Urban Designer - Mid Level

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London, Greater London, England
Mid level
Consulting • Design
The Role
As an Urban Designer, you will create innovative design and planning concepts, focusing on master planning projects both locally and internationally. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, enhance designs using simulation techniques, and prepare reports and presentations. Furthermore, you'll manage client expectations while contributing to the studio's activities and initiatives.
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Your Role

 

As an Urban Designer you will contribute and develop strong, creative and innovative design and planning concepts supporting a breadth of project activities that include programming and analysis, conceptual design, preliminary design, final design, and production of final deliverables and reports. The ideal candidate will be able to work on projects of both urban design and architectural scale.

 

What You Will Do

 

Successful candidates will be focused on master planning projects in the UK and Internationally, while also gaining exposure to a wide range of design experiences within our full portfolio of integrated disciplines: architecture, interiors, graphic/industrial design and consulting.

  • Collaborate with design teams, clients, consultants, community stakeholders and other parties to meet overall project objectives

  • Collaborate with the Urban Design team to develop and advance conceptual and schematic designs on urban design and master planning projects

  • Prepare graphic/narrative reports and presentations that communicate the design process, research, and concepts

  • Manage presentations and production of planning and urban design projects

  • Assist in managing client expectations, team communication and consultant coordination

  • Enhance and optimize designs using rapid and iterative simulation techniques

  • Act as a team member in coordinating and reviewing of work product

  • Contribute to office activities, initiative and learning programs

  • Interact through projects and other office wide initiatives with other studios and practice areas

 

Your Qualifications

  • Degree in Urban Design or Planning is essential, Master’s qualification preferred

  • LEED qualification advantageous

  • 5+ years experience as an Urban Designer

  • Relevant experience as an Urban Designer with proven background in creative collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, from concept through later stages

  • Knowledge and passion for working on a variety of urban design & masterplanning projects across multiple sectors

  • Preferred computational efficiency in Grasshopper or Dynamo or equivalent design technology is essential

  • Experience in parametric design application to master planning projects is essential

  • Proficiency in use of digital design tools including Revit, Rhino, Sketch-up, VRay, Adobe Suite is a must

  • GIS Mapping & database skills are preferred

  • Creative initiator who brings curiosity, enthusiasm and a “can do” attitude

  • Desire to develop strong leadership, management, and mentoring skills

 

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.


Please apply for this Urban Designer role and submit your CV and brief portfolio for review.

Candidates who do not meet this criteria or provide work samples will not be considered.

 

Life at Gensler

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and twice annual bonus opportunities. 

As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.

Top Skills

Adobe Suite
Dynamo
Grasshopper
Revit
Rhino
Sketch-Up
Vray
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
7,309 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1965

What We Do

Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors.

Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design.

We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone.

Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.

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