How Gradspace works

The graduate journey

Sign up to hired — step by step

Create your profile

Choose your discipline, add your skills, set your salary expectations and deal-breakers. Your live preview card builds as you go.

5 minutesFree forever

Upload your portfolio

Drop in a PDF — Gradspace turns it into a full-screen, dark gallery viewer with page-turn navigation. Pick your accent colour to make it yours.

Gallery viewerAccent colour

Get discovered

Practices find you through Talent Radar — saved searches based on skills, location, and availability. Your profile views and demand signals are visible to you.

Talent RadarDemand signals

Receive structured enquiries

Practices can't send cold messages. They pitch you with the role, the salary, and why they want you specifically. You see how it matches your stated terms instantly.

Match badgesAccept / Counter / Decline

Choose your practice

Review the practice's public reputation — response rate, graduate reviews, verification badges. Then start a conversation on your terms.

Reputation dataYour decision

Land your role

Start your career at a practice that earned the right to work with you. No cold applications. No ghosting. No unpaid trials.

Zero cold applications

Two pathways

Different experience, same platform

Graduates

Build a profile, upload your portfolio, set your terms, and let practices come to you. Free forever.

8-step guided onboarding
Gallery-style portfolio viewer
Structured enquiries from practices
Mentorship and community access

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Practices

Find pre-vetted graduates, post roles with market benchmarking, and build a studio profile that attracts the right people.

Talent Radar with saved searches
Salary Index benchmarking
Reputation data and reviews
Free tier with unlimited browsing

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Success stories

Real graduates, real outcomes

Part II → Hired

Sofia Jennings

Cambridge — Part II

"I set my terms at £28k with no unpaid overtime. Three practices reached out within a week with offers that actually met my terms."

Now at Henderson & Pryce Architects, London

Part I → Placement

Marcus Reed

Manchester — Part I

"I was drowning in LinkedIn noise. On Gradspace, two studios found me through Talent Radar before I'd even finished my portfolio."

Year-out placement at Veld Studio, Amsterdam

Part II → Hired

Amara Okafor-Lewis

Edinburgh — Part II

"The match-to-terms badges meant I could instantly see which enquiries met my salary and location preferences. No more guessing."

Now at Terra Collective, Edinburgh

Video stories

Hear it from them — in their own words

Short films from graduates who landed their dream roles through Gradspace.

"I stopped applying and started choosing"

Sofia on how setting her terms changed everything about her job search.

Sofia Jennings · Part II

"Found before I even finished uploading"

Marcus on being discovered through Talent Radar during his year-out placement search.

Marcus Reed · Part I

"The practice had to earn my attention"

Amara on how structured enquiries flipped the power dynamic in her favour.

Amara Okafor-Lewis · Part II

FAQ

Common questions

Is Gradspace really free for graduates?

Yes, completely and permanently. Graduates never pay for anything. Practices pay for visibility and analytics features — never for access to graduates.

What disciplines does Gradspace cover?

We're launching with architecture (Part I, Part II, and Part III stages). Other creative disciplines will follow — sign up to be notified when yours goes live.

How is this different from LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is employer-favoured and generic. Gradspace is built specifically for creative graduates — you set terms, practices pitch you, and salary data is transparent by default.

Can practices contact me directly?

No cold messages. Practices must send a structured enquiry — the role, the salary, why you specifically. You see how it matches your terms and decide whether to engage.

When does Gradspace launch?

Soon. Join the waitlist to be among the first — we're onboarding graduates and practices in waves to ensure quality from day one.

From sign-up to dream role — here's how it works.