Senior Interior Architect / Designer

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Interior Architect / Designer with large scale infrastructural experience to help lead the interior design of a landmark project. This is a high-profile opportunity for a confident, proactive designer ready to shape the passenger experience of complex infrastructure within a leading global design team. Designing spaces that define journeys, connect communities, and elevate everyday travel.

The Role

You will take a central role in defining and delivering the interior environments of a major station crafting spaces that balance operational efficiency, passenger comfort, inclusivity, and strong civic identity. From large-scale concourses and retail zones to wayfinding strategies and material palettes, your work will directly influence how thousands of people experience transport daily.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide interior architectural leadership across the full project lifecycle from concept vision through to on-site delivery, within a major transport infrastructure scheme.
• Shape interior spatial planning, passenger flow strategy, materiality, lighting integration, and wayfinding coordination in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate closely with architects, planners, landscape designers, and specialist consultants to ensure cohesive design integration.
• Manage projects across all RIBA work stages, from early concept and stakeholder engagement through to technical detailing and construction.
• Lead and mentor project teams, safeguarding design intent, technical excellence, and delivery performance.
• Oversee interior packages including finishes, joinery, fixtures, and passenger-facing environments, ensuring compliance with rail and infrastructure standards.
• Manage objectives, risk, programme, and resources with commercial awareness and strategic oversight.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrable experience delivering interior architectural solutions within complex, multidisciplinary transport or infrastructure environments.
• Strong spatial design sensibility with the ability to craft compelling design narratives grounded in passenger experience.
• Confident in Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and 3D tools such as Rhino, Enscape, or SketchUp.
• Experienced in managing technical design packages, construction documentation, and consultant coordination.
• Strong knowledge of UK infrastructure standards, accessibility requirements and public-sector delivery frameworks.
• Ability to balance creativity with rigorous technical and operational constraints.

Why Join

• Hands-on involvement in major, high-profile station and transport projects across the UK.
• Flexible working arrangements, combining a London studio environment with hybrid options.
• Direct collaboration with multidisciplinary experts and directors who remain deeply involved in design.
• Exposure to complex public-sector processes and long-term programmes that strengthen leadership capability.
• A friendly, inclusive studio culture with regular design reviews, events, and cross-disciplinary exchange.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

08-03-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English