Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential

Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Remote (NYC or LA; periodic travel required)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Job Description

Lead and elevate the client's agency-wide 3D experiential and spatial design practice, establishing design standards, driving creative excellence, and overseeing major experiential projects from concept through execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards and best practices
• Lead spatial design direction across multiple concurrent experiential projects and accounts
• Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design organization
• Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, guest flow, detailing, and environmental storytelling
• Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects and new business pitches
• Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, builds, and technical design
• Manage approximately 4-5 direct reports with additional dotted-line and freelance team members
• Partner with creative, production, and operations teams to align creative ambition with budgets, timelines, fabrication, and build realities
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, resourcing, processes, and team capabilities
• Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders
• Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution
• Travel periodically for events, project installations, and company gatherings

Required Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in spatial design, experiential design, environmental design
• 5-7 years of recent experience working within experiential agencies
• Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready to step into broader Group Creative Director-level ownership
• Strong spatial or architectural design background with experience in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning, and guest flow
• Deep expertise in materiality, detailing, environmental design, and spatial storytelling
• Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design craft and concepting/storytelling through materials - experiences should be more than just branded environments but be multi-layered in concept/narrative
• Experience with both temporary experiential activations and more permanent or semi-permanent interior environments
• Experience creating branded interior buildouts, retail environments, hospitality spaces, or similar experiential environments
• Strong understanding of experiential production, fabrication processes, materials, and build considerations
• Hands-on proficiency with 3D design and spatial planning tools such as SketchUp and Rhino, or comparable platforms
• Experience establishing or improving design systems, workflows, standards, and best practices across an organization
• Significant people-management experience, including leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-level projects across multiple accounts
• Background working within both smaller entrepreneurial agencies and larger agency environments
• Polished, diplomatic, collaborative, calm, and confident leadership style
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes within a growing organization
• Strong ability to build consensus while remaining decisive

Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Remote (NYC or LA; periodic travel required)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Job Description

Lead and elevate the client's agency-wide 3D experiential and spatial design practice, establishing design standards, driving creative excellence, and overseeing major experiential projects from concept through execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards and best practices
• Lead spatial design direction across multiple concurrent experiential projects and accounts
• Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design organization
• Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, guest flow, detailing, and environmental storytelling
• Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects and new business pitches
• Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, builds, and technical design
• Manage approximately 4-5 direct reports with additional dotted-line and freelance team members
• Partner with creative, production, and operations teams to align creative ambition with budgets, timelines, fabrication, and build realities
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, resourcing, processes, and team capabilities
• Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders
• Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution
• Travel periodically for events, project installations, and company gatherings

Required Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in spatial design, experiential design, environmental design
• 5-7 years of recent experience working within experiential agencies
• Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready to step into broader Group Creative Director-level ownership
• Strong spatial or architectural design background with experience in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning, and guest flow
• Deep expertise in materiality, detailing, environmental design, and spatial storytelling
• Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design craft and concepting/storytelling through materials - experiences should be more than just branded environments but be multi-layered in concept/narrative
• Experience with both temporary experiential activations and more permanent or semi-permanent interior environments
• Experience creating branded interior buildouts, retail environments, hospitality spaces, or similar experiential environments
• Strong understanding of experiential production, fabrication processes, materials, and build considerations
• Hands-on proficiency with 3D design and spatial planning tools such as SketchUp and Rhino, or comparable platforms
• Experience establishing or improving design systems, workflows, standards, and best practices across an organization
• Significant people-management experience, including leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-level projects across multiple accounts
• Background working within both smaller entrepreneurial agencies and larger agency environments
• Polished, diplomatic, collaborative, calm, and confident leadership style
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes within a growing organization
• Strong ability to build consensus while remaining decisive

Preferred Qualifications

• Architecture background or previous professional architecture experience
• Experience with permanent hospitality, restaurant, or retail environments
• Experience incorporating AI tools or AI-enabled workflows into the creative/design process
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Advertising, Architecture, or a related creative discipline