Urban Designer

Salary

£35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience

Location
London

Job Type
Full Time, Permanent

Overview of the Role
Urban Designer job in London, working on placemaking, visioning and masterplanning projects. The role will support new towns, neighbourhoods and garden communities across the UK, progressing schemes from early vision development through to design codes, regulatory plans and detailed neighbourhood layouts.

Practice & Project Information
Join a design-led practice working on placemaking projects across a range of scales, from towns and neighbourhoods to streets and buildings. The London studio is focused on sustainable design, biodiversity and creating well-considered places through collaborative project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to visioning and masterplanning projects for new towns, neighbourhoods and garden communities

• Support projects from early vision development through to design codes and detailed layouts

• Prepare regulatory plans, design proposals and presentation material

• Work collaboratively with clients, consultants and local communities

• Create sustainable and biodiverse placemaking proposals across varied residential densities

• Use written, verbal and graphic communication skills to present clear design ideas

Required Skills and Experience

• Postgraduate qualification in urban design

• Demonstrable experience on large-scale urban design and masterplanning projects

• Experience across a range of residential densities and neighbourhood design projects

• Familiarity with visioning, regulatory plans and detailed layouts

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, CAD and hand-drawing

• Architecture background would be advantageous

Benefits and Package
25 days holiday plus three additional days at Christmas, private medical insurance including 50% off gym membership, shared learning environment, collaborative studio setting and the opportunity to work on high-profile UK placemaking and masterplanning projects.

About Hunter Dunning
Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market. We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles.

Apply Section
If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies. All applications are handled in strict confidence.

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