About the Role
This is a highly collaborative, client-facing opportunity with significant creative ownership. The ideal designer will have a strong background in experiential, retail, environmental, or spatial design, with the ability to take concepts from early sketches through polished 2D and 3D designs and practical physical build-outs.
Responsibilities
- Lead creative development for a branded retail pop-up environment.
- Develop concepts, sketches, presentations, and creative decks.
- Create polished 2D and 3D designs and visualizations for the physical environment.
- Translate creative direction into thoughtful and executable spatial designs.
- Develop concepts for retail environments, customer experiences, and physical spaces.
- Support both early-stage conceptual development and detailed design.
- Design and visualize physical build-outs and spatial elements.
- Present design concepts and creative directions to clients and project stakeholders.
- Collaborate directly with the client and project manager throughout the engagement.
- Incorporate client feedback and iterate quickly on designs.
- Take ownership of creative work from initial concept through design development.
- Ensure designs are visually compelling while remaining practical and executable.
- Work efficiently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Requirements
- Strong professional experience in experiential, environmental, retail, spatial, or 3D design.
- Proven experience designing retail environments and physical build-outs.
- Strong 2D and 3D design and visualization capabilities.
- Experience taking projects from initial concepts and sketches through detailed design.
- Ability to translate creative direction into practical, executable spatial solutions.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Comfortable presenting creative concepts directly to clients.
- Ability to confidently receive feedback and incorporate revisions.
- Strong creative problem-solving and attention to detail.
- Comfortable taking ownership of projects and working with minimal supervision.
- Strong collaboration skills when working with clients, project managers, and other creative stakeholders.
- Experience with experiential architecture or experiential design.
- Experience designing permanent retail or commercial build-outs.
- Experience working on pop-up stores, branded environments, or customer experiences.
- Experience working with major consumer, retail, or lifestyle brands.
- Experience working with architects, fabricators, contractors, or production teams.
- Strong 3D rendering and visualization capabilities.
- Previous client-facing experience presenting design concepts and creative solutions.
Skills
- Experiential design
- 3D design
- Spatial design
- Retail design
- Environmental design
- Concept development
- Sketching
- Presentation
- 2D design
- 3D visualization
- Creative direction
- Client communication
- Feedback incorporation
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration
- 3D rendering
Location
- New York City
- Remote
Work Type
- Freelance
- Independent contractor
- Full-time (up to 40 hours per week)
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- An enterprise consumer brand is seeking a Senior Experiential 3D / Spatial Designer to support the development of a creative toolkit for an upcoming retail pop-up environment.
