Design Architect - Remote

Location & Collaboration Format

• Fully remote job

• Collaboration in Central European Time (CET) or UK hours

• Utopia does not provide visa sponsorship or relocation packages

Responsibilities

• Work on a variety of high-end hospitality projects as a design architect

• Conduct feasibility studies, volumetric proposals, area calculations, and land plot analyses

• Interpret design briefs and collaborate with client representatives

• Perform design research and create presentations, mood boards, and reference materials

• Generate architectural ideas and sketches, researching references and mood boards

• Execute concept design development: massing proposals, volumetric studies, layouts, ergonomics, circulation, facades, and free-form designs

• Develop volumetric studies into concept layouts, Revit (RVT) models, and foundational inputs for the CGI team

• Refine concept layouts through schematic and detailed design stages

• Collaborate with structural and MEP teams, and the local Architect of Record (AOR), ensuring optimal adaptation while preserving design intent

• Support FF&E procurement with quantity calculations, material research, and detailing

• Stay up to date with modern hospitality design trends, technologies, and materials

• Mentor junior team members, supervise BIM modelers, and elevate storytelling/presentation skills

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture

• 7–10 years of experience in architectural design

• Experience with low-rise residential and hospitality projects (private homes, villas, hotels, resorts)

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or other sketch-oriented tools (Rhino, Lumion, Enscape)

• Advanced/Fluent English (written and verbal)

• Portfolio required

Benefits

• Work on projects from concept to realization: contribute across the full architectural journey

• Design with long-term impact: create globally recognized hospitality destinations

• Cross-disciplinary collaboration: work with interiors, landscape, construction, operations, and guest experience teams

• Creative influence from the ground up: contribute ideas before projects are locked into rigid systems

• Global architectural exposure: location-specific projects influenced by diverse cultural and environmental contexts

• High design standards: detail, materiality, atmosphere, and timeless hospitality design

• End-to-end development insight: exposure to design, execution, operations, and luxury hospitality realities

• Luxury standards and materials: premium finishes and globally inspired concepts

• Influence guest experience through design: shape spaces emotionally as well as aesthetically