dlrgroup
Austin, Texas, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States; Houston, Texas, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; Orlando, Florida, United States · Austin · United States
Posted Nov 11, 2025
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
DLR Group's Cultural and Performing Arts practice has an opening for an Senior Planner. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home. Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities:
Role Summary
As a Senior Planner/Urban Designer, you will be an important part of our integrated design process and will gain exposure to all elements of the planning and design process.
As a valued member of the planning team, you will be responsible for leading and growing our planning and urban design practice within the region and nationally. The role will work closely with business development and practice leaders across sectors and disciplines.
This is an opportunity to be involved in high-impact arts and entertainment related planning and urban design projects by collaborating with interdisciplinary design teams' firm-wide to establish long range plans for clients. The ideal candidate will support planning and design projects focused on equity, community engagement, sustainability, resiliency, and innovative learning environments. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow, learn, and contribute your design voice to our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience.
About Cultural + Performing Arts at DLR Group
DLR Group’s experience in design for the arts spans nearly five decades encompassing work on more than 300 arts and cultural facilities around the country and internationally. These include: theaters and performance venues of all types; museums and galleries; media and broadcast related projects; and instructional and studio spaces for dance, drama, music, and the visual arts. Our award-winning portfolio includes projects in new construction and renovation as well as master planning for the arts. Our multi-disciplinary practice has in-house architects, engineers, technology designers—including experts in acoustics, audiovisual systems, theatrical systems, and lighting design—and business operations and funding specialists who focus exclusively on cultural projects. These experts guide clients through every phase of a project, creating compelling solutions that are recognized for their technical, aesthetic, and operational quality.
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Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:
Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested hourly rate for this position is:
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
