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Urban Designer London, England

Populous

Full Time London, England 33000 - 39002 GBP ANNUAL Today

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Urban Designer

Populous is an award-winning, international design practice specialising in sport and entertainment venues that draw people and communities together for unforgettable experiences.

The Urban Design studio within Populous is a cross-disciplinary team, focusing on creating experience-led urban spaces. Our design ethos is ensuring the experiences and moments are continuous, and they translate seamlessly from cities to seats. Our work stands on three pillars: Exceptional design, decades-long expertise and emerging integrated digital tools. Populous’ Urban Design studio reflects our decades-long expertise on sports, entertainment, and events architecture onto larger scale projects with a transformative vision for urban futures.

Our team is growing, and we are seeking for great team-players who are technically skilled, enthusiastic, and experienced on large-scale architecture and masterplanning. We are looking for candidates who are educated in and/or experienced in the urban design to join the London studio to work on large-scale, dynamic, multi-disciplinary and world-leading masterplanning and urban design projects.

As a member of the Urban Design studio, you’ll be working closely with the architecture, landscape, wayfinding, and events teams within Populous and enjoy a multi-disciplinary, vibrant and interactive work environment on a daily basis.

The Urban Designer that would fit seamlessly into our team has:

A strong understanding of large-scale master planning projects
The knowledge and eagerness to formulate the complexities of such multi-disciplinary large-scale work
Ability to develop visions and narratives to conceptualise and develop design ideas, and generate diagrams, create digital models and prepare presentation materials to clearly communicate these concepts
Excellent design, graphics and visualisation skills, with strong digital abilities
Technical ability to prepare, organise, develop and edit relevant project reports, drawings, models and visuals
Technical ability to develop design options in 3D, collaboration with the wider design teams in a multi-disciplinary design environment
Strong organisational and time-management skills, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a high-quality output within a multi-disciplinary environment
Previous knowledge, interest or research into future cities, crowd dynamics, mobility, sustainability, user experience or emerging digital technologies would be highly commended

Qualifications, skills and experience:

A professional degree in urban design, architecture or similar/equivalent related field
2-6 years of experience in a professional design practice, with at least 2 of which including masterplanning and urban design work in various design phases
Very strong computer skills including both 3D and 2D and graphic software capabilities

How to apply:

If you are interest in joining our expanding team, please “Apply”. In your application, please include your CV and a one-page letter of motivation (cover letter), salary expectations, and your availability.

Populous is an equal opportunities employer. A global practice like no other, Populous employees enjoy a full range of workplace benefits, as well as the opportunity to attend events at a number of Populous-designed venues.

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