London, UK
Junior landscape designer
at BIG
BIG is hiring a junior landscape designer to join its team in London.
BIG is a group of 500+ architects, engineers, urbanists, inventors, researchers and business minds from all over the world who are based in our Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelona offices. Our built work ranges from the most diverse urban playground and Michelin-star dining – to affordable housing that feels everything but and a school among the verdant fjords of the Faroe Islands. Our vision spans traveling at supersonic speed with Hyperloop One to living in floating cities and eventually Mars! While we are led by a group of expert partners, directors and associates – a flat hierarchy and collaborative spirit are essential to our BIG ecosystem. We share our collective knowledge and expansive network through study trips and educational workshops – BIG School offers in-house lessons while BIG Picture brings in industry experts to inspire and invigorate. We are infectiously ambitious and unified by the shared mission to craft the world we want to live in, to give form to our future one project at a time.
Our London office is growing at a rapid pace and is looking for a junior landscape designer to work on high profile projects across the office as an integrated member of the London landscape team.
As a junior landscape designer, you will report to the director of landscape and form part of a team responsible for the design and technical production on landscape projects of varying scales. This will encompass conceptual design, the technical side of production of drawing sets, grading and planting design, and landscape materiality.
Join us on our mission if you are an junior landscape designer who has:
- strong conceptual and design skills with sensitivity in the human scale
- understanding of grading design, planting design, natural systems, materials and technical aspects of landscape architecture
- experience with landscape exercises on masterplans is a plus
- ability to express design ideas quickly, clearly and succinctly
- ability to develop design options in collaboration with and in support of architectural design teams
- ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the project
- should have strong ability with 3D modelling in Rhino, as well as AutoCAD, V-Ray, Adobe Suite (Revit is a plus)
- organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- a flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working
Required skills and experience:
- professional qualification as a landscape designer or an equivalent overseas qualification
- zero to two years’ professional experience as a landscape designer/architect
- excellent communication skills, fluent in English – spoken and written
- experience with landscape exercises on masterplans is a plus
This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
Application:
Please upload your CV and portfolio. We will contact you if your profile matches our requirements. Relevant applicants will be interviewed on an on-going basis.
This is a full-time position based out of BIG’s London office.
Salary will be subject to experience and qualifications.
Deadline:
We are looking to fill out this role as soon as possible.