Architectural Designer

Description:

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon is searching for an Architectural Designer to join their team on-site on a 12-month rolling contract, inside IR35. Please feel free to contact us to gain a better understanding of what this means for you.

Job Description:

This is an opportunity for a dynamic Architectural Designer to push the creativity beyond expectations for the luxury market whilst also being able to design and manage projects from concept to completion. This is therefore a specialist position requiring a broad range of architectural interior and exterior design knowledge and skills.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Review initial design requirements / brief with both internal and external teams to ensure concept design is completed efficiently and effectively.
Develop an initial concept/s design/s for the project that push the boundaries of creativity and continues to align with the Client’s corporate identity as well as meets the design brief provided and agreed.
Review and communicate with the project team to understand any feedback and implement while still ensuring the initial concept design intent and corporate identity are met.
If required, produce a set of design intent drawings including a selection of plans, elevations, and sections to provide to the project architect.
Work with the project architect while they complete a full set of construction drawings and regularly review to ensure the completed outcome aligns with all Design and Commercial requirements.
If required, liaise with approved suppliers to organise manufacture / supply / installation of the appropriate CI elements.
Keep continuous communication throughout the design and build process with both internal and external teams to ensure the project is completed as planned.
Continuously represent the company in a professional manner in meetings both internally and externally.
Assist the Architectural team with ongoing internal administration projects such as appointment of new suppliers, CI updates / evolutions, value engineering, filing and organisation, etc.
Requires management of projects and own time, collaborating closely with Design colleagues.
Maintaining Client designs integrity whilst working around constraints of existing buildings and associated regulations. Supporting several projects at once, whilst prioritizing own workload to achieve set deadlines.
Flexibility to support meetings / calls across time zones.
Global travel to support projects, when required.
Experience:

Can create exceptional designs for both exterior and interior.
Full working knowledge of 3D Software, Google Sketchup as a minimum.
Full working knowledge of 2D AutoCAD ideally with knowledge of AutoCAD Architecture.
Confident skills and experience in using Adobe Photoshop for visualisation.
Competent skills in using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
Capability of understanding technical architectural drawings and terminology.
Experience in working with others in a Design team, is desirable.
Good experience of working on projects with Architects and Project Managers and seeing projects from Concept to Completion, is desirable.
Good experience in working with and presenting to clients, is desirable.
Skills and Behaviours:

Excellent interpersonal skills can confidently represent the company in front of clients and architects.
Excellent organisation skills with a high attention to detail.
Highly articulate and able to form rational and valid cases for their opinions.
Organised, detail orientated, self-motivated and works well under pressure.
Must be confident and professional in their representation of the company.
Gatekeeper for the Client Brand and Corporate Identity.
Education:

Architectural / design degree or relevant experience