Eleni Meladaki speaks to Dezeen about her path to becoming associate architect at ACME

Eleni Meladaki is an associate architect at London studio ACME. She explains her career progression and the difference between practising architecture in Greece and the UK for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide.

Meladaki's role as an associate involves running projects, preparing bids and overseeing practice-wide matters such as development opportunities.

Despite her senior role, she still has the opportunity to work on day-to-day design work and tasks: "we have a relatively flat hierarchy [at ACME], which means that I am still hands-on."

Meladaki moved to London to study at the Architectural Association, after initially completing her bachelor and masters at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and practising as a registered architect in Greece.

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