POOL: Junior Architectural Designers (0-2 years of experience)

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Junior Architectural Designers (0-2 years of experience)
PLEASE NOTE: Applying to this posting means your application will be added to our candidate pool. We will contact you only when suitable opportunities arise. Your application will be handled in accordance with GDPR.

FULL-TIME · AMSTERDAM

As an international design firm, UNStudio is active across the broadest fields of architecture and design. Our project portfolio covers every aspect of architecture and every typology, ranging from small to large-scale projects, research and theory. The atmosphere within our offices in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai and Melbourne is international, multidisciplinary and ambitious, but also open, non-hierarchical, team-based and friendly, with attention to personal well-being, knowledge development and career planning.
For our office in Amsterdam, we are looking for Junior Architectural Designers who want to participate as full team members, working on a handful of our projects, contributing creatively and through their work. This is an open application for Architects of various disciplines within architecture from 0 to 2 years of experience. If you are outside of this experience frame, we recommend to apply for other roles that you can find on LinkedIn and our website.

THE REQUIREMENTS:

• A Master’s degree in Architecture
• Work permit in The Netherlands
• 0-2 years’ experience as an architectural designer
• Excellent aesthetic sensibilities and design skills
• Reasonable good technical understanding and detailing skills
• Interested in, and able to adjust innovative techniques, materials, design- and building methods
• Basic knowledge of major software packages like AutoCAD, Rhino, BIM and Scripting etc.
• Knowledge of Revit is a plus
• A good team player, good communicator and a pro-active attitude
• Good knowledge of English both spoken and written
  Have a look at this article from our Associate Director with recommendations on how to create your portfolio HERE.
  We look forward to receive your C.V./resume + portfolio.
  This is an open vacancy to our pool - there is no closing date. We are always open to meet exceptional talent! If you see that we have closed applications, it means that we have received more applications than we can handle. The applications will open up again soon.
  After you apply, your application will be reviewed. In case of positive review, you will be interviewed by one of our Senior Architects. Then, you will be placed into pool of our candidates with notes. Once we have an opening, we will always first reach out to our candidates in the pool.

When you work at UNStudio

• You have the opportunity to work on high profile, challenging global projects
• You are part of a creative, fresh, professional and academic working environment
• The city centre of Amsterdam is on your doorstep: one of the world’s most beautiful cities
• Research is an integrated and valued part of your daily work
• You have the opportunity to initiate and develop research projects with external companies and institutions
• Your experience is highly valued, but your innovative and entrepreneurial attitude is ranked highest
• You work in a young international team that is highly ambitious, collegial and social, made up of recently graduated architects, experienced senior architects and everything in-between
• You design through discovery, and learn on the job
• You get as much creative freedom as you are willing to take
• You find yourself in a responsible position as soon as you are ready
• Friday Afternoon Drinks are always waiting for you
• Our annual Summer and Winter Events have become legendary
• You have 30 annual holidays, with a holiday allowance in addition to your annual salary

As a practice that has more than 30 years of building experience. Our knowledge and craftsmanship are strong pillars of our company. Every individual is regarded as equal, as we ask your opinion on how to improve parts of the design. Therefore, we have opportunities to develop your personal interest within architectural processes. Your experience is highly valued, but we encourage you to adopt innovative thinking and an entrepreneurial attitude.
At UNStudio, you will have several responsibilities during the concept-, sketch-, and design development processes. Here you will experience envisioning, diagrams, creating, detailing and realizing complex assignments by transferring them into practice. Also, you will work on a specific part of the project that allows you to explore the design and discuss any findings with your team. You present these findings to the project managers, where they give feedback on your progress and personal development.