Creative Lead – 3D

Mecca Brands; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development programs

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Generous employee discount

Job summary

MECCA Brands is seeking a Creative Lead - 3D to shape how the brand appears in the physical world—spaces, environments, products, merchandise, installations and experiences. You will lead 3D concepts from concept to vision, collaborating with teams to realize ideas that captivate customers and elevate brand relevance.

The role requires senior-level thinking across various 3D disciplines, a strong portfolio, and the ability to translate strategy into tangible, memorable physical expressions while

Qualifications

• Senior creative with 3D thinking; translate strategy into physical expressions.
• Portfolio demonstrates large-scale 3D outcomes across formats.
• Strong communication and collaborative approach to bring ideas to life.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of physical creative ideas across campaigns, launches, and brand initiatives.
• Take ideas from concept through to a clear creative vision; consider form, materiality, scale, interaction and CX.
• Partner with Creative Leads and cross-functional teams to realize concepts and balance ambition with feasibility.

Skills

3D disciplines

Portfolio development

Creative direction

Job description

We’re looking for a Creative Lead - 3D to help shape how MECCA shows up in the physical world, from spaces and environments to products, objects, merchandise, installations and experiences. Sitting within our Creative Direction team, this newly created senior creative role will help define MECCA’s future physical creative language, translating brand strategy and creative direction into distinctive ideas that build brand recognition, customer connection and cultural relevance.

The Role You Could Play:

This is a concept-led creative role for someone who naturally thinks in three dimensions and loves imagining what an idea could become beyond the screen. Reporting to the Head of Creative Direction, you’ll lead the development of physical creative ideas across some of MECCA’s most important campaigns, launches, flagship moments and brand initiatives. Develop and lead original 3D creative concepts across spaces, environments, products, merchandise, installations and experiences. Take ideas from early concept through to a clear creative vision, considering form, materiality, scale, interaction and customer experience. Help define and evolve MECCA’s physical creative language, exploring new formats, materials, technologies and collaborators. Partner closely with Creative Leads, Creative Strategy, Design, Art Direction, Visual Merchandising, Product Innovation, Retail Experience, Store Design and Production to bring ideas to life. Provide clear creative direction and judgement, balancing creative ambition with customer needs, commercial realities, feasibility and scale.

What You Will Bring:

You’re a senior creative who thinks expansively, brings strong conceptual ideas to the table and knows how to turn them into physical expressions people remember. Experience in one or more 3D creative disciplines, such as spatial design, product design, experiential design, architecture, interiors, environmental or exhibition design, retail innovation or creative direction. A portfolio that demonstrates big conceptual thinking expressed through physical outcomes, across different scales and formats. Proven experience developing ideas from a blank page through to a clearly articulated creative vision and partnering with specialist teams to realise them. A strong understanding of form, space, materiality, interaction and customer experience, with an eye for craft and detail. Confidence communicating and presenting creative thinking, alongside a collaborative, curious and pragmatic approach to bringing ambitious ideas to life.

Your Life At MECCA

While we are singularly focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable — and have a bit of fun along the way!

Some of our other team member benefits include:

• Professional development programs and first‑class digitised learning offering
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Reward and recognition programs
• Access to bonus and incentive programs
• Access to quarterly product allowance
• Generous discount to spoil yourself and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy

There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story, as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way. To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca, and explore our current opportunities via the MECCA Careers page. Follow @LIFEATMECCA Visit our LinkedIn page Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to look and feel their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin‑care brands, coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have almost 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or one of our Distribution Centres, you will be an integral part of the MECCA family.