Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential

Mondo; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

PTO

Job summary

Mondo is seeking a Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential to lead the agency's 3D and spatial design practice. The role oversees major experiential projects from concept through execution, shaping standards and driving creative excellence across accounts.

You will manage a team, collaborate with production and operations, and ensure design integrity while balancing budgets, timelines, and build realities. Remote work is supported with NYC/LA exposure.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in spatial, experiential, or environmental design.
• 5–7 years of recent experience in experiential agencies.
• Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready for ownership.
• Strong background in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning and guest flow.
• Portfolio showing design craft and multi-layered storytelling across environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards.
• Lead spatial design direction across multiple projects and accounts.
• Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design org.
• Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, and storytelling.
• Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects.
• Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, and builds.
• Manage approximately 4–5 direct reports with dotted-line and freelance staff.
• Coordinate with creative, production, and operations to align budgets and timelines.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows and team capabilities.
• Present work and rationale to senior stakeholders.
• Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution.
• Travel periodically for events and installations

Skills

Spatial design

Experiential design

Environmental design

People management

Team leadership

Concept development

Schematic drawings

Spatial planning

Guest flow

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design/Advertising/Architecture

Tools

SketchUp

Rhino

Job description

Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Remote (NYC or LA; periodic travel required)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Job Description

Lead and elevate the client's agency-wide 3D experiential and spatial design practice, establishing design standards, driving creative excellence, and overseeing major experiential projects from concept through execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards and best practices
• Lead spatial design direction across multiple concurrent experiential projects and accounts
• Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design organization
• Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, guest flow, detailing, and environmental storytelling
• Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects and new business pitches
• Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, builds, and technical design
• Manage approximately 4-5 direct reports with additional dotted-line and freelance team members
• Partner with creative, production, and operations teams to align creative ambition with budgets, timelines, fabrication, and build realities
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, resourcing, processes, and team capabilities
• Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders
• Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution
• Travel periodically for events, project installations, and company gatherings

Required Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in spatial design, experiential design, environmental design
• 5-7 years of recent experience working within experiential agencies
• Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready to step into broader Group Creative Director-level ownership
• Strong spatial or architectural design background with experience in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning, and guest flow
• Deep expertise in materiality, detailing, environmental design, and spatial storytelling
• Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design craft and concepting/storytelling through materials - experiences should be more than just branded environments but be multi-layered in concept/narrative
• Experience with both temporary experiential activations and more permanent or semi-permanent interior environments
• Experience creating branded interior buildouts, retail environments, hospitality spaces, or similar experiential environments
• Strong understanding of experiential production, fabrication processes, materials, and build considerations
• Hands-on proficiency with 3D design and spatial planning tools such as SketchUp and Rhino, or comparable platforms
• Experience establishing or improving design systems, workflows, standards, and best practices across an organization
• Significant people-management experience, including leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-level projects across multiple accounts
• Background working within both smaller entrepreneurial agencies and larger agency environments
• Polished, diplomatic, collaborative, calm, and confident leadership style
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes within a growing organization
• Strong ability to build consensus while remaining decisive

Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Remote (NYC or LA; periodic travel required)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Job Description

Lead and elevate the client's agency-wide 3D experiential and spatial design practice, establishing design standards, driving creative excellence, and overseeing major experiential projects from concept through execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards and best practices
• Lead spatial design direction across multiple concurrent experiential projects and accounts
• Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design organization
• Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, guest flow, detailing, and environmental storytelling
• Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects and new business pitches
• Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, builds, and technical design
• Manage approximately 4-5 direct reports with additional dotted-line and freelance team members
• Partner with creative, production, and operations teams to align creative ambition with budgets, timelines, fabrication, and build realities
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, resourcing, processes, and team capabilities
• Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders
• Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution
• Travel periodically for events, project installations, and company gatherings

Required Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in spatial design, experiential design, environmental design
• 5-7 years of recent experience working within experiential agencies
• Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready to step into broader Group Creative Director-level ownership
• Strong spatial or architectural design background with experience in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning, and guest flow
• Deep expertise in materiality, detailing, environmental design, and spatial storytelling
• Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design craft and concepting/storytelling through materials - experiences should be more than just branded environments but be multi-layered in concept/narrative
• Experience with both temporary experiential activations and more permanent or semi-permanent interior environments
• Experience creating branded interior buildouts, retail environments, hospitality spaces, or similar experiential environments
• Strong understanding of experiential production, fabrication processes, materials, and build considerations
• Hands-on proficiency with 3D design and spatial planning tools such as SketchUp and Rhino, or comparable platforms
• Experience establishing or improving design systems, workflows, standards, and best practices across an organization
• Significant people-management experience, including leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-level projects across multiple accounts
• Background working within both smaller entrepreneurial agencies and larger agency environments
• Polished, diplomatic, collaborative, calm, and confident leadership style
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes within a growing organization
• Strong ability to build consensus while remaining decisive

Preferred Qualifications

• Architecture background or previous professional architecture experience
• Experience with permanent hospitality, restaurant, or retail environments
• Experience incorporating AI tools or AI-enabled workflows into the creative/design process
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Advertising, Architecture, or a related creative discipline