Experiential 3D Designer

Talent Heroes (client ATS); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative design agency in London seeks a versatile experiential designer to concept and deliver impactful 3D designs for exciting live and digital events. You will join a collaborative team, ensuring that ideas evolve into stunning visual experiences. A proactive self-starter with expertise in spatial design, you will thrive in a dynamic environment. The role includes working closely with the creative team, producing exceptional visuals, and staying ahead of design trends. This position allows for hybrid work with three days in-office.

Qualifications

• Experience as an experiential designer with a focus on set design and 3D build.
• Proficient in design software including Vectorworks or Cinema 4D or Sketchup.
• Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver creative design for live and digital events.
• Create detailed design intent drawings and production packs.
• Collaborate with production and design teams to ensure successful execution.

Skills

Fluent in Vectorworks

Adobe Creative Suite

Spatial design expertise

Collaboration skills

Attention to detail

Creativity

Job description

Who we are

At We Are Family, we believe human connection is the heartbeat of everything that matters, in work, in life, and in the creative magic we make for the visionary brands we partner with.

We’re a small but mighty, award-winning independent agency with big ideas and even bigger hearts. From designing culture-defining brand experiences to building moments through meaningful design, we exist to bring people together.

We care less about the ladder you’ve climbed and more about the energy, curiosity and creativity you bring to the table. We’re proudly inclusive and believe the best teams are made of different voices, perspectives and paths.

What you’ll be accountable for:

You’ll have ideas, lots of them and you will help ideate, shape, lead and deliver creative across bold live and digital events and experiences for some of the world’s most visionary and interesting brands.

• Create, concept, oversee and deliver concepts, mood boards, spatial layouts, and 3D design visuals and detailing, and provide on-site delivery support for both client and internal work, on time, on budget and on brief
• Create accurate and detailed design intent drawings and production packs, brief-in external fabrication companies on the build elements
• Turn strategy and concepts into 3D designs
• Lead and concept on the overarching visual narrative (with a focus on 3D design), working closely with graphic designers, supporting freelancers, producers and the production team to bring ideas to life
• Design standout presentation decks, pitch visuals and proposals that sell the story, not just the slides
• Support the Director of Creative Design and Executive Creative Director and wider team with ad-hoc requests and creative problem-solving
• Stay ahead of design trends, materials, and technologies that can make our work smarter and more surprising
• Provide constructive feedback and uphold design quality across the studio

Who you’ll work with

• Director of Creative Design — management of workflow and project support, weekly check-ins, annual reviews, growth plans
• Executive Creative Director — WAF founder and final creative decision maker, collaboration and input at key milestones.
• Producers — collaborating on project approach and staged presentation developments, keeping design on-brand, on-budget and on-time
• Production team — collaborating on production methods and on site delivery, the team maintain relationships with build and other production suppliers

Why join us

We’re independent, human, and genuinely collaborative. You’ll have room to play, and experiment. No egos. No factory lines. Just a small team of brilliant, kind humans who love what they do.

Location: London (hybrid) 3 days in office

Who you are

You’re a versatile experiential designer who lives and breathes the world of set design, turning ideas into considered 3D build and experiences. A thinker-doer with taste, pace and originality. You care about what’s next in design, not just what’s trending. You love taking a blank page and turning it into something that makes people feel.

You’re:

• A proactive, fast, energetic self-starter who thrives on making ideas happen
• Obsessed with spatial design, materials, build details, styling and creating exceptional visual brand stories
• Culturally switched-on and creatively curious, you spot what’s cool before it hits the mainstream
• Organised, detail-driven and calm under pressure
• Equally at home designing for creative conferences, events, brand activations and styling spaces
• Fluent in Vectorworks (or Cinema 4D or Sketchup), Adobe CS, and able to communicate ideas from mood boards into visuals
• A natural collaborator, with broad shoulders, you can take feedback, shape ideas and lift the work higher