Architectural Designer

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.