This is a unique opportunity to join our vibrant and friendly architectural practice. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in Altrincham, South Manchester, and London, UK.
Established since 1984, Pozzoni has established a demonstrable track record in design and delivery across a wide range of both Public and Private sectors, including housing, industrial, retail, offices, education, leisure and care.
- Recently qualified up to five years post qualification experience.
- Demonstrable flair and track record across our sectors (particularly in community housing, care, leisure, education and commercial).
- Experienced Revit user.
- Strong client facing and interpersonal skills.
- Team player.
Please send an application (limited to 2 page CV and 4 pages of the best examples of your work) to email.
Pozzoni is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates with the relevant experience of UK Building, Planning and Procurement Legislation.
WCA – West Chin Architect is an award-winning / published architecture and interior design firm in downtown Manhattan, seeking a mid-level to senior architectural designer (4-6 year experience minimum in high end modern residential). Majority of our work is executing high end residential design, from ground up construction to loft renovations to townhouses. In addition, we also design for commercial clients, and we have a furniture / accessory line and a recently-opened retail store.
Responsibilities:
The designer will act as team member under the direction of the Project Manager and will collaborate with the Principal. He or she is a team member in the design of a project from conceptualization, through development, coordination, documentation and execution in the field.
The Designer’s core responsibilities are:
Design
- As part of the team, prepare designs to meet the clients’ objectives, project constraints, and execution of the firm’s design vocabulary and philosophy, with limited supervision required.
- Research materials, prepare programming diagrams and design presentations, including mood boards and quick 3D hand sketches as needed to convey the design intent.
Development.
- Assist on the development of the whole project keeping in mind WCA’s vocabulary, client goals and senior directives.
- Review documents to ensure they incorporate and accurately reflect the design intent.
- Mentor and assist junior designers.
Coordination
- Represent the firm and the design in consultant coordination meetings.
- Participate in design coordination within firm i.e. between architecture, decorators and graphics, and between clients, consultants and the firm.
- Liaise with vendors and manufacturers.
Documentation
- Work as a team to create and deliver presentations and contract documents based on the firm’s standards.
- Produce and deliver quality and timely sets of contract documents, including drawings, specifications, sample boards, and reports as required for each unique project.
- Review own work for corrections, improvement and overall professional development.
Execution
- Respond to RFIs and resolve issues and problems that arise during construction.
- Review submittals, shop drawings, substitutions and field conditions for conformance with the design.
- Attend and report on field visits.
- Conduct punch lists reviews.
Requirements:
- BA/BS minimum degree required. A minimum of (4-6) years’ experience at an architecture or interior design firm, preferably in NYC high end residential / commercial design.
- Strong skills in creating BID sets and CD sets with a clear understanding of modern residential high-end detailing.
- Fluency in all Microsoft Office applications, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD; Fluency in Sketchup and 3DMax is desirable, though not required.
- Must be able to work in a collaborative, proactive and multi-tasking environment.
- An important aspect of this position is having a discerning eye for design and a particular interest and experience in high end modern residential.
- Must be able to listen, interpret, communicate and articulate our design to a client while balancing the needs and expectations of the clients.
- Must be a self-sufficient, critical thinker able to anticipate the next steps.
If you meet the above requirements, please send your resume, 3 email references, portfolio samples as PDF attachments (maximum 3MB) and your salary request.