Junior Retail Architect

The Retail Architect provides a wide variety of architectural design operations within the organization’s ongoing and future development projects, having a great potential of professional growth within the company.

The Role You'll Play:

The position is assigned within the Retail Team and Retail Asset Management Team, meaning that the main responsibilities will regard focus on the growing operational assets. It offers a unique chance to explore the full potential of a project for years to come, by understanding each project and how it should adapt in the near and long future to succeed within a challenging and developing market. .

This is the first of such positions within the company, meaning the candidate must have the ability to lead and the motivation to become a team leader. As the income-generating assets are growing and expanding, the company expects to develop a larger team of architects within the Asset Management Team.

• Collaborate mainly with the Leasing Team, Asset Management Team and Leasing Architects Team, but also with other functions, such as construction and development, leasing and legal
• Understand project’s objectives and follows them throughout implementation
• Maintain an open and efficient line of communication and information exchange with third parties and involved functions
• Coordinate with all involved parties to achieve established goals and meet deadlines
• Collaborate on design projects regarding the transformation and improvement of existing assets, from simple partitions and furniture changes to building extensions and general refurbishment
• Participate at concept, design and construction meetings
• Brainstorm project ideas and explores alternative solutions
• Keep a healthy communication line with all involved parties, from center and technical managers to asset directors and leasing colleagues
• Develop required and requested research, information and layouts according to current planning and objectives
• Maintain and updates project’s general and specific information
• Understand general building codes, construction methods and phases

Your Building Blocks of Success:

• Interact effectively with other colleagues and functions, communicating clearly, and understanding established objectives
• Excellent organization, planning, motivation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to comprehend the bigger picture of the project, in relation to other design specialties
• Analytical thinking skills in relation to a large portfolio
• Capacity to identify specific areas for improving and adapt/replicate a successful model
• Critical thinking, complex problem solving, judgment, and decision-making ability
• Must have a strong work ethic and be detail-oriented with multitasking skills
• Ability to learn, implement and adapt company’s development criteria
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Ability to work with sensitive or confidential information
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently and be self-driven
• Ability to respect deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Availability to travel for visiting the company’s projects, when required

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or similar technical background
• Three to five years of experience in a medium-large design office or development company
• Proficiency in AutoCAD software and Microsoft Office
• Previous experience in retail & office is not mandatory, but preferable
• Excellent command of the English language (both written and spoken)

Company Overview

We are an owner-managed, vertically-integrated, real estate developer, investor and operator that benefits from a highly-experienced team, substantial capital base and development pipeline.
The focus is on central and eastern Europe, investing predominantly in retail assets, selected residential projects and opportunistically across other real estate segments.
The team comprises highly experienced real estate professionals with an exceptional track-record, combining a multi-disciplinary skill-base integrated along the entire property value-creation chain. The management includes the founders and former senior executives of the largest CEE-based publicly traded property company who, in their previous capacity, developed, re-developed and operated more than 30 core assets.