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Design International has an opportunity for a French-speaking senior architect to join its firm in London.

Design International is an architectural practice based in London, with branch offices in Milan, Shanghai and Dubai. We operate on a global scale and provide our clients with innovative and ambitious design solutions, with a particular focus on retail, mixed-use and hospitality architecture.

We are looking for a senior architect with experience on large scale projects and excellent French and English language skills to join our innovative design team in London.

The successful candidate will be able to draw using Revit and communicate effectively and efficiently with the client and relevant consultants for a large retail and mixed-used project in Tunisia.

Key responsibilities of the role will include, but is not limited to:

• preparing project design work including drawings, plans, images, reports and presentations across disciplines including master planning, architecture as well as landscape and other design disciplines
• organising and preparing required project documentation in Revit and coordinating with external consultants specialised in Revit
• collaborating with other team members and sub-contractors to produce design work and revisions according to the client brief on time and on budget
• supporting the team leader and studio director during project presentations to the design review board
• ensuring that project documentation is archived correctly

Required skills and qualifications:

• excellent written and spoken English and French, additional languages of advantage
• Part 3 qualified or equivalent with at least eight years’ post qualification experience
• excellent design and communication skills, confident to communicate at all levels of the organisation and in a culturally diverse environment.
• able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• proficient in the use of design applications (such as CAD, Rhino and Adobe Suite) as well as Microsoft Office Suite
• proficient Revit user: able to draw and review Revit drawings
• open to travel overseas to support project tasks if/when required

Further information:

• start date: immediately
• contract type: an initial nine month fixed-term contract to support the project from the design development stage to the detail design stage, which will take approximately nine to twelve months to complete
• remuneration: dependant on applicants’ expertise and level of experience
• the company offers a number of benefits, such as an annual discretionary bonus incentive scheme, contributory pension scheme, Simply Health Cash Plan, season ticket loan and a number more

How to apply

Please send a copy of your most up-to-date CV and Portfolio in PDF format (PDF no bigger than 5MB) using the ‘apply’ link below.

www.designinternational.com

• Applications have closed.