Freelance Senior 3D Designer

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading creative studio in London seeks freelance Senior 3D Designers to craft high-caliber retail experiences. The role involves collaborating with a vibrant design team to create impactful storytelling through engaging design in various retail formats. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in 3D design, a strong creative vision, and the ability to present ideas effectively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of 3D design experience in an agency or luxury/fashion brand.
• Proven experience designing mid to large sized retail projects.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging narratives and concepts for retail spaces and displays.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver fully-realized creative visions.

Skills

3D Design

Creative Concept Development

Storytelling

Tools

Sketchup

Adobe InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

V Ray

Job description

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StudioXAG creates bold spaces that tell big stories

We are a B Corp-certified creative studio in London and Amsterdam that believe in business as a force for good.

We create exciting experiences for some of the world's best known brands, telling stories that touch every corner of the globe. Luckily for us, we have a diverse team of conceptual thinkers, creative dreamers and inquisitive makers that help this happen.

They’re our core. They make us tick, inspire us, push us to be better.

Now we want to hear from you.

The Role:

Studio XAG is looking for freelance Senior 3D Designers to help deliver impact and wow for our clients through engaging storytelling in windows, permanent retail spaces, digital experiences and pop ups with beautiful, high calibre and considered design.

Reporting into one of our Associate Design Directors, you’ll be supporting a large-sized design team of 15 in a vibrant, exciting, and creative environment. You will have the opportunity to work with great brands on interesting projects.

Requirements

Ideal Experience:

• 5+ years of 3D design experience in an agency or for a luxury/fashion brand. Experience working in a retail design team and or architecture team
• Knowledge and experience of all things to do with creative retail, permanent store design, window displays, pop-up shops, events and activations
• An expert creative eye, with the skills to generate engaging narrative and creative concepts to help reinforce brand messages and sell specific products
• Proven experience of designing mid to large sized permanent retail projects from concept to creation with an emphasis on creating exclusive, high-caliber retail experiences

Skills & Responsibilities:

• Expert knowledge of Sketchup & Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & rendering software (ideally V Ray)
• Knowledge/experience working with 3D Modelling software is beneficial eg. C4D/Rhino or other digital platforms (Spark AR, Unreal etc.)
• Able to confidently build 360 brand experiences: (narrative and concept that reaches all core touchpoints physical and digital)
• Creatively responding to client briefs, creating concepts through mood boards and sketch ideas to clearly articulate brand vision and messaging
• Researching from diverse sources, including current and future industry trends, to pull together inspiring references that inform project direction
• A broad understanding of luxury brand aesthetics, tone of voice and brand positioning
• Confident presenting to management and clients, with a talent for storytelling through brilliant design
• Collaborating with the StudioXAG team to support fully-realised creative visions, and successfully handing over the design process to our Projects, Production and Technical Teams
• Able to confidently brief, review and approve technical designs that meet the creative requirements. Producing dimensioned specification packs showing design intent, to handover to the technical design team
• An understanding of a range of materials, fabrication and assembly processes
• Taking ownership of given projects, competently planning and executing effective workflows, with prioritisation of key/bigger tasks

Location:

We are open to remote or hybrid candidates to work when needed from our studios in East London, E10 7QE. Our normal working hours are 9am - 6pm.

Please share a link to your portfolio or website and state your day rate and availability upon application.