Architectural Designer / Assistant

We are Resi, the UK's number one home extension company, and we’re on a mission to make home improvement joyful. We are currently hiring for a Designer to join our architecture studio in Oval on a full-time permanent basis.

Are you fed up with feeling like you don’t have the right support to take your career to the next level? Or you don’t get to see enough projects, and spend more time doing admin than advising clients? Do you agree that technology can be utilised to help you and your clients to achieve the best results for their home? Do you want to be at the forefront of new construction methods, like SIPs, or ensuring your customer’s homes are the healthiest they can possibly be by specifying Retrofit measures? Then this could be the role for you.

At Resi, you will have the opportunity to work differently. Resi is the UK’s go-to home improvement architecture firm - we help everyday homeowners design, finance and build their dream home without the stress and, most importantly, without breaking the bank. The innovations that we are bringing to market have never been seen in this industry before. We are at the forefront of changing a highly inefficient, costly, and frustrating customer experience through delivering high quality projects quickly, affordably and in a climate-considerate way.

• Working alongside a Senior Designer to understand briefs, and create designs that interpret client needs, motivations and budget for their project, whilst increasing the chances of gaining planning approval first time round
• Working relatively independently, leveraging specialist and senior support when required
• Compiling complete planning packages, forms and all associated documents in order to fulfil the needs of the local authority
• Exercising a basic understanding of the technical aspects around drainage, the party wall act, planning legislation, building regulations, on site potential queries, tendering process, contracts and programmes
• Working to deadlines and consistently hitting targets in order to suit the goals of the business, keeping focused on speed, legality and adding value
• Living the Resi values, and holding others accountable to them
• Collaborating closely with internal teams to ensure a successful project brief - this involves bringing questions, solutions and actively seeking the root causes on issues to push improvements for the customer, the role, the process and the company

We know that every architectural designer brings something different to the table, but to have the best chance of success in this role, we think you need to have:

• Good technical knowledge in private residential architectural design (creative) - especially in home extensions and renovations
• An understanding of the design process and how it works, from start to completed on-site
• Experience using Revit on live projects
• Able to work on a number of projects simultaneously
• Client-oriented
• A positive attitude and mindset
• Demonstrable experience of high performance
• A high level of maturity
• A real willingness to learn, adapt and provide solutions

You might be even more of a technical fit if you have:

• Planning, project budgeting and Building Regulations experience
• Revit proficiency

Resi are a team of ~80 people based in the heart of Oval, South London. We have a hybrid work set up where we operate three days in the office (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) and two days from home (Wednesday and Friday). Our office is accessible and we will make adjustments to accommodate successful candidates.

At Resi, you will have the opportunity to work differently, take control of, and really accelerate your career. Our success is all down to our wonderful people and their talent, and that’s why we treat our employees with the same respect and care as our customers. We pride ourselves in not just aiming to be the best in the industry, but also the best place to work - our collaborative, transparent and diverse culture, with a heavy focus on personal development, means that we don’t just grow homes, we grow people too.

We have an ideas-led innovation culture and we really care about creating a diverse and inclusive team - so we welcome people from all backgrounds with different perspectives, ideas and experiences to work with us. Because, at Resi, everyone has a voice, and we each know our part in shifting the needle.

We offer our employees:

• Hybrid working
• Flexi-hours
• On the job mentoring, coaching and learning + development
• Private health & dental insurance via Bupa
• Access to mental health, therapy and coaching support via Plumm
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) within your first year, increasing to 34 with an additional day of Birthday Leave after a year of employment
• Equipment and softwares that will enable you to do your best work
• 10% discount on a PureGym membership (which is on-site!)
• The opportunity to learn from a range of industry experts you typically wouldn’t work with in a regular architecture practice
• Enhanced parental leave
• Regular company-wide socials organised by the Resi social committee, and paid for by Resi
• Free mortgage advice for you, friends and family
• Office and wider Workspace perks including snacks, fruit and refreshments in the office plus an on-site cafe
• The opportunity to work in a team of super friendly, talented and passionate people!