Senior Architect​/Interior Designer

At Fora, we’re fuelled by a desire to enhance the way people work. We’re here for the progressives, the forward thinkers, the status quo‑challengers, the creators and the innovators. With signature hospitality, a like minded community of members and a re‑energising wellness experience, Fora takes the grind out of daily work‑life, so members can focus on what’s important – working productively, healthily and happily.

Our journey began over 20 years ago, when we opened our first location on London’s City Road. Since then, our collection has grown to over 60 distinctive work spaces across London, the UK and Germany, totalling 3.2 million sq ft of real estate. Over the last two decades we have welcomed approximately 300,000 members through our doors, with over 30,000 members today, and boast market‑leading retention rates.

As a trusted workspace provider for teams of all sizes, from established brands to new ventures, our uniquely designed, flexible office spaces come with a range of exceptional on‑site amenities and a dedicated Member Experience team to take care of all the day‑to‑day details. Ocado, The British Fashion Council and Pangaia are just some of the businesses who call a Fora workspace home.

Fora is London’s leading provider of flexible office spaces . All of our design‑led spaces are open and supported by our dedicated front‑of‑house teams, five days per week. Fora is part of The Office Group, backed by Blackstone and Brockton Capital. We have ambitious plans to expand our collection of work spaces in the future, pioneering industry change through our conscious design and construction practices, and creating work spaces that empower our members to work in their own unique way.

Fora is seeking a driven, collaborative and highly skilled Senior Architect / Senior Interior Designer to join the Design and Development team and play a key role in shaping the future of our portfolio. This role is ideal for an experienced Architect / Interior Designer who can blend architectural rigour with interior design creativity, lead projects and demonstrate project lead experience, understand data and designing to suit, and deliver exceptional workplace environments across a dynamic existing portfolio and a growing estate.

As a senior team member your role will involve multiple projects across our various work streams, including, but not limited to: underwriting acquisitions, feasibility studies, briefing and concept design, documentation review through technical design and on‑site delivery and leading design direction from concept to completion on small scale portfolio interventions to larger scale new assets. You will ensure that projects embody the Fora brand, are backed by the relevant data, support operational needs and deliver outstanding experiences for our members and occupiers.

In this role you will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders at Fora; including day‑to‑day interaction with Development, Real Estate, Commercial Insights, Operations, Finance, Sales and Marketing teams. The role also requires strong collaboration with external consultants and design teams, acting as a key design guardian for Fora.

• Lead the architectural and interior design vision across a range of projects: potential acquisitions, new developments, existing portfolio refurbishments and smaller scale existing portfolio interventions and enhancements and where required member workplace fit outs.
• Produce high‑quality concept designs, space plans, layouts, material palettes.
• Ensure design aligns with the Fora Design Principles, quality, sustainability goals, operational functionality, budget requirements and data analysis.
• Demonstrate organizational leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in team settings while exhibiting individual initiative.
• Confidence coordinating interdisciplinary teams, managing project schedules and budgets, and effectively communicating with sub‑consultants.
• Comfortable in communicating effectively across a broad group of stakeholders, including senior management, consultants and clients.
• Work in a self‑directed manner, consulting with the…