Senior Design Director — Immersive & Themed Experiences

Scruffy Dog Creative Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scruffy Dog Productions Limited in Birmingham is seeking an accomplished Senior Design Manager / Design Director to lead creative design development across immersive environments, themed attractions, experiential spaces, and complex design-build projects.

You will blend creative vision with technical know-how, directing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with production and engineering, and ensuring concepts are buildable and commercially viable.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior design leadership within themed entertainment or experiential design.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary design projects from concept through delivery.
• Strong understanding of spatial design, materials, fabrication, and design-for-manufacture principles.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Rhino, SketchUp or equivalent industry software.
• Demonstrated ability to lead creative teams, manage competing priorities, and communicate with clients and senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, strategic thinking, and practical understanding of project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design process from initial concept through production delivery.
• Drive creative excellence across themed entertainment, immersive experiences, and bespoke installations.
• Lead multidisciplinary design teams with strategic direction and QA throughout lifecycles.
• Collaborate with project management, production, engineering, fabrication, and installation teams to translate design intent into buildable outputs.
• Establish design standards, review methodologies, and workflows for consistency and innovation.
• Develop creative briefs with clients and present design proposals aligned with project objectives.
• Manage design resources, priorities, budgets, and schedules to meet deadlines and commercial expectations.
• Identify opportunities to improve design processes, material selection, and production efficiency.

Skills

Senior design leadership

Multidisciplinary leadership

Client and stakeholder communication

Design-for-manufacture

AutoCAD/Rhino/SketchUp

Tools

AutoCAD

Rhino

SketchUp

Job description

Scruffy Dog Productions Limited in Birmingham is seeking an accomplished Senior Design Manager / Design Director to lead creative design development across immersive environments, themed attractions, experiential spaces, and complex design-build projects.

You will blend creative vision with technical know-how, directing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with production and engineering, and ensuring concepts are buildable and commercially viable.