Applied Playground Designer

Earthscape; Wallenstein; Remote; CAD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

ESOP after 1 year

Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours

Tuition reimbursement

Extended health and dental benefits

Flex time with hybrid work

Casual dress code

Job summary

Earthscape Play, located just outside Elmira in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, seeks an Applied Playground Designer for a remote, full‑time position. You will design customized play equipment, create 3D base plans, and produce visuals for North American projects.

The role requires strong SketchUp skills, Rhinoceros 3D basics, and proficiency with AutoCAD and the Adobe suite, plus a passion for inclusive play and child development.

Qualifications

• Experience modeling with SketchUp and 3D workflows in design-build contexts.
• Proficient in Rhinoceros 3D; capable of exporting multiple formats.
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator for visuals.
• Experience with AutoCAD; CAD to Illustrator exports.
• Strong organizational skills and time management.
• Passion for play, inclusive design, and child development.
• Familiar with Google Suite.
• Project management experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Playground Design: Develop customized play equipment, 3D base plans, and visuals.
• Construction Drawings: work with layouts for playground installations.
• Rendering: render models with Enscape, manage lighting/materials for visuals.
• Asset Production & Management: maintain 2D/3D assets in the library.
• Optimization & Technical Translation: optimize components and translate between Rhino, SketchUp, and SolidWorks.

Skills

SketchUp

Rhino 3D

Adobe Suite

AutoCAD

Organization

Passion for Play

Google Suite

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SketchUp

Rhinoceros 3D

AutoCAD

Adobe InDesign & Illustrator

Job description

Applied Playground Designer

Work Type: Full Time

Work Location: Remote position

Wage: $65,000 - $75,000

At Earthscape, we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region.

Together, our ambitious team designs, engineers, builds and installs state‑of‑the‑art timber playgrounds that become iconic and well‑loved destination spaces. The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. To see our one‑of‑a‑kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com.

What You’ll Own:

• Playground Design: Develop customized play equipment, 3D base plans, and effective visuals of designs.


• Construction Drawings: working with layouts for playground installations


• Rendering: Render models with Enscape, manage lighting/material settings to create exceptional & consistent visuals.


• Asset Production & Management: Supporting the development and maintenance of 2D and 3D assets in the standard product portfolio for use internally and externally, as well as the SketchUp and Rhino libraries.


• Optimization & Technical Translation: Reduce file sizes and optimize components to ensure high-performance modeling across the team. Support the translation of 3D models between Rhino, SketchUp, and SolidWorks while retaining functionality.

Skills You Bring:

• SketchUp: 5+ years of experience in modeling, dynamic components, metadata utilization, and troubleshooting complex models.


• Basic Rhinoceros 3D: Experience in modeling and exporting to different formats.


• Advanced Adobe Suite: Expert in InDesign and Illustrator; skilled in vector-based art and quick design iterations.


• AutoCAD: Ability to work with layers and export files between CAD and Illustrator.


• Organization: Highly organized with strong attention to detail and time management.


• Passion for Play: Interest in play, inclusive design and child development


• Google Suite: Knowledge of Google Suite is an asset


• Project Management: Prior experience in project management is an asset

What’s in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of North America’s most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise.

We believe in great compensation for great employees, and we reward our staff with a combination of:

• Profit sharing and performance bonuses


• Employee share ownership opportunities (ESOP) after 1 year of service


• Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours worked


• Tuition reimbursement for continuous learning


• Extended health and dental benefits


• Flex time with options to work hybrid to support work-life balance


• Company events and a casual dress code

Accommodation:

We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities