London, UK
Senior designer/architect
at Design Haus Liberty
Design Haus Liberty is hiring a senior designer/architect to join its team in London.
Start date: as soon as possible
Candidates who can start in December will have their applications prioritised.
Design Haus Liberty is an architecture and interiors practice based in London, W8, known for delivering high-end commercial and residential schemes both in the UK and internationally.
We are looking for highly motivated and talented senior designers – architects with high-end, private residential experience who are passionate about working on both international and UK based projects.
Essential skills and experience:
- degree in architecture (not interior design)
- at least seven years post grad experience with a focus on conceptual front-end projects
- excellent sense of graphics and design concepts
- innovative design thinking and comfortable interpreting design direction
- a strong design sensibility, strong creativity and the ability to conceptualise
- proficiency in Rhino, AutoCAD and Creative Cloud (Indesign, Photoshop
- proficiency in a Windows/PC environment (not Mac)
- experienced in staying calm and focused during projects to deliver on time, under pressure
- strong, natural communication skills in order to communicate with clients, comfortably address project issues as they arise and present concepts and designs etc.
Personal qualities
The nature of our business suits people with the following qualities:
- respectful of difference and alternative viewpoints; lack of judgement
- positive outlook and resilience: the ability to focus on the solution not the problem, to recover quickly from difficulties and not allow setbacks to affect you long term
- cognitive flexibility and agile thinking: able to cope with high levels of ambiguity and comfortably adapt your thinking and behaviour as plans change – and plans do change
- curiosity, openness and a growth mindset: to seek better ways of working and see challenges as opportunities to learn
- high level of personal organisation: being creative does not mean being chaotic
- low ego: open to feedback and comfortable receiving constructive criticism
- passion and drive: for what you do and how to keep raising the bar
Criteria for applying:
- applicants must have the right to work in the UK
- applicants must be willing to travel to and be able to work from our London W8 studio. We are exploring hybrid working and rethinking the purpose of our studio but we do not intend being a fully remote business, nor will this role holder have the potential to work remotely abroad for long periods
Interested?
Please click here to apply. Only applications sent via this system will be reviewed.
Please send us:
- a CV/portfolio in PDF format. Total file size no greater than 25MB. Please do not supply links
- a concise cover letter that outlines your fit and anything else you think sets you apart from others
Next steps
Please apply early. We will shortlist applicants as soon as we see a match. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of applying, thank you very much for considering us but on this occasion you have not been selected. We wish you success in finding your next role.
Good luck!
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