Associate/Associate Director - Urban Designer
An excellent opportunity for an experienced Urban Designer to join our team based in Oxford
Role Overview
Interested in placemaking? Passionate about delivering innovative, high‑quality and sustainable design solutions? Looking for the opportunity to make a real impact and contribute to a diverse portfolio of exciting projects across the UK and internationally?
We are seeking an Associate or Associate Director‑level Urban Designer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of placemaking, with particular experience in large‑scale strategic projects, regeneration, and the creation of new communities. Masterplanning experience is essential, and additional skills in architecture are highly advantageous. You should be confident designing through both freehand sketching and computer‑aided design tools.
You will hold a qualification in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, or a related discipline, and have a minimum of six years’ industry experience with a proven track record of delivering high‑quality work.
If you’re ready to help shape the places of the future, we’d love to hear from you.
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
Life Assurance
Private Medical Scheme
Virtual GP
Global Mobility Scheme
Rewards Platform
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
Savills prides itself on having one of the most effective master planning and urban design studios in the UK, based in multi-disciplinary offices in Southampton, Oxford and London. The Studio benefits from the wider Savills team; collaborating with the Savills Research team on thought leadership, and Savills Earth on the delivery of sustainable, healthy, carbon conscious places. Our objective is to generate valued places through high quality placemaking and innovative urban design.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
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
- Contract Type
- Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Margaret Street, London
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.
About Savills
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