Senior Hybrid Architect in London

A globally recognised hospitality design practice is looking for a Senior Project Designer to join its London studio. You would be joining an internationally acclaimed team responsible for designing some of the world's most prestigious hotels, resorts and mixed-use destinations. This is a senior design leadership position where you would take ownership of projects from the earliest concept stages, establishing the architectural vision, leading multidisciplinary teams and ensuring design excellence is maintained throughout the project lifecycle. This role would suit an experienced hospitality architect who is equally comfortable developing a hotel from a blank sheet of paper as they are leading teams, presenting to demanding clients and maintaining the highest standards of quality throughout design development. This role offers a clear career pathway and flexible working.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design of luxury hospitality projects from concept through design development.
• Establish the overall design vision, architectural narrative and creative direction for hotel and resort developments.
• Manage and inspire multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring design intent is carried consistently throughout each stage of the project.
• Oversee the production and coordination of design documentation, maintaining exceptional quality assurance and quality control standards across all project deliverables.
• Monitor project progress, ensuring design quality, programme and commercial objectives remain aligned.
• Develop innovative architectural solutions that respond to client aspirations, operational requirements and project constraints.
• Work closely with Project Managers and senior leadership to successfully deliver complex international hospitality projects.
• Coordinate consultants and wider design teams to ensure a fully integrated design approach.
• Present design concepts confidently to clients and stakeholders, leading workshops and design reviews.
• Mentor architects and designers, providing ongoing technical and creative guidance while fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Support business development, design competitions and client presentations where required.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale hospitality architecture projects.
• Proven experience designing and delivering completed luxury hotel or resort projects.
• Strong conceptual design ability with the confidence to develop architectural solutions from an initial brief through to design development.
• Demonstrable experience leading project teams and maintaining design quality throughout all architectural phases.
• Excellent understanding of quality assurance, design coordination and best practice documentation standards.
• Advanced Revit proficiency is essential.
• Advanced Rhino proficiency is desirable.
• Strong client-facing experience with excellent presentation, communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience balancing design ambition with programme, budget and project delivery objectives.
• Commercially aware, collaborative and confident leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Professional registration or equivalent qualification preferred.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the industry's most respected hospitality design studios, working on landmark international hotel developments that set benchmarks for luxury design worldwide. You would be joining a highly collaborative, design-led practice where creativity, craftsmanship and design quality sit at the heart of every project. Offering genuine long-term progression, the opportunity to work alongside some of the sector's leading designers, and the chance to shape world-class hospitality destinations from the earliest stages, this is a rare career move for an experienced hospitality architect looking to take the next step.