designer

designer Derby, England

Urban Planters
Full Time Derby, England 30000 - 25000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Urban Planters - Designer

Key Information

Basic salary of £25,000 - £30,000 per annum depending on experience

Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965.

We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.

Quality, safety, sustainability and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified.

We now have a carbon negative business who’s teams install planting in, on and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.

Permanent: A full time role, working Monday to Friday (43.5 hr week)

Location: Join the team based in Derbyshire

The Role

You will work primarily for the Midlands, North and Scotland areas and will be expected to attend site visits and meetings at locations throughout the UK when required.

The Designer role provides a design service for all aspects of the External Landscape Services Business area including production, delivery and consultancy to other parties. You will be responsible for services within soft landscaping, planting schemes, plans and specifications, basic hard landscaping plans, green wall planning and planting schemes, basic bespoke construction plans for joiner and third parties, visual communication, 2D Design work including CGI imagery and illustrations to support the sales process.

As a Designer, you will be a consultant on design and horticulture to all parts of the business as and when required.

Your main duties will include:

  • Manage the Designer workflow to aid the delivery of sensible and reasonable workload across multiple concurrent workflows
  • Design and specify soft landscaping schemes across a variety of commercial and residential projects
  • Design and conceptualise hard landscaping schemes across a variety of commercial and residential projects
  • Create CGI visuals to support and aid the sales process including CGI images, illustrations, AutoCAD drawings and other software mixes
  • Create PPT and other formatted presentations to sell in the concept and detail planning of each project
  • Support presentations of these projects as part of the sales process
  • Create first draft BOQs for review including sourcing costs and conditions of installation
  • Create plant specification and source these through third party suppliers
  • Provide a consultancy roles as a specialist in all aspects of horticulture
  • Key contributor to monthly franchise newsletter
  • Informed in sales targets, progress and sales results
  • Informed role in ordering and installation process
  • Support the External landscaping business with any reasonable requests to aid in the development and growth of the business
  • Drive integration of sustainability, biodiversity and carbon positive practices

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Previous experience in Garden Design is essential and you must have able to demonstrate your work via a portfolio
  • Be a conceptual and strategic thinker
  • Detail oriented
  • Creative thinker
  • Motivated and self disciplined

This Opportunity is for someone looking to join a busy, fast paced business where you will be working with a friendly and welcoming team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading company in the Interior and Exterior planting sector where progression and development are encouraged.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Derby: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • Garden Design: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: gardendesignersk

designer
Urban Planters

www.urbanplanters.co.uk
Axbridge, United Kingdom
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Company - Public
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