Design Architect Required (Malaysia)

Employer:
Industry: Architecture and Interior Design
Location: Malaysia

RDA Harris Architects is seeking for a pragmatic.

Well qualified, motivated, talented, innovative and creative individual with an architectural background which demonstrates a distinct track record in the delivery of projects within the residential, commercial, hotel or mixed use sectors for local and overseas jobs to long career prospect for the following position:

Design Architect:

Job duties:

The Design Architect role entails the following essential job functions. These are the core responsibilities required for adequate job performance:

- Comprehend business and communication objectives and plan strategic design solutions accordingly.
- Ability to recommend solutions that leverage a variety of media and interactive technologies.
- Deep understanding of consistent, modular design and type systems.
- Working knowledge of application usability standards and testing methods.
- Excellent written/verbal/visual communication and organizational skills.
- Effectiveness in presenting ideas to clients, communicating project status, and building client relationships.
- Participation in and facilitation of client meetings as necessary to gather requirements, present design concepts, and guide participatory design sessions.
- Plan personal and team project development activities according to major project phases.
- Estimate design activities in support of business development, project planning, and resource allocation.
- Measure proposed design solutions and team deliverables against established evaluation criteria and quality standards.
- Ensure all design deliverables meet the internal and external requirements of the project, including time, budget and scope.
- Responsibility for ensuring all members of design team are able to complete assigned work according to project plan and deadlines.
- Collaboration with account and technical resources to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of design solutions.
- Proactively identify, communicate, mitigate, and resolve project-related issues.
- Fluency in modern design applications such as Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand/Illustrator, Photoshop.

The Design Architect role at RDA Harris Architects also entails the following non-essential job functions. These responsibilities are in support of the essential job functions:

- Work with management team to plan the growth of the Design discipline.
- Stay abreast of design and technology trends for creation of innovative solutions.
- Develop proficiency in other core disciplines, including technology development and account management.

Qualification Requirements:

- Degree or Master Degree in Architecture from recognizable university, extensive knowledge of architecture design standards and building codes.
- At least 5 years design experience in the client service industry or similar.
- Preferably LAM Part II or III Architect.

Skills:

- Ability to develop concepts, plans, and design solutions for interactive media.
- Specialization in graphic design, information architecture, content development and/or multimedia production.
- Ability to lead design team through a multi-phased project development cycle.
- Able to liaise with clients, other consultants and contractors.
- Computer literate and have good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- Able to work independently, self motivated, have good communication skill and strong problem solving skill.
- Coordination with site and production required.
- Positive mood under work pressure is important.
- Able to achieve high output of drawings with high degree of accuracy.
- Fully conversant with 3D max, 3D and AutoCAD.
- Must be willing to meet tight deadlines.