
• Influence design direction from the earliest stages.

Skills

Leadership in landscape design

Conceptual design

Presentation skills

Collaboration with architects

Education

BA and Postgraduate Diploma or MA in Landscape Architecture

Job description

We’re working with a world-renowned landscape design consultancy that partners with elite global architects, think Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, and the like, to shape some of the most ambitious hospitality and public realm projects across the globe.

As they expand their design leadership across the UAE , Europe and internationally, they’re now looking for a Landscape Design Director to take the creative reins. Someone who lives and breathes pre-concept and concept design, and who has a portfolio that stops people in their tracks.

This isn’t just another Director-level position. It’s an opportunity to lead and shape the creative vision for projects that define the hospitality sector whether that’s by spearheading the London studio or joining the thriving Dubai team. You’ll be influencing the design direction at the very earliest stages, collaborating with top-tier architects and pushing the boundaries of landscape design across luxury resorts, iconic public realms, and destination developments.

Requirements

• Currently operating at Director level within a globally recognised landscape design studio (e.g. Martha Schwartz Partners, LMS, GGN, etc).
• A true designer at heart driven by big ideas, conceptual clarity, and storytelling through landscape.
• A strong background in hospitality and public realm design, with a creative portfolio that demonstrates originality and impact.
• 15+ years’ experience in landscape architecture, ideally with international exposure.
• Degree-qualified with a BA and Postgraduate Diploma or MA in Landscape Architecture from a recognised institution.
• Exceptional graphical and presentation skills, someone who can sell a vision, not just deliver one.
• Experience in the Middle East is a major plus, though not essential.
• Familiarity with RFPs, and the commercial side of running high-profile design work is desirable.

Benefits

• Salary from 60,000 AED per month, tax free.
• Healthcare
• Flights
• Profit share
• This is a design-led studio with a reputation for crafting poetic, sustainable, and sensitive landscapes, that tell a story. You’ll work with a passionate, international team and be entrusted with the kind of creative freedom that’s increasingly rare in larger corporates.
• Whether you’re looking to lead a new design frontier in London or become part of an award-winning Dubai studio, this is your opportunity to shape not only landscapes, but legacies.