Job description
White Space Recruitment is delighted to be working exclusively for a niche client who specialise in the complete design and delivery of immersive and experiential permanent visitor attraction / exhibition spaces within large mixed-use schemes in the Middle East. We are urgently seeking an additional Interior Architect, Architectural Designer or Senior Interior Designer with strong Vectorworks skills to work 100% remotely from within the UK, initially through to September with potential extensions.
These architectural design projects often incorporate large permanent structural installations and/or sets often incorporating huge amounts of technology and augmented reality that is typically found within visitor attractions, giant retail shopping centres, exhibition spaces, modern museums, and many other public spaces. Think Vegas, Harry Potter World, or the Imperial War Museum, The Science Museum etc. - Lots of technology driven immersive and interactive experiences involving structures, sets, props, and a whole lot more.
The successful Interior Architect, Architectural Designer or Senior Interior Designer will be tasked with sketching, prescribing, finding solutions to various design challenges and transitioning concepts into more technical schematic working drawings (approx. RIBA stage 3). The focus is to work on several large-scale Middle Eastern mixed-use interiors schemes incorporating complex interventions, and with the goal of winning the next technical and construction phases.
Interior Architects, Architectural Designers or Senior Interior Designers applying must consider themselves to very competent with Vectorworks, allrounders able to take ownership of their output, and lead the transition of creative design concepts through the more technical design phases (RIBA 2-4), often requiring complex architectural, M&E, structural, and interior fit-out components within their creation.
Interior Architects, Architectural Designers or Senior Interior Designers should be highly collaborative, able to work at pace, and have proven experience/understanding of designing interiors for medium-large spaces involving dramatic interventions (e.g. a fancy staircase, a crazy lighting structure, giant integrated sculpture, cantilevered walkway, or artificial waterfall etc.). These types of dramatic interventions are often seen within hospitality, retail, airports, stations, mixed-use developments, visitor attractions, exhibition spaces and museum projects etc.
Interior Architects, Architectural Designers or Senior Interior Designers applying need to be immediately available or on/before 5th August to be considered.
This position is 100% remote working from within the UK, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday, and with an office in EC2 for hotdesking should you wish to meet team members. You will need to have your own machine and Vectorworks license too.
