Take lead on multiple complex urban design and strategic planning projects and lead key client key accounts
Plan and conduct design and creative review sessions for ongoing projects and competitions
Contribute to the recruitment process to fill in gaps in skills and resources
Maintain diversity in the workforce and promote equal growth opportunities between Urban designer in terms of leading projects and managing teams
Responsibilities
Lead on thought leaderships presentation and design dialogues for benefit of wider team
Challenges applicable urban design norms and guidelines but alsoReinforce and strengthen project teams ideas for implementation and further consideration
Lead studio design ethos discussions and design drivers
Steer and define projects innovative visions in line with the studio ethos, the site potentials and the project brief
Maintain quality across the various urban design project deliverables from design concepts to graphics
Protect brand through graphics style and deliverables quality
Help staff develop additional skillsets and experience on projects and in the studio
Present clearly design ideas internally and externally with clear narrative
Bridge between delivering design ideas and delivering to budget
Understand client objectives and steer design thinking accordingly
Facilitate the implementation of innovative urban design attributes and solutions and provide tools and resources to the team to do so
Facilitate the use of new innovative digital tools in urban design projects and lead on identifying internal research and development topics
Drive direct reports to embrace digital transformation and innovation
Lead and facilitate key client workshops and board of directors/CEOs presentations
Manage urban design bids and proposals and establish winning themes and defining differentiators
Understand pricing and qualification aspects and establish price winning strategies
Maintain performance of resources and projects KPIs and establish means and ways to enhance performance
Ensure appropriate utilization of staff skillset and time across projects and bids
Contribute to the short term and long-term resource planning by managing projects resource requirement and coordinate/resolve with other peers conflicts
Be an ambassador of safety procedure in the office and outside office and provide staff with support where needed at personal level
Manage people career path and growth and establish plans for short- and long-term development goals