London, UK
Senior designer/architect
at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
SOM is looking for a senior designer/architect to join its team in London.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a collective of over 1,200 architects, designers, engineers, and planners working across studios in London, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Melbourne, Riyadh and Dubai.
We are seeking to hire our next generation of design leaders in the SOM London studio to shape the future of global design – innovative leaders who can drive design ideas and deliver our most ambitious global projects.
At the forefront of transformative architecture, we are a design-driven studio guided by a shared commitment to design excellence, sustainability and innovation. Our open, collaborative culture empowers ideas to thrive across architecture, engineering, and urban design.
Your impact
As a senior design voice in the studio, you’ll shape projects from concept to completion – integrating strategic vision with design excellence to lead interdisciplinary teams toward bold, future-focused outcomes.
You will:
- champion the design process from early concept through delivery, ensuring constructability, performance, and exceptional quality
- lead cross-disciplinary reviews and resolve complex challenges with creativity and clarity
- mentor the next generation of talent and contribute to a dynamic, design-led culture
- articulate compelling design narratives that inform clients, inspire collaborators, and elevate our global presence.
Who you are:
- a licensed architect with eight plus years’ experience leading large-scale, complex projects
- a passionate advocate for impactful and sustainable design
- a natural leader who energises and inspires interdisciplinary teams to achieve design excellence
- an articulate communicator – able to express design intent through documentation, dialogue, and publication. Able to develop an active design voice who can promote thought leadership, mentorship, and advocacy across the London studio and the wider Firmwide design community
Why join us?
As part of our international studio network, you’ll collaborate across offices, disciplines, and cultures, engaging with diverse perspectives to deliver design excellence on a global scale. We don’t just offer a role, we will help you define your own career framework. We will support your growth as a design leader through mentorship, global exposure, and access to the firm’s most forward-thinking leadership. At SOM your ambition is matched by opportunity, and your ideas have a platform to influence the built environment at every scale.