Freelance Architects at One Precious Life (OPL) Academy

Requirements

• 4+ years of practical experience in commercial architectural design with relevant experience in interior architecture and furniture design.
• Experience in leading clients and teams through the design process.
• Experience as lead architect on fit-out projects of budgets +100M Naira.
• Ability to translate user needs, technical realities, brand attributes, and business needs into compelling design solutions.
• Creative mind, detailed oriented with excellent design and communication skills.
• BArch / MArch degree required.
• Highly resourceful problem solver and a quick learner.
• Strong time management skills and experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong visualization skills: from quick concept sketching to complete presentation sketches, 3D CAD modeling, Revit, SketchUp, Google Apps (docs, spreadsheet, slides)

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and review detailed architectural drawings and schedules.
• Engage and manage clients at different levels, from junior project managers to executives.
• Lead research initiatives to surface insights around clients challenges and design solutions to address such challenges.
• Coordinate site activities to ensure the design is executed according to specification, quality, budget, and timeline.
• Manage external vendors to deliver tasks within the agreed project scope.
• Develop conceptual solutions that are both innovative and executable.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams such as building service engineers, construction managers, quantity surveyors, and digital marketers.
• Writing and presenting reports, proposals, applications, and contracts.