Landscape Design Director

Zohorecruit; Dubai; On-site; AED 609,000 - 730,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flights

Healthcare

Profit share

Job summary

Dubai landscape design consultancy seeks a Landscape Design Director to lead pre-concept and concept design, shaping the creative direction for hospitality and public realm projects.

You will influence projects across the UAE, Europe, and globally, crafting portfolios that captivate and demonstrate originality, with leadership across studio teams.

Qualifications

• Must have lived and worked as a senior designer in large global studios; track record in leading concept and pre-concept design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating leadership in hospitality and public realm projects 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; ability to sell a vision, not just deliver one.
• Experience in the Middle East is a major plus, though not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape creative vision for projects in hospitality and public realm sectors.
• Drive pre-concept and concept design with a focus on sustainability and storytelling through landscape.
• Collaborate with top-tier architectural partners and influence design direction across Dubai and London studios.

Skills

Director level

Concept design

Hospitality design

Public realm

International experience

Portfolio storytelling

Presentation skills

RFP experience

Education

BA in Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Diploma or MA in Landscape Architecture

Job description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 19/01/2026

• Salary From 60,000 AED per month, tax free + flights + healthcare + profit share
• Education required Bachelors in Landscape Architecture
• Expertise Required Concept Design; Design Management; Landscape; Landscape Architecture only; Schematic Design/Concepts; Sustainability; Urban landscapes
• City Dubai
• Country United Arab Emirates
• Postal Code 337-1500
• Target Date 23/02/2026
• Date Opened 19/01/2026

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.
  
• Salary from 60,000 AED per month, tax free.
  
• 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.