Event CAD Technician

This Is Catapult; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

This is Catapult is seeking an Event CAD Technician to translate designers’ visions into build-ready drawings for live events. You will create detailed floorplans, elevations and seating layouts, ensuring safety, lighting and staging requirements are met. The role connects design with production to realise high-impact experiences.

Based in Dublin or London with a hybrid, full-time arrangement, you’ll report to the Head of Design and contribute to shaping immersive events for a global client base.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a CAD Technician with a focus on event design and on-site live event execution.
• Strong knowledge of construction, fabrication and manufacturing techniques for high-end brand experiences.
• Understanding of lighting, control, broadcast and stage design to specify standard stage deck sizes and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Turn designer concepts into detailed 2D drawings and 3D models, considering structure, materials and finishes.
• Collaborate with design and production to ensure drawings meet venue health and safety, lighting, staging and equipment standards.
• Act as the link between design vision and production of world-class experiences, environments and live events.

Skills

On-site experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Project management

Team collaboration

Tools

Vectorworks

Job description

This is Catapult, a Global Experience Agency. We've been delivering big ideas and big ambitions for over 27 years, pushing the boundaries for audiences and maximising the potential of every experience for clients.

We specialise in experience strategy, connected creativity and complex production at scale. We create new ways for brands to connect in culture, in communities and in person. Working across cultural lines, from artistic and environmental to popular and political, our business is to make brands human.

Through imagination, invention and accuracy we've earned the trust of governments, global brands and organisations shaping the world. Some of these include UEFA, Williams F1, The Global Fund, FIFA, Mastercard, Universal Music, Diageo, United Nations, Wall Street Journal and Puma.

As people, we're all in, with our clients, our audiences and each other. We operate from Dublin, London, New York, LA, Doha and Riyadh and work with clients all over the world. Check out what we doHERE.

We are seeking an Event CAD Technician to join our team!

This is the role that turns a designer's vision into something that can actually be built. You'll take 3D concepts and visuals and transpose them into detailed drawings, considering structure, materials and finishes at every step. You'll work closely with design and production to make sure every drawing accounts for venue health and safety, lighting, staging and equipment standards. You’ll be the link between the vision of the design team, and the production of world-class experiences, environments and live events.

• Location: Dublin, Ireland or London, UK
• Full-time, hybrid
• Reports to the Head of Design.
• Annual salary: depending on experience.

Who we are looking for

• Proven experience as a CAD Technician with a focus on event design, including previous on-site experience in live event execution.
• Proficient in Vectorworks, in both 3D modelling and 2D drafting.
• Able to produce accurate, detailed floorplans, elevations, sections and seating layouts, factoring in client preferences, venue specifications and safety regulations.
• Strong knowledge of construction, fabrication and manufacturing techniques, including set fabrication, material sheet sizes, and steel/aluminium frames and sections, plus the materials and finishes suited to high-end brand experiences.
• Working understanding of lighting, control, broadcast and stage design, enough to specify standard stage deck sizes and event equipment correctly.
• Excellent attention to detail and precision, with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across creative and production teams.
• Able to manage multiple projects at once, meet deadlines, and problem-solve on the fly, especially in on-site scenarios.