Zaneta Kam, PLA
Eastvale, CA
Licensure
Licensed Landscape Architect — California PLA #6515
Experience
[TITLE] — Walt Disney Imagineering, [LOCATION]
January 2022 – Present
- [Zaneta to provide 2–4 lines on current responsibilities and work]
Project Manager I | Landscape Architect — Verde Design Inc., Riverside, CA
July 2021 – December 2021
- Developed conceptual designs for sports fields and plazas.
- Built and rendered 3D models in SketchUp and Lumion to create visual simulations of conceptual plans for clients.
- Produced construction documents — materials, horizontal control, planting, grading, construction details, and specifications — for project submittals.
- Presented work and participated in client and team meetings.
Landscape Architect Associate — Caltrans District 7, Los Angeles, CA
August 2020 – July 2021
- Served as a project lead within a multidisciplinary team, keeping projects complete and submitted on schedule.
- Led and participated in Project Development Team meetings.
- Designed and drafted planting, irrigation, and paving plans for freeway improvement and stormwater BMP projects.
Landscape Architect — David Evans and Associates, Inc., Ontario, CA
September 2015 – July 2020
- Produced construction documents — hardscape, planting, irrigation, construction details, and specifications — for master-planned communities and model homes, commercial developments, parks, trails, and streetscapes.
- Served as consultant landscape architect to Walt Disney Imagineering (February 2019 – April 2020, Tokyo and Paris portfolios), preparing conceptual and construction documents — planting plans, hardscape plans, construction details, and hand renderings — and developing conceptual designs for site elements and paving layouts with WDI project managers.
- Designed conceptual planting and hardscape layouts and provided graphic design for conceptual diagrams, renderings, and signage projects.
- Coordinated with clients, consultants, contractors, and government agencies to meet project needs.
- Observed work in the field to develop final punch lists for construction and installation.
Intern — China Garden Landscape Company, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
May 2015 – September 2015
- Drafted construction documents including dimension plans, planting plans, and hardscape plans.
- Supported plant selection alongside the landscape architect, recommending drought-tolerant species to improve project sustainability.
Education
Arizona State University — B.S., Landscape Architecture, magna cum laude
2011 – 2015
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Minor in Sustainability (School of Sustainability) · Minor in Urban Planning (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Skills
AutoCAD · Land F/X · SketchUp · Lumion · Bluebeam (+ Studio) · Adobe Creative Suite · Microsoft Office · Hand graphics
Languages
English — proficient in writing and speaking · Cantonese — proficient in speaking