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Design Manager

Unfold Talent 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time

Lead design management from tender and pre-construction through project completion, coordinating consultants, subcontractors, clients, and project teams. Review and coordinate design information for buildability, compliance, cost, and programme, while managing changes, risks, bids, and design close-out.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design management from tender and pre-construction through project completion, coordinating consultants, subcontractors, clients, and project teams. Review and coordinate design information for buildability, compliance, cost, and programme, while managing changes, risks, bids, and design close-out.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have design management experience with a fit-out, refurbishment, or Design & Build contractor and a track record delivering commercial projects valued at £1m–£20m. They should bring strong technical knowledge of interior construction and M&E coordination, experience managing external design teams and tender interviews, and the ability to oversee multiple projects with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Competitive Package

Key Skills

Design Management Construction Documentation Buildability Review Compliance Coordination Cost Management Program Scheduling Risk Management Change Management Tender Process Interior Construction Knowledge M&E Coordination Team Leadership Stakeholder Communication Design Coordination Project Delivery Commercial Project Experience Budget Oversight Design Close‑out

About Unfold Talent

Unfold Talent is a specialist recruitment agency for the interior and workplace design industry, connecting exceptional design talent with the studios and in-house teams shaping the spaces we work, gather, and live in. We work exclusively within interior design, workplace design, and hospitality design, placing designers, technical designers, space planners, and project leads into Design & Build studios, Architectural Studios and Design studios, and the in-house teams of hospitality and commercial brands across London. Unfold Talent was built on a simple idea, recruitment in this industry should be handled by people who understand design, not just CVs. Full website coming soon at unfoldtalent.co.uk For candidate or client enquiries: info@unfoldtalent.co.uk. Unfold Talent Ltd | Company No. 17190226 | 66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA

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