London, UK
Junior designer – recent Part 2 graduate
at BIG
BIG is hiring a junior designer/recent Part 2 graduate 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 we are looking for a junior designer (recent Part 2 graduate) to join us and work on a number of high profile projects we are currently engaged in across the UK and Middle East.
You will be joining a dynamic, mutli-disciplinary and highly creative office environment, with excellent career progression and development opportunities. You will gain exposure to a wide range of projects, across different typologies and regions, and across different projects stages.
As a junior designer you will be based in our London office together with 100+ fantastic BIGsters. You will need to have zero to two years’ post-grad professional experience within conceptual design and the technical side of production of drawing sets.
Join us on our mission if you are a junior designer who has:
- well-rounded project experience (concept design and detail design) is preferred
- strong conceptual and design skills
- excellent visualization, diagrammatic, and graphical skills
- good aesthetic sensibility, with an eye for detail and accuracy
- ability to express design ideas quickly, clearly and succinctly
- ability to develop design options in collaboration with and for consideration of design team
- ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the project
- good aesthetic sensibility, with an eye for detail and accuracy
- strong abilities with Rhino, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite
- familiarity with Revit, V-Ray and Enscape is a plus
- strong organizational skills, able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage one’s own time
- a proactive nature, is self-motivated, and able to take on constructive guidance in response to direction from project leadership
- the ability to work well in a dynamic team, with a flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working and collaborating
Required skills and experience:
- completion of accredited master’s degree in architecture or an equivalent overseas qualification in related field of study
- zero to two years’ post-graduation professional experience
- excellent communication skills, fluent in English- spoken and written
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 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.
You must have permission to live and work in the UK.
Relevant applicants will be interviewed on an on-going basis.
Diversity has been part of our DNA since BIG’s foundation. A multitude of cultures and backgrounds creates a new point of reference which leads to amazing insights. At BIG, we value, celebrate and support diversity because it makes our team, work and the built environment better. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and take affirmative action to employ equally regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.