Landscape Architect - Senior

Your Role Gensler London Office is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Senior Landscape Architect or Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialise in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. You will work in a multi-disciplinary studio that includes landscape and urban designers, strategists, architects and interior designers. The project types within the studio range between large scale masterplanning, hospitality and entertainment facilities, adaptive reuse and all forms of urban green strategies. What You Will Do As a Senior Landscape Architect/Designer, you are innovative and passionate, with amazing concept schemes with strong understanding of technical delivery. Knowledge of planting and specifications, with experience in the UK and Internationally is essential to the role. Candidates should be responsible and accountable for the delivery of their project work with strong communication skills when liaising with clients and other consultants. Have proven professional experience within multi-disciplined offices or projects and will possess strong technical skills which will be demonstrable within a varied portfolio. Be creative while possessing excellent organisational abilities to manage a variety of different projects. Experience of a range of projects from small scale architecturally led schemes to large scale and complex regeneration plans is desirable. Good communication skills and the ability to lead teams within the office is essential as is the ability to work constructively and collaboratively with other design disciplines and project stakeholders. Experience and knowledge of Concept Design through to Construction Documentation is essential to this role. Extensive knowledge of planting and soft landscape specifications Work closely with Directors and project team to ensure timely delivery of high quality deliverables. Your Qualifications 15 years + in professional practice Experience running/managing a team Good understanding of UK and International design standards, requirements and design processes. High level verbal, written and graphic communication skills including freehand sketching and industry standard softwares, including Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch up, Rhino, Grasshopper; knowledge of Revit is a key skill. Team spirit. Strong sense of personal responsibility and dedication to their work and the success of their team. Proactive approach to progress our design by seeking new ways to innovate, grow our business and inspire the team. Experience of project delivery and Middle Eastern implementation is desirable. Background in horticulture desirable. This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. Please apply for this Senior Landscape Architect/Designer role and submit your CV and brief portfolio for review. Candidates that do not submit examples of work unfortunately will not be invited for interview. Candidates who do not meet the criteria will not be considered for this role but may be considered for roles more suited to their level of experience should the needs arise on up-coming project work. Life at Gensler We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension and twice annual bonus opportunities. As part of the firm commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future. At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. 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