Simple by design

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

Whether you're a graduate looking for your first role or a practice searching for fresh talent, Gradspace is designed to make the process faster, fairer, and more human.

The graduate journey

Sign up to hired — step by step

1

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
2

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
3

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
4

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
5

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
6

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
Learn more

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
Learn more
How it works · illustrative

How graduates use Gradspace

Example journeys showing how each part of the platform works. We'll replace these with real graduate stories as our founding cohort lands their roles.

The Liminal Archive Setting her terms
Sofia

Sofia Jennings

Cambridge — Part II
Sets her terms upfront — £28k, no unpaid overtime — so practices can only pitch her on terms she'd actually accept.
How it works: practices pitch to your terms
Urban project Found via Talent Radar
Marcus

Marcus Reed

Manchester — Part I
Instead of firing off cold applications, practices discover him through Talent Radar — matched on skills, not on who he knows.
How it works: studios find you
Heritage project Matching to terms
Amara

Amara Okafor-Lewis

Edinburgh — Part II
Match-to-terms badges show her at a glance which enquiries meet her salary and location preferences — no more guessing.
How it works: see which offers fit before you reply
Video stories

Hear it from them — in their own words

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

Sofia's story
3:42

"I stopped applying and started choosing"

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

Sofia Jennings · Part II
Marcus's story
2:58

"Found before I even finished uploading"

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

Marcus Reed · Part I
Amara's story
4:15

"The practice had to earn my attention"

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

Amara Okafor-Lewis · Part II
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Placement rate %
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Avg days to first enquiry
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Cold applications needed
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Avg salary (£k) Part II

Illustrative figures — real Gradspace data will be shown here from launch.

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.

Ready to get started?

Join the waitlist — whether you're a graduate or a practice.

Graduates free forever. Practices start free.