Skip to main content

This job has expired

Associate

Recruiter
Holland Harvey
Location
East London
Salary
TBC
Closing date
15 Apr 2021

View more

Job (Function)
Architect, Associate
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Holland Harvey Architects' has a unique opportunity for an Associate to join its team in east London working on projects in both the UK and overseas. The role will work on a wide variety of projects within the hotel, hospitality, food and beverage and residential sectors with a strong focus on interior architecture.

Our studio was founded on the belief that architecture should make a positive social impact and we design characterful, thoughtful places that form the setting for everyday life.

Our approach is ethical, playful and pragmatic - we design with narrative to ensure that our work tells a story, in pursuit of quality and authenticity.

Our clients are aspirational and believe in design as a means to strengthen their brand and achieve their goals. Our strength is understanding the nature of their business and tailoring our approach to meet their needs.

We strive to provide a design experience that is engaging, enjoyable and allows informed decisions to be made.

Following a number of high profile commissions we are seeking an associate architect to assist the directors to:

  • Drive design quality
  • Promote the practice
  • Provide creative direction

Deliver excellence

You will;

  • Lead one of two design teams within the studio, comprised of Senior Architects, Architects and Architectural Assistants, on the design of projects in the UK and internationally
  • Inspire your team to design aspirational projects that are both innovative and creative in their resolution
  • Support the Directors with business development, ensuring both the nurturing of existing clients and seeking out new potential sources of work
  • Assist in writing Fee Proposals using the project planning software CMAP
  • Contribute to the Creative Direction of the studio
  • Assist in key studio administration tasks such as resource management and invoicing
  • Act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring exceptional communication
  • Present work to clients in an inspiring, engaging, professional and creative manner
  • Act as both manager and mentor to members of the team to promote a collaborative atmosphere
  • Proactively develop high quality spatial, architectural and operational designs both independently and within the studio to meet the vision of the practice and client’s brief
  • Prepare and review project programming and project delivering objectives
  • Ensure your projects are fully resourced and project deadlines are met
  • Support and assist the Senior Architects and Project Architects to achieve their objectives
  • Ensure projects are delivered within the fee parameters, reporting back data where projects are at risk
  • Drive exceptional quality in both graphical, technical and 3D output as well as the final built result
  • Continuously looking for and actioning opportunities to increase efficiencies and improvements in operational and design terms across the practice

Skills and Experience;

  • A UK qualified Architect with 10 years experience  including 3 to 4 years experience within a management role
  • Extensive experience in working on high end, interiors focused hospitality, F&B, 4-5 * hotel and residential projects both in the UK and Internationally of a construction value between £1- £20 Million
  • Confident, organised and proactive
  • An excellent designer, communicator with exceptional presentation skills
  • Highly competent, experienced and passionate about technical detailing and the production of technical information
  • Highly experienced in the delivery of projects on site including Contract Administration
  • Highly experienced in the managing of external multidisciplinary consultants
  • Highly experienced in producing exceptional concept design, visual and technical design output
  • Adept and have experience at managing a large team of people to deliver multiple different projects simultaneously
  • Excellent in Affinity Suite, Adobe, Microsoft Office, Vectorworks and Rhino or Sketchup
  • Excellent English both written and verbal

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert