London, UK
Urban designer
at Fletcher Priest Architects
Fletcher Priest Architects is looking for an urban designer to join its team in London.
Location: Central London, W1
Salary: competitive, depending on experience
Duration: permanent and contract
Start date: ASAP
About
Fletcher Priest Architects is an award-winning architectural practice located in Fitzrovia, London. We have an expanding portfolio of diverse and high profile projects and are seeking talented urban designers to join our dedicated urban design and masterplanning team within our lively studio. There are excellent opportunities for long term growth and development. We offer the opportunity to develop your career in a well-established, busy and expanding architectural firm, with the satisfaction of working on prestigious projects from concept through to completion.
We are seeking urban designers with a minimum of three years of post-qualification experience with a proven track record of managing team members and leading large scale projects from inception to planning submission.
Requirements:
- MA in urban design or equivalent subject – architectural background preferred
- a minimum of three year’s UK based post qualification experience working on medium to large-scale masterplanning projects
- possess excellent design ability and technical knowledge
- good knowledge of UK legislative and planning policy context
- experience of design coding and other formal documentation of design for planning
- commercially aware, mature, responsible & reliable
- capable of liaising confidently with clients and consultants and developing those professional relationships
- wants to take on and drive projects forward with little day to day ‘hands-on’ guidance. Particularly, we are looking for an autonomous job runner also adaptable and capable of working within teams
- the ideal candidate will have a good free-hand drawing ability, have excellent presentation and graphics skills and be a confident user of the Adobe Suite, AutoCAD and/or Revit, SketchUp and/or Rhino.
- relevant permit for working in the UK
Fletcher Priest Architects is a social and inclusive place to work, and benefits include a competitive salary, 22 days holiday (plus three additional days at Christmas), other flexible benefits, plus subscription to ARB and membership of RIBA (if appropriate).
How to apply
Please submit your application with your name and position applied for in the subject line. All applications should be sent together with at least four examples of your work.