Associate or Associate Director Landscape Architect or Landscape Planner
Working as an integral part of our with our award winning Urban Design Studio, leading on landscape planning and design aspects on a wide variety of exciting projects across the UK.
Role Overview
Working as an integral part of our with our award winning Urban Design Studio, leading on landscape planning and design aspects on a wide variety of exciting projects across the UK.
Please attach a sample portfolio of work to assist your application. This can be uploaded as an additional file.
Key Responsibilities
Landscape Design/ Landscape Planning
• Landscape masterplanning/Green Infrastructure design for a variety of projects
• Leading on Landscape and Visual Appraisals and Environmental Statements
• Landscape/Visual advice to inform the development process, including input to Vision Documents
• Landscape input throughout the planning process, including input to Design and Access Statements
• Preparation of landscape drawings, using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and AutoCAD
• Potential for detailed planting plans and specifications
Management and Business Generation
• Lead landscape architect on variety of projects, with support from Landscape Director
• Contributing to/leading pitches, tenders and fee proposals to win new projects.
• Be a positive mentor, supporting the development of skills and expertise within the team
Key Skills
Qualifications
• Relevant degree / post graduate degree in Landscape Architecture.
• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with a minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience
• Full UK driving license
Professional Skills
• Highly skilled in landscape design and strategic green infrastructure planning
• Advanced knowledge and skills in undertaking Landscape and Visual Assessments.
• Experienced lead on LVIA and masterplanning projects, pitches and tenders
• Excellent written, design, and communication skills.
• Strong awareness of best practice in landscape and placemaking.
• Able to communicate clearly and have strong verbal presentation skills.
• Also helpful to demonstrate an understanding and skills in designing of the built environment (urban design, architecture) with a good knowledge of UK place making.
• Providing evidence at appeal and Examination in Public would be an advantage.
Personal Qualities
• Highly self motivated and positive attitude
• Strives to deliver an exceptional level of service to clients at all times.
• A passion for creating quality places and an enthusiasm for innovative design.
• A team player with an interest in mentoring and developing the skills of other team members.
Software Capabilities
• Adobe Creative Suite range of design software, including InDesign desk-top publishing (Skilled)
• Auto CAD (Skilled)
• 3D modelling (e.g Sketchup) - advantageous.
• 3D hand drawing skills photo montage Skills – advantageous
Team Overview
The successful candidate would work within the national Savills Urban Design Studio providing landscape and placemaking services to a wide range of clients, primarily across the UK and Ireland, and occasionally overseas. The Studio's reach is diverse, with a strong pipeline of significant projects including Government-backed Garden Villages, Strategic Urban Extensions, major urban mixed-use and commercial, tourism and leisure, in addition to a wide ranging land owner estate portfolios. We work for a wide variety of high profile clients, spanning public sector bodies and agencies, local authorities, charities, landowners, institutions, developers, promoters, national and regional house builders, commercial/leisure operators and investors.
The successful candidate will work as part of our national Urban Design Studio, primarily based in our Southampton Office but also working with teams based in our other Studio offices in London and Oxford. Savills Southampton is a rapidly growing multi-disciplinary office based in the centre of the city. This is an exciting and rare opportunity for the successful candidate to help grow both the national Studio and landscape architecture capability.
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Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Planning & Development Consultancy
- Role
- Planning
- Locations
- Southampton, Oxford
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time, Part time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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Associate or Associate Director Landscape Architect or Landscape Planner
Working as an integral part of our with our award winning Urban Design Studio, leading on landscape planning and design aspects on a wide variety of exciting projects across the UK.
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