Penndesign Career Plans Survey Class of 2009

PennDesign Career Plans Survey Class of 2009

The following is based on Career Services’ annual survey of graduating School of Design students. Career Services surveyed students graduating in December 2008, May 2009 and August 2009. 117 PennDesign students responded. Where we could, we have provided an average reported salary, however some graduates chose not to share that information.

Architecture, Master of Architecture (MARCH)

Full‐time Employment 51 minds, Assistant Editor, Hollywood, CA Asymptote Architecture, Designer, Long Island City, NY B&B Investments, Project Engineer, Romulus, MI Ballinger, Designer Architect, Philadelphia, PA Ballinger, Designer, Philadelphia, PA D'Aquino Monaco, Inc, Architectural Designer, New York, NY The Epsten Group, LEED Reviewer, Atlanta, GA Ewing Cole, Intern Architect, Philadelphia, PA Gluckman Mayner Architects, Architect, New York, NY KlingStubbins, Architectural Intern, Philadelphia, PA Leeser Architecture, Designer, Brooklyn, NY Mitchell Giurgola Architects, Junior Architect, New York, NY Mitchell Giurgola Architects, Junior Architect, New York, NY OLBN Architectural Service, Inc., Junior Architect, Rockville, MD OLBN Architectural Service, Inc., Project Manager, Rockville, MD Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Architecture Associate, New York, NY Stantec, Junior Technologist, Vancouver, BC, Canada Stevens Architects, Intern Architect, Port Huron, MI Urban Quotient, Owner, Brooklyn, NY Weiss Manfredi, Designer, New York, NY Yoder + Tidwell, Ltd., Intern Architect, Providence, RI

Average Salary – $48,333

1 MARCH graduate reported self‐employment in Bolivia

Part‐time Employment Bowling Green State University, Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Bowling Green, OH Essex County College, Adjunct Professor, Newark, NY SDI Tech, Intern, Rahway, NJ T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies, Research Assistant, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Adjunct Faculty, Philadelphia, PA

Average Salary – N/A

Architecture, Ph.D.

Full‐time Employment University of Illinois at Chicago, Assistant Professor, Chicago, IL

City and Regional Planning, Master of City Planning (MCP)

Full‐time Employment AECOM, Transportation Planner, Chicago, IL AMBAG, Planner, Marina, CA Bipartisan Policy Center, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, DC Brookings Institution, Washington, DC Bureau of Governmental Research, Research Analyst, New Orleans, LA Chunguk Engineering Company, Vice President, Seoul, Korea City of New Orleans, Senior Environmental Planner, New Orleans, LA City of Philadelphia, Planner/Analyst, Philadelphia, PA Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Transportation Planner, Philadelphia, PA Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA Federal Transit Administration, Environmental Protection Specialist, Washington, DC Land Conservancy of Adams County, Land Conservation Coordinator, Gettysburg, PA Michael Baker, Planner I, Philadelphia, PA NCB Capital Impact, Loan Associate, Arlington, VA New York University, Research Associate, New York, PA O2 Planning + Design, Environmental Planner, Calgary, Canada OTAK, Urban Design Intern, Portland, OR Pennrose Properties, Associate Development Officer, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA ProCapital Partners, Business Analyst, Philadelphia, PA The Reinvestment Fund, Associate, Philadelphia, PA San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco, CA TerraSeer, Inc., Sales and Marketing Associate, Ann Arbor, MI Trans Pacific Engineering, Landscape Design Intern, Philadelphia, PA Tri‐County Regional Planning Commission, Planner 1, Harrisburg, PA Warwick Township (Bucks County, PA), Planning & Zoning Assistant and Special Projects, Jamison, PA

Average Salary — $49,913

Part‐time Employment Jonathan Rose Companies, Summer Intern, New Haven, CT Temple University, Geography & Urban Studies, Adjunct Instructor, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA Urbane Development, LLC, Associate, Philadelphia, PA

Average Salary – N/A

City and Regional Planning, Ph.D.

Full‐time Employment Drexel University, Visiting Fellow, Philadelphia, PA

Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Part‐time Employment Luciana Pampalone, Assistant, New York, NY

Historic Preservation, Master of Science

Full‐time Employment Heritage Consulting Inc, Consultant, Philadelphia, OH Superstructures, Project Engineer, New York, NY University of Pennsylvania, Research Associate, Philadelphia, PA

Average Salary – N/A

Part‐time Employment Elfreth's Alley Association, Docent, Philadelphia, PA Monarch Staffing, Temp, Newtown Square, PA

Landscape Architecture, MLA

Full‐time Employment Andropogon Associates, Landscape Designer, Philadelphia, PA Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge, Landscape Designer, Boston, MA EDAW LTD, Landscape Designer, Thailand Hill International, Resident Engineer, New York, NY Maryland Institute College of Art, Full‐time Faculty, Baltimore, MD Olin Partnership, Landscape Designer, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Water Department, Intern, Philadelphia, PA SOM, Intermediate Urban Designer, San Francisco, CA Todd Bennitt, Intern Architect, Torrance, CA

Average Salary – $53,286

Part‐time Employment University of Minnesota‐ Metropolitan Design Center, Research Fellow, Minneapolis, MN University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer, Philadelphia, PA

Urban Spatial Analytics, MS

Full‐time Employment Bank of America, Portfolio Manager, Philadelphia, PA Research for Action, Senior Research Assistant, Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, Senior Data Analyst, Philadelphia, PA

Average Salary — $73,333