London, UK
Interior architectural designer/interior designer
at ADP
ADP is looking for an interior architectural designer/interior designer to join its team in London.
ADP Architecture
We are a practice of about 80 staff in total, based in London, Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Nicosia in Cyprus. ADP is 42nd in the AJ100 largest UK architectural practices and has been in operation for almost 60 years. Our projects span a wide range of sectors and scales, including education, healthcare, residential, workplace and hospitality and for public and private clients.
ADP Architecture is proud to be an Employee Owned Trust and it converted to this structure in 2017. We know that a healthy work/life balance is important, and in addition to other competitive benefits, we offer the opportunity to have compressed working hours. We’re an equal opportunities employer and a gold-standard investor in people – reflecting our belief that it takes a people-centred practice to create people-centred design. Diversity is at the heart of our success, and we welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
More information about ADP can be found at www.adp-architecture.com
The role
We’re looking for creative, passionate and versatile designers who can work independently, as well as effectively contribute as part of a team.
Projects will involve working in larger architectural design teams and also on standalone interior design commissions. You will be involved from the earliest concepts and proposals, through to producing costed design packages, specifications and supporting construction.
You’ll primarily work in hospitality, residential and commercial design with the potential to contribute in education and health care.
You’ll have successfully worked on high-quality schemes from inception to completion and can demonstrate delivering high-quality design work through reports, visuals, schedules and technical drawings.
We acknowledge the value of both specialist Interior Designers and Architects with a special interest in Interior Design, so we are interested in receiving applications from a range of experience and skills.
We are in a period of building our interiors specialism. This role will see you working with, and overseeing, a less experienced interior designer.
You’ll be friendly, and keen to contribute to the community in our studios to make them positive places for everyone to work.
Skills and responsibilities:
- producing strong, effective and creative designs with appropriate technical solutions
- assisting clients to develop a brief which is inspiring and practical
- generating, and evolving engaging reports for clients, stakeholders and the wider project team
- liaising with the wider project team on spatial planning and concept design
- ensuring that designs operate within the project budget and statutory requirements
- supporting, managing and mentoring junior members of the team
- taking responsibility for the production, coordination and integrity of project-specific information
- having a clear understanding of the scope of services for projects and being aware of applicable change control processes and value engineering
- maintaining an understanding of the implications of current legislation and standards and methods of construction
- taking responsibility for fully designed FFE specifications and schedules
- generating CAD project drawings and generating CGIs to communicate designs preferable
- communicating and managing relationships with contractors and suppliers
- reviewing and commenting on contractor shop drawings
- attending project sites to monitor progress
Requirements:
- five-plus years’ applicable experience
- experience of Adobe Creative Suite, Office365, (Revit, AutoCAD, Enscape and NBS Chorus specification writer preferable)
The role will be mainly studio-based with some flexibility for ad-hoc home working.
The preferred location for this national role is our London studio, but other ADP studio locations will be considered.
Unfortunately, we are not able to support candidates who require a visa to work.
Application
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter via the apply for job button below with ‘Interior Designer’ in the subject line.