Architectural Designer

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for anArchitectural Designer/Job Captainfor ourLondonoffice. The Job Captain, while working under general supervision of a Senior Job Captain and/or Architect or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, design development and contract documents.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Creates contract documents (CDs)

• Review CDs to ensure compliance with firm standards, mechanical, building systems, codes and ADA requirements

• For smaller projects may oversee all CD production and review

• Coordinates with Senior technical staff and design staff to provide technical solutions for design dilemmas

• Manages client relationship for small and medium sized projects from initiation through completion, including work performed by internal and external resources

• Manages project through contract administration phase

• Coordinates engineering consultant’s work to ensure compliance with design solution and timely submission of documents

• Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of project. Ensure positive relationships resulting in additional business or referred work

• In unusual circumstances may be required to assist with support for field surveys

• Manages contract administration budget for assigned projects

• Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs Senior Job Captain/Architect, PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget

• May mentor the work of Junior and Immediate Designers

• Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product

• Conducts client interviews to determine technical requirements for the design

Qualifications:

• Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted

• 6+ years’ experience in corporate interior design projects

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of design principles and standards

• Intermediate documentation and field observational skills

• Advanced interior architecture detailing skills

• Working knowledge of CDs and procedures

• Working knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements

• Working knowledge of space requirements

• Working knowledge of contract administration

• Intermediate MS Office Suite skills

• Advanced Revit skills

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills

• Affinity Program skills or equivalent

• Advanced verbal and written communication skills

• Intermediate presentation and graphic communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead junior staff through a combination of direct authority and subject matter expertise