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Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential

L7

mondoNew York, NY2 days ago

$245,000/year

Occupations

Designers, All OtherArt DirectorsInterior Designers

Industries

Other Specialized Design ServicesInterior Design ServicesAdvertising Agencies
Job Description: Apply now: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential, location is NYC. The start date is ASAP for this permanent position.
Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Local to NYC, NYStart Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTOMust 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 design5–7 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 environmentsExperience 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 environmentsExperience incorporating AI tools or AI-enabled workflows into the creative/design process
  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Advertising, Architecture, or a related creative discipline
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Level

ManagerL7

Salary

$245,000/year

Location

New York, NY

Occupation

Designers, All Other

Industry

Other Specialized Design Services

Posted

2 days ago

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