Ampa - Legal & Professional Services

Principal Urban Designer

Ampa - Legal & Professional Services

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Developing design solutions and strategies for a range of projects encompassing residential strategic land promotion, urban regeneration and major mixed-use sustainable urban extensions across the UK.
  • Making significant contributions to major projects or managing a portfolio of smaller projects from feasibility through concept and sketch design including to outline planning.
  • Preparing high quality visualisations from sketch through to illustrative and presentation standard.
  • Producing high quality work and creative solutions for clients which are well researched and structured.
  • Supporting the team and making an effective contribution to its leadership.
  • Contributing towards seeking, winning, and delivering new work.
  • Delivering excellent service to clients and providing clear and succinct advice whilst building strong relationships, managing expectations, and adding value to their business.
  • Working with the wider team on the delivery of the business strategy and related activities for growth.

Requirements

  • Previous UK based experience working in a planning or architectural practice on residential/mixed-use projects for national house builders or housing developers.
  • Degree in a design related course.
  • Good working knowledge of current urban design issues in a UK context.
  • A strong design flair with an interest in delivering high quality projects from a strategic masterplan level to the details of individual built area and urban spaces.
  • Competence in the use of the full range of design focused packages including AutoCad, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch Up, as well as Microsoft Office suite.
  • Confidence and competence in drawing and sketching by hand.
  • The ability to work and manage projects, with a strong attention to detail.
Benefits
  • We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
  • We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
  • We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon, Tunbridge Wells and will soon be opening our Manchester hub.
  • Private medical
  • 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Bonus day off for your birthday
  • Vibrant, forward-thinking team with supportive partners who encourage and support career development.
  • Hybrid working from either our soon to open Manchester hub (opportunity to work from our other North West hubs in the meantime).

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Hard skills
urban designproject managementdesign solutionsvisualisationstrategic masterplanningattention to detailhand drawingsketching
Soft skills
leadershipclient servicerelationship buildingcommunicationteam collaboration
Certifications
degree in design