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Node is hiring an associate director/director of landscape architecture to join its team in Birmingham or London, UK.

About us

We are urban designers, landscape architects and heritage consultants. Our mission is to improve the lives of others by designing places that move people. We design beautiful and effective places that transform the way people live, learn, work and connect.

We put people at the heart of everything we do to give today’s communities and future generations an environment to be proud of.

Node is a growing business with a strong brand and an ethos of design excellence. We have a diverse client base, creating an exciting range of projects. In just ten years, our business has already demonstrated sufficient clout to win major city centre masterplans and high profile landscape design projects.

And we are just getting started.

About the role

Our landscape team has been highly successful in winning exciting new work. We are looking to grow the landscape team through the recruitment of a dynamic, experienced, creative and entrepreneurial landscape architect who can manage a team, win new business and execute a broad range of landscape planning and design jobs to a consistent standard of excellence.

We need someone to:

• play an active role in the success of our growing business through their entrepreneurialism and creative ideas
• provide the day to day lead for our landscape team
• win new landscape work, develop existing our existing business contacts and take a lead with support from the director team on landscape business development
• manage, mentor and develop our existing team of landscape architects and assist in the recruitment of future team members
• take the lead on the landscape projects, tenders and competitions for our public and private sector clients
• promote a strong design ethos and flair for landscape design underpinned by commerciality
• ensure quality of outputs for landscape design and landscape planning projects

About you

Your skills and qualifications:

• a chartered landscape architect with a minimum of eight years of post-qualification experience, ideally in the private sector
• competent in AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp and Microsoft Office
• experience of Revit and BIM projects
• able to hand draw layouts, prepare sketch perspectives and cross sections
• display clear and concise analytical and communication skills
• convey the ‘story’ of their design development process in a manner that persuades and excites
• produce well researched and structured written and graphic work
• demonstrate ability to win work and manage a team

Your behaviours:

• possess an entrepreneurial outlook, with a commitment to business success including a willingness to network and promote the company’s profile
• self motivated and able to take responsibility and exercise independent professional judgment
• able to build quality relationships and command respect at all levels
• excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• resilient to cope with conflicting demands, able to prioritise duties and work effectively under pressure
• achieve a consistently excellent standard of delivery
• set stretching targets and always seeks to optimise personal and team performance
• demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for design
• demonstrate initiative, willingness to take on tasks, ability to learn new skills, adaptability and perseverance
• enjoy work and have fun doing it

This role profile reflects the core activities of the role, but it is not intended to be all encompassing. We operate a flexible working model with a mix of home and office based working. The nature of our projects means that the role does involve the need to travel. Although we seek wherever possible to use sustainable transportation methods, a driving license is highly desirable.

We are a values led organisation and this is reflected in our recruitment process.

Node’s values are:

• have integrity
• be supportive
• be proud
• be ambitious

Please submit your CV and electronic portfolio to Nigel Wakefield via the apply for job button below.

www.thisisnode.com

• Applications have closed.