Derek Magee Email & Phone Number

Oakland, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Contributed to a wide variety of urban design and mobility projects around the United States, including guidelines around light rail stations in Austin, a multimodal corridor in Chicago, and public space design in Berkeley and Kirkland. Responsibilities included a wide variety of tasks, including project management, spatial and graphic design, and project framing and strategy. Additionally, projects often included on-site public life observation, public space analysis, and public engagement through both workshops and surveys.

Oakland, California, United States

Assisted and helped manage a number of projects around the Bay Area, including multiple multimodal corridor studies in the East Bay, a zoning code update for Alameda County, and the creation of a pedestrian mall in San Mateo. These projects tackled urban design issues at a variety of scales, from building design guidelines to recommendations that improved pedestrian and cycling conditions along an entire regional corridor.

Seattle, Wa

Provided design assistance to OpenPlans, an urbanism organization in New York City. Subgroups / campaigns I worked on included Streetopia Upper West Side, Central Park Advocates, CityRiseNYC, and the Neighborhood Empowerment Project. My work included website design, logo design, and creation of multiple reports and other marketing materials, involving extensive work with Adobe CS and Squarespace.

New York, Ny

Managed a number of projects from conception through construction administration; coordinated between clients, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders. Gained significant experience with city agency approval, project organization, and management. Projects included multiple building enlargements in landmarked districts, both commercial and residential, which involved complex approval and design process.

New York, Ny

Assisted with a variety of projects through all design and construction phases. Gained significant experience with project management on small-scale jobs.

New York, Ny

Assisted with the launch of CitiBike, the largest bike share system in North America. Had a variety of responsibilities, including site surveying, field maintenance, and bike repair as a shop mechanic.

New Orleans, La

Assisted in designing an urban farm / food education facility for local non-profit partnership.

Master Of Architecture - March, Architecture

Urban Design