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Senior Urban Designer

Smithfield, SouthEast EC1, United Kingdom • Full-time

Description

Join Our Award-Winning Practice as a Senior Urban Designer

We’re looking for a talented Senior Urban Designer to join our London Architecture team at our Smithfield Studio. This is an exciting opportunity for an urban design professional to grow their career in a supportive and experienced team.

Who We Are

At PRP, we don’t just design buildings; we shape communities and create lasting legacies. As a long established, interdisciplinary firm with over 100 prestigious awards to our name, our passion lies in delivering a full spectrum of design and building services, including masterplanning, urban design, landscape architecture, and development consultancy.

We believe in fostering an environment where every team member feels valued, connected, and empowered to contribute their best. Our culture is built on collaboration, mutual support, and a shared commitment to excellence – both in our projects and in how we work together. We’re a tight knit family across our studios, ensuring everyone feels part of the wider PRP team.

The Opportunity: Your Impact & What You’ll Do

You will be an integral part of our project teams, working closely with experienced leaders and contributing your unique vision and technical expertise to shape inspiring spaces.

If you have project-leading experience working on suburban and urban masterplanning, town regenerations and new communities, along with producing frameworks, masterplans and visions, we’d love to hear from you!

Good graphic skills (including Adobe package, AutoCAD, Sketchup) and a minimum of 5 years of urban design experience are essential to this role.

Life at PRP: Our Vibrant Culture & What We Offer You

Our culture is the cornerstone of our success: flexible, genuinely friendly, and incredibly supportive, with a healthy dose of fun! We believe in investing in our people’s growth and wellbeing, offering a comprehensive package that truly makes a difference:

As well as a competitive salary we also offer:

• Excellent development opportunities through our PRP Academy

• Option to join Simply Health scheme to obtain treatment and reclaim medical costs

• £100 towards cost of eye care

• Mental Health Support including counselling

• Hybrid working

• Mentorship scheme

• Coaching & Buddy system

• Enhanced family leave

• 23 days holidays plus bank holidays

• Volunteer days

• Social value opportunities

• Work Placed Pension with 4.5% employer contribution

• Access to 1:1 Independent pension advice

• Permanent health insurance up to 50% of salary

• Support towards payment of exam fees

• Confidential financial advice line

• Season ticket loan

• Cycle to work scheme

Social

• Annual office study trip

• Summer and Christmas parties

• Staff away day

• Football and softball teams

• Monthly drinks

PRP is an equal opportunities employer.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer with inclusive and accessible recruitment processes. Please contact us if you need any support in making your application.

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Role Type

Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior

Company Overview

PRP is a long-established architectural firm with over 100 awards to its name. An interdisciplinary practice, we offer a full range of design and building services including masterplanning, urban design, landscape and development consultancy. We are looking to expand our practice with people who we believe will thrive in our fantastic working environment. At the core of our culture and ethos is our desire to encourage employees to feel part of the wider PRP team as well as their local studio. Our Values are: Knowledge-based | People-Centered | Quality-Driven