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Heatherwick studio is formed of over 250 problem solvers. The studio strives to design inspiring, impactful projects and sensitise millions of people to the epidemic of emotionally unhealthy environments that surround us all. Our goal is to spark a global movement that no longer tolerates inhuman, soulless places.
Our vision is for a world where the buildings and places around us are radically more joyful, engaging and human.
Based out of our combined workshop and design studios in London, Shanghai, and California, we create buildings, spaces, masterplans, objects, and infrastructure all over the world. At any one time, we might be working on a pollution-eating car, an international headquarters in Silicon Valley, an opera house in China, or a chair. We value each equally.
We are a creative community of problem solvers across the globe
We look for studio members with the entrepreneurial spirit to make things happen and who delight in sharing their knowledge and experience. We want self-reflective people who are committed to their own growth and are unafraid to support the growth of others.
It’s important to us that everyone feels they belong. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered regardless of their culture or background.
Working Style
We believe that good ideas are a team effort and diversity of thought and perspective are valued highly across the studio. Therefore, our working style – whether in a design team or otherwise – is highly collaborative. Our designs and ideas are developed through an inquisitive, iterative, and comprehensive process of trial and experimentation, and we hold regular pin-up sessions to discuss a host of options together.
Whatever the format, every team member presents and explains their thinking, and everybody is encouraged to discuss ideas. A creative spark can come from any direction.
Studio Culture
The studio is committed to creating a community where everyone feels they belong. We achieve this through a wide range of events, workshops, lunchtime talks, and social activities to create a friendly and flexible environment.
From our annual Battle of the Bands to bingo nights, charity auctions, pub quizzes, life drawing sessions and sports and running clubs – there is always plenty going on.
Add in good food, good music, lots of cake and biscuits and the occasional studio site visit, and you have a culture that places value on togetherness, creativity and fun.
Learning & Development
Studio members have access to a wide variety of learning, training, and development opportunities to support both personal and professional development. We also offer financial support towards study and membership fees, and opportunities for sabbaticals.
Studio Benefits
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Health & Wellbeing
From you first day of employment you’ll be eligible for extended maternity and paternity leave, additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period, and your birthday as a day off. You will also have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, an annual Visual Display Unit eye test and a flu Vaccination. Following two years of service, you will be eligible for an enhanced benefits package, which includes an increased annual leave allowance and private medical insurance.
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Additional Benefits
Other benefits include a discretionary annual bonus, a pension scheme and up to 10 days paid study leave for a professional qualification or certification. We also contribute towards professional membership fees and offer an annual season ticket loan for those travelling into the studio via train, as well as access to a cycle to work scheme. Following five years of service, you will be eligible to apply for paid sabbatical leave.
We expect all studio members to work together with honesty and integrity,
and to have a genuine care for each other.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered without regard to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.
We encourage all people from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
If you want any help with your application, please let us know.
FAQs
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Clarity of Communication:
Show us you can clearly communicate design challenges, ideas, storytelling, or technical solutions, in a simple, concise, and effective way. This can be through sketches, diagrams, models, visuals, or any medium that you feel is best.
Design Process:
We'd love to see your creative thought process. What's your approach to design? What type of exploration and research was done? How did you arrive at the outcome and solutions? -
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to offer feedback to each individual.
All of our vacancies will display a closing date at which point applications will be reviewed. Any successful candidates will be invited to interview. We endeavour not to keep applicants waiting too long to hear back from us. -
If we think you might be a good fit for the role, a member of our recruitment team will reach out to discuss the job and your application further. You may then be invited to a first-stage interview, where you will meet one or more of our Project Leaders for around one hour. You will have the opportunity to talk about your work and to share and present your portfolio.
If required, you may be invited to a second-stage interview to discuss the opportunity in more detail and to make sure your expectations are aligned with those of the studio.
During the interview process, we may ask you to complete a task to demonstrate your software capabilities.
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A passport is mandatory for everyone, you wouldn't need to provide any further right to work documents if you have a British or Irish Passport. Any other passport would need to share the further documents for right to work which includes Biometric Card or Share Code for online check
Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas founded Heatherwick studio in 1994 to bring the practices of design, architecture and urban planning together in a single workspace. He leads the design of all our projects, working in collaboration with our highly-skilled architects, designers and makers.
In 2022 he delivered a TED Talk about the studio’s design philosophy. You can watch that here. It is a very useful briefing if you are interested in applying for a role.
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