Senior Architect/Designer

Archinect; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

At Zaha Hadid Architects, we are seeking to hire Senior Architects / Senior Designers on a fixed-term contract to join our growing team in London. In this role, you will work closely with the Lead Architect / Lead Designers and the wider Senior Team to create excellent-quality design in line with the ethos and integrity of the ZHA brand. This role is a key position responsible for contributing to the Business’ strategic goals. You will be able to steer projects or part of a project through most work stages whilst leading by example, inspiring your Team to reach their targets and creative potential.

Your Profile

• Act as the lead on given elements of a project, managing simple teams in-house and coordinating external teams to meet requirements on time and budget.
• Create plausible concept or detailed solutions that are delightful and deliverable, managing this with the wider design team.
• Develop project briefs effectively using initiative to analyze options and prioritize alternatives.
• Prepare contractual documents under supervision, create key stage drawings, specifications, and construction information.
• Anticipate project changes and bring them to the attention of the relevant Lead Architect / Lead Designer.
• Inspire and motivate colleagues in-house and externally to meet set targets.
• Understand and apply all appropriate legislation to a project.
• Maintain and protect the integrity of a design concept throughout development.
• Develop relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
• Understand ZHA’s responsibilities and legal implications on projects.
• Adhere to ZHA’s financial responsibilities on given projects.
• Respond effectively to construction processes and logistics.
• Recognize the importance of marketing and PR at a strategic level.
• Work within practice management and administration frameworks.
• Contribute to personnel development and staff appraisals.
• Make effective project-level presentations.
• Write clear, accurate, and professional documentation.

Skills Required

• Confident in software skills such as 3D, 2D, CAD, Word Processing, and Revit.
• Must demonstrate Rhino proficiency.

Personal Skills

• Effective communicator when describing complex ideas.
• Highly organized and capable of managing time efficiently.
• Confident in decision-making and justifying reasoning.
• Professional, adaptable, and self-motivated.
• Willing to develop, learn, and go the extra mile.

Required Experience

• Qualified Part 3 Architect (or equivalent international qualification) with relevant experience in practice.

How to Apply

Along with your CV and Portfolio, please also include detailed examples of projects using Revit in your application.

About Us

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations worldwide. Creating buildings uniquely tailored to communities, ZHA has been awarded the highest honors from professional and academic institutions. Founded in 1979, ZHA is one of the world’s most consistently inventive architectural studios. Our research is embedded within our architecture, making each design more spatially inventive, structurally efficient, technologically advanced, and environmentally considerate. As an employee-owned business, we reinvest all profits back into our people and company, continually enhancing our multidisciplinary research to address global challenges.