Senior Landscape Designer / Design Manager
We’re looking for a sharp senior landscape designer to lead our design team and help shape high-end residential projects from first ideas through to construction.
Nest Landscape Design is a Gold Coast landscape design and construct business working on detailed residential landscapes with strong architectural alignment. We care about strong ideas, spatial clarity, materiality, and landscapes that feel distinctive, resolved, and executed properly on site.
This is a senior role with real influence. You’ll lead design across multiple projects, guide the creative direction of the team, work directly with clients & architects, and carry ideas through from concept to completion.
Our construction team is solid, so this role is not about playing it safe. It’s about pushing strong ideas, leading them well, and seeing them built properly.
What you’ll be doing
* Lead the design team across multiple residential projects
* Drive concept design, design development, and creative direction
* Meet with clients and shape the brief and design response
* Create landscapes that are refined, original, and aligned with the architecture
* Manage workflow, priorities, deadlines, and drawing output
* Oversee AutoCAD packages, presentations, palettes, and material selections
* Work closely with construction and operations to carry ideas through with clarity
* Attend site during construction to protect design intent and resolve detail
* Help lift the overall design standard and creative ambition of the business
What we’re looking for
* Strong experience in residential landscape design
* Experience with high-end homes and architecturally driven projects
* Strong design ability with confidence in concept work and spatial planning
* Sharp eye for materials, planting, form, and composition
* Advanced AutoCAD skills
* Solid Adobe Suite skills, especially InDesign
* Strong plant knowledge
* Clear communicator with clients, consultants, and internal team
* Organised, proactive, and capable of leading multiple projects at once
* Experience leading a team or managing workflow is a big plus
You’ll suit this role if you
* Have strong creative instincts and high standards
* Can develop ideas with depth, not just churn out plans
* Enjoy the creative side as much as the technical side
* Know how to create landscapes that feel refined and memorable
* Can lead projects and people without overcomplicating things
* Want real influence in a growing business doing high-level residential work
Why Nest
* High-end residential design and construct work - not council plans and standard details
* Real room for creative input
* Strong construction team to back your ideas
* Tight crew, not corporate
* Real influence across design and delivery
* Gold Coast based in Bundall
If you’re an experienced landscape architect or designer looking for a senior role with creative influence, strong projects, and a team that can actually bring ideas to life, we want you!