Associate
Location: Leeds
Salary: Dependant on skills and experience
Contract Type: Permanent, full time
About Us
Corstorphine & Wright is an award-winning archit...
Associate
Location: Leeds
Salary: Dependant on skills and experience
Contract Type: Permanent, full time
About Us
Corstorphine & Wright is an award-winning architectural practice with design Studios across the UK.
We are a dedicated team of 300+ enthusiastic individuals that care about creating places that foster human connection while adding commercial, civic, environmental, and social value.
Everything we do is beautifully crafted, exceptionally efficient and people driven by design.
About the Role
We are looking for an Associate Interior Designer to join our talented and motivated team in the Leeds Studio.
Joining at a pivotal moment of growth, this role offers the opportunity to play a key part in shaping the future of our expanding interior design offering. You will work across a diverse range of sectors and project typologies, contributing to both live and upcoming schemes that reflect the ambition of the studio. As we continue to build momentum, the role provides a platform to influence our direction and help establish the practice as one of the leading interior design teams nationally.
As an Associate, you will enjoy an interesting mix of responsibilities, including:
• Managing project teams to deliver business and project targets for the local studio and wider Practice
• Leading multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery on time and within budget
• Ensuring compliance with building regulations, Health & Safety requirements and project governance
• Managing the preparation of presentation drawings, concept development and design outputs, guiding team members where needed
• Overseeing the production of detailed design drawings, schedules, specifications and 2D/3D outputs using CAD and BIM
• Sourcing technical information, evaluating buildability, preparing risk assessments and cost/benefit analyses
• Preparing tender reports, recommendations and delivering work aligned to QM procedures
• Coordinating effectively with consultants, statutory bodies, clients and internal teams
• Preparing and delivering presentations and managing meetings with confidence
• Providing clients with high quality advice, guidance and project updates while maintaining strong client relationships
• Managing client enquiries, supporting client satisfaction monitoring and resolving issues appropriately
• Playing an active role in bidding for and securing new business in line with the studio or regional business plan
• Contributing to a positive team culture through strong leadership, coaching, performance development and effective people management
About You
We are looking for candidates who possess the following experience and skills:
• Professionally qualified in relevant discipline (Interior Architecture / Interior Design)
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills
• Confident in managing budgets and controlling project expenditure
• Experience contributing to business development activities
• Able to work with minimal supervision and lead others effectively
• Competent in preparing and delivering presentations and managing meetings
• Strong working knowledge of CAD, Revit, BIM and Microsoft Office
• Proven people management experience, including supervising, coaching and developing team members
• Strong relationship building skills with clients, colleagues and third parties
• Highly organised with strong planning capabilities
• Good understanding of QM procedures, Health & Safety requirements and professional responsibilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What you will get in return:
Our people are at the heart of what we do. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that promotes a work-life balance and supports your professional development needs. Life assurance, bonus scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Program, hybrid working opportunities, regular social activities plus more are among some of the benefits on offer to our Corstorphine & Wright colleagues.
Corstorphine & Wright is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and support diversity and we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment throughout the employee lifecycle.
Please note that we are not looking to work with recruitment agencies at this time.