Carolyn Mitchell

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About Carolyn Mitchell

A strategic architectural leader with a strong focus on operations, design and people management. With broad experience leading architectural studios, Carolyn is decisive and results driven with the ability to motivate teams, instigate key practice initiatives and promote creative innovation. With a talent for invigorating studio culture, she has an acute eye for detail and ability to see the bigger picture, whilst attending to the specific task at hand. A versatile professional, able to drive and lead practice and design challenges with excellent client service expertise. With over 20 years in the design and architecture industry, Carolyn has a strong track record of interior and architectural design, excellent client service and management.+ Client management and stakeholder engagement.+ Invigorating studio and design culture.+ Nurturing and empowering the team to reach their full potential.+ Experience leading and motivating teams across a broad range of project types and scales.+ Develop training in induction, performance, skills and leadership.+ Strong written communication skills through submissions, proposals, articles, technical documentation and project descriptions.+ Big picture understanding while tackling the finer detail.+ Driver of reporting and accountability across studio.+ Strong understanding of project accounting and broader practice financials.+ Clear and direct management of supporting team. Carolyn's architectural experience has been gained in many building sectors, including commercial office and interiors, hospitality, education, retail, residential and health. Ever conscious of the impact of the built environment to the end user, the longevity and durability of materials, user safety and risk minimisation are core to her design values.