Associate Director

McGregor Coxall is a global dynamic collective of innovators including engineers, scientists, landscape architects, architects, designers, planners committed to shaping prosperous cities and environments. We are a multi-disciplinary sustainable design, urban planning and engineering firm located in Australia, and the UK dedicated to assisting cities achieve sustainable prosperity. Our international team provides services through Landscape Architecture, Environment, Urbanism and Biourbanism disciplines. Embracing leading digital technologies, we deliver design solutions for complex urban and environmental challenges. Having received more than 150 awards including the coveted international TOPOS prize, we have been recognised for delivering a diverse range of projects for both private and public sector clients. The firm has been published in numerous international journals and received regular prizes in prestigious international design competitions.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director to join our Sydney Urban Design team a creative thinker and outstanding communicator wanting to further develop their career in a diverse environment. As a member of the Sydney Studio leadership team, you will play an integral role in contributing to the growth of the business by focusing on sustainable design direction, project management, and business development.

As an Associate Director, you will impart your passion for design and the importance of relationships while inspiring and leading a group of talented professionals and designers.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Providing design input and concepts, with a high degree of personal responsibility for task management and programming across a wide variety of projects
- Managing the delivery of strategic design projects including allocated tasks and effective workload planning
- Providing technical and management support to the wider design team;
- Generation of new work through new business development and enhancing current client relationships, across a range of industry sectors; and
- Maintain and promote design excellence.

**ABOUT YOU**

This role is suited to someone with 10+ years of Urban Design or related discipline post-graduate experience who possesses the following competencies:

- Ability to write proposals, win and manage work;
- Contributes advice that adds value to the client’s overall solution - gains the client’s trust as a strategic advisor;
- Demonstrates advanced written and verbal communication skills including producing well written and incisive reports;
- Confidence in presenting to internal and external clients;
- Portfolio that demonstrates design excellence;
- Strong conceptual thinking with the ability to visualise design projects and embrace sound business strategy as applied to effective projects; and
- The ability to demonstrate effectiveness and strong commitment to working in a team; setting and delivering high quality client service and technical competence.

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- We provide a dynamic and collaborative working environment and offer benefits to ensure your professional development and wellbeing including:

- Flexible work arrangements including work from home, school drop off/pick up and job sharing
- Health and wellbeing initiatives enabling personal growth
- Fantastic company culture and work environment by the beach with a culturally diverse team
- A busy calendar of professional and social events including Friday afternoon discussions, team outings, and annual events
- Professional memberships; across all disciplines
- Professional and technical development opportunities
- Opportunities for inter-studio travel and short-term assignments
- Professional and technical development opportunities.

**OUR VALUES**
- We have a responsibility to humanity
- We are environmental stewards
- We pursue design excellence
- We are research led
- We are a proud cultural mosaic
- We love what we do

To find out more, you can visit our website, follow us on LinkedIn and follow us on Instagram.

TO APPLY

If the above role is aligned with your values and ambitions submit a cover letter, resume and portfolio in PDF format
- Applications and portfolios will be treated in the strictest confidence. All personal data collected by McGregor Coxall will be kept confidential and only used for recruitment purposes._
- McGregor Coxall is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity. At McGregor Coxall we are committed to BIPOC and LGBTQI inclusion in the workplace._