Architecture · Interior Design · Built Environment
Recruitment and talent partner for architects, interior designers, and the built environment
Talent partner for growing architecture, interior design and built-environment studios across SA’s major metros — specialising in mid-to-senior design and technical talent (project architects, senior interior designers, BIM technologists, studio leads), delivered with the people-strategy insight of someone who has actually run HR inside a design studio.
Hiring for your studio shouldn't feel like a gamble.
I help architecture and design studios hire right the first time — measured, checked, square.
A corner isn’t square because it looks right. It’s square because 3, 4, 5 proves it.
That’s the fit I insist on delivering: not close enough, but right.
Recruitment and talent partner for architects, interior designers and the built environment, across South Africa
Architecture and Architectural Technology
Interior Design
Built Environment
What You Get
Sourcing, vetting and placement, tailored to the discipline
Insider knowledge when looking for that great fit, whether it's a BIM operator, technologist, or lead architectural role
No irritating unpacking of design, project timing or workstage principles required — I already know it
Experienced portfolio reviews that save you the time
Where I place people
Architecture and Architectural Technology Roles
- Covers lead architectural roles (design, project), architects, architectural technologists and BIM operators
- Portfolio evaluated against the discipline’s technical and design standards — no need to explain design or workstage principles
- Aesthetic sensibility benchmarked against the practice’s design philosophy, not just technical output
- Capability verified through direct assessment, not assumed from years in the role
Interior Design Roles
- Covers mid-to-senior design talent, sourced through real industry relationships
- Portfolio and career history assessed for design maturity and consistency — not job-board keyword matches
- Aesthetic alignment evaluated against your studio’s design language and market positioning
- Ability verified through demonstrated work, not tenure alone
Built Environment Roles
- Covers mid-to-senior talent, from BIM through to construction documentation
- Remuneration benchmarked against verified market data
- Technical output assessed for accuracy, consistency and aesthetic sensibility where design input applies
- Candidate skill verified through rigorous screening, not assumed from time served
Who is 3four5 Talent?
3four5 Talent, run by Janine Wentzell, finds and places talent across the built environment — architects, interior designers, and technical specialists. Janine’s background isn’t just HR — it’s 15+ years in coaching, business operations and commercial leadership, including pan-African corporate transformation work, before 7 years running HR inside the architecture and interiors industry, where she grew workforce capacity by 50%. That combination — commercial rigour plus real studio operations experience — is what shapes every hire she makes.
You didn’t start a design studio to spend your evenings scrolling CVs and portfolios from people who don’t know the difference between someone who can actually run BIM software and someone who just lists it on a CV, or negotiating counter offers you don’t have a benchmark for.
Most recruiters treat architecture and interior design like any other vertical — keyword match a CV, send it through, move on. They don’t know the difference between an architect who can carry a project to construction documentation and one who can’t. They’ve never sat in a studio meeting, or helped a team lead think through leave and workload planning. And when talent walks out after time and effort invested, it’s your name explaining it to the principal — not theirs.
I have.
Across all three segments
Remuneration benchmarking, candidate screening, and reference checks — fit, conduct, and professionalism.
Probation support
Candidate wellbeing and check-ins during the probation period, for both sides of the placement.
Ongoing partnership
Optional recruitment-plus light HR advisory, for studios that need more than a single placement.
Ready to hire measured, checked, square?
Remuneration benchmarking, candidate screening, and reference checks — fit, conduct, and professionalism.
Based In
Cape Town, South Africa
Working across SA’s major metros