London, UK
Urban designer
at BIG
BIG is seeking an urban 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 New York, Copenhagen, London, Barcelona and Shenzhen 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 we are therefore on the lookout for urban designers across all levels of seniority to help us with the concept generation and delivery of a number of large-scale masterplans in the Middle East, as well as smaller scale masterplans in the UK and EU.
As an urban designer, you will be based in our London office together with 95+ fantastic BIGsters and you will be responsible for design and technical production on projects of varying scales. This will encompass conceptual design, the technical side of production of drawing sets, grading and planting design, and landscape materiality. You will report to our project director, while working closely with a vibrant multi-disciplinary team of architectural, design and landscape professionals
Join us on our mission if you are an urban designer who has:
- excellent concept design, detail design and visualisation skills
- ability to develop design options in collaboration with the design team in a multi-disciplinary design environment
- ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the project
- a sound understanding of urban design detailing and technical design development
- ability to prepare, develop and edit relevant project documentation as they relate to the project: reports, drawings, models etc.
- experience with management and coordination of project stakeholders, local authorities and approving bodies and sub-consultants
- strong organisational and time-management skills
- ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a high-quality output, while demonstrating a positive attitude at all times
- ability to communicate clearly and confidently to diverse clients and public officials
- proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative in response to direction from managers, partners and directors
- a flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working
- the ability to work with relevant partners and directors on advancing agenda on future of urban design, mobility, ecology, infrastructure
Experience and qualifications:
- a professional degree in urban design, architecture and/or landscape design
- two to ten years post-qualification experience in urban planning from a multi-disciplinary design environment
- experience working on small and/or large scale urban design/master planning projects (project experience from the Middle East is a plus)
- excellent communication skills, fluent in English – spoken and written (Arabic is a plus)
- strong ability with Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, GIS, Adobe Suite (Grasshopper is a plus)
This job description reflects the core activities of the role and is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognize this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
Application
Please upload your CV and portfolio via this link. We will contact you if your profile matches our requirements.
This is a full-time position based out of BIG’s London office. The salary for the role will be subject to relevant experience and qualifications.