Event Designer (3D)

Imagination; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global event design company in Saudi Arabia is looking for a Mid-Level Event Designer to create engaging experiences for brand activations and events. You will translate strategic ideas into detailed designs, collaborating closely with production teams to ensure quality and execution. The ideal candidate has 3–6 years of experience in event design, proficient in AutoCAD and Vectorworks, with a strong portfolio showcasing successful projects. This role offers a hybrid work model and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Hybrid work model

Monthly social sessions

Qualifications

• Experience with spatial planning and crowd flow management.
• Strong skills in production-ready documentation.
• Ability to collaborate across different disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and guest journeys for events.
• Produce detailed plans and documentation.
• Oversee on-site implementation and quality assurance.

Skills

Spatial planning & crowd flow

Production-ready documentation & detail orientation

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Problem-solving under time pressure

Education

3–6+ years in event/exhibition/experiential design

Tools

AutoCAD

Vectorworks

3DS Max

Adobe CC (InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop)

Job description

We’re hiring a Mid-Level Event Designer to take concepts from idea to on-site delivery across brand activations, conferences, festivals, and destination programs in the Kingdom.

You’ll translate strategy into zoned floorplans, scenic and stage design, wayfinding systems, guest flows, and production-ready documentation, balancing creativity with technical rigor.

You’ll own defined workstreams, collaborate tightly with Production/Technical, and protect design quality through tender, fabrication, install, and showtime.

Key Responsibilities

Concept & Experience Layout

• Develop concepts, zoning, adjacencies, and end-to-end guest journeys (arrivals, VIP, BOH, egress).
• Create stage/scenic concepts, brand touchpoints, hospitality areas, registration, and interactive zones with clear sightlines and capacities.

Design Development & Documentation

• Produce GA plans, elevations, seating plans, wayfinding/signage schedules, and set/prop call-outs.
• Coordinate with TDs/Engineers on rigging points, loads, power, AV/lighting, cable paths, and H&S clearances.
• Prepare tender packs: drawings, specs, finishes, BOQs, and vendor briefing documents.
• Communicate intent via sketches, moodboards, 3D massing/clay, and selected hero frames.
• Build clear client decks that explain narrative, flow, and operational logic; iterate fast for pitches and approvals.
• Liaise with scenic, staging, truss/rigging, LED, lighting, audio, SFX, and print vendors; review shop drawings and samples.
• Support value engineering without compromising safety or brand experience.

On-Site & Handover

• Attend site surveys; issue redlines/RFIs; oversee mock-ups and installation QA; track snags to completion.
• Support rehearsals, and final handover.

Research & Standards

• Track regional/global event trends and KSA guidelines; maintain templates, detail libraries, and checklists that speed delivery.

Core Competencies

• Spatial planning & crowd flow
• Production-ready documentation & detail orientation
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration and clear communication
• Problem-solving under time pressure; ownership of workstreams.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience: 3–6+ years in event/exhibition/experiential design (agency/studio or production house).
• Tools: AutoCAD or Vectorworks (must), 3DS Max (must), Adobe CC (InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop) Google Slides for decks. Unreal a plus.
• Technical Literacy: Rigging basics, AV/lighting fundamentals, materials & scenic fabrication, accessibility, H&S clearances.
• AI Literacy: Practical use of Visual AI for mooding, comping, and document acceleration, without replacing craft.
• Language: Strong professional English; Arabic proficiency highly preferred.
• Portfolio: Built or tendered projects showing concept → DD → documentation and on-site outcomes.
• Comprehensive paid time off benefits.
• Hybrid work model, where our team comes into the office a minimum of 3 days per week.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance.
• Monthly breakfasts and monthly social sessions.
• Select educational support for growth and upskilling.
• You will have the opportunity to work on multi-million dollar giga-projects that are literally shaping the future of global tourism and culture.
• We offer a collaborative, international environment where your ideas will be heard and your growth prioritized.

WHAT MAKES US, US

We spark the imaginationChanging the way people think, feel and act

We design experiences that create memories, change behaviours and shape cultures

We specialise in consultancy, brand destinations, live events, content and investor communications

Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words, and more than a legal framework or a moral obligation – they are guiding principles that, when acted upon, make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.

We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term.

To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.

We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.

We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination – regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.

We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.

We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do. Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.

Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.

Application

If you are not a perfect fit for the description above, please feel free to make a case for why you’re the right person for the job.

Send us a cover letter and state why you think we should consider you.
Talent comes in all forms and we want to encourage applications from as many different backgrounds as possible.

We love nothing more than creative, unique and distinct value-driven experiences that push the envelope and connect with our audiences.