Lead Spatial Designer

24 Seven Talent; Camden (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking a Lead Spatial Designer for a Camden, NJ-based studio. The role drives client conversations, shapes design capabilities, and mentors the broader design team.

Expect about 70% build-ready design work and 30% design-focused pitches, translating briefs for engineering, fabrication, and production teams. A relocation package and a hybrid schedule (3 days in the office, 2 remote) are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in experiential, retail, exhibition, activation, or spatial design environments.
• Portfolio demonstrates hands-on design work and client-facing presentations.
• Confidence presenting concepts to clients and leading pitch discussions.
• Understanding of project budgets, fabrication, materials, labor, and production constraints.

Responsibilities

• Produce build-ready design work: floor plans, form studies, finishes, briefs, technical drawings, 3D models.
• Translate client briefs into actionable design solutions for engineering, fabrication, and production teams.
• Lead design-focused pitches: develop decks, present concepts, and help win new business.
• Collaborate with growth and project-management partners to align direction with scope, schedule and budget.
• Develop spatial concepts, renderings, and presentation materials for proposals and active projects.
• Maintain strong design processes and standards across the team.

Skills

Spatial design

Experiential design

Client-facing presentations

Mentoring design teams

Budget awareness

Leadership

Pitch facilitation

Tools

Fusion

Rhinoceros (Rhino)

Job description

Our client is a dynamic design studio that partners with high-profile clients including Nike, LEGO, and Google. They create immersive brand experiences from initial concept through final installation.

As the team continues to grow, they are seeking a Lead Spatial Designer to lead client conversations, shape and communicate design capabilities, and provide guidance and support to the broader design team.

• Location: Camden, NJ (relocation package offered)
• Schedule: 3 days in office, 2 remote

What You’ll Do

• Spend approximately 70% of your time producing build-ready design work, including floor plans, form studies, material and finish direction, build-intent briefs, technical drawings, and 3D models.
• Translate client concepts and project briefs into clear, practical design solutions for engineering, fabrication, and production teams.
• Spend approximately 30% of your time leading design-focused pitches: developing pitch decks, presenting concepts to clients, and helping win new business.
• Bring design expertise into client conversations alongside growth and project-management partners.
• Develop original spatial concepts, visual treatments, renderings, and presentation materials for proposals and active projects.
• Collaborate with project managers to align creative direction with scope, schedule, budget, materials, labor, and production requirements.
• Introduce strong creative processes, design standards, and working habits that help the team deliver consistently high-quality work.

What You Bring

• Experience in experiential, retail, exhibition, activation, or spatial design environments.
• A portfolio that demonstrates both hands-on technical design work and polished, client-facing creative presentations.
• Confidence creating and explaining design concepts to clients, including leading pitch discussions and presenting decks.
• Working knowledge of project budgets, fabrication considerations, materials, labor, and production constraints.
• Strong visual judgment, communication skills, and an ability to balance creative ambition with executional detail.
• Experience building or mentoring design teams and coordinating freelance creative resources is preferred.
• Familiarity with tools such as Fusion and Rhinoceros is a plus, but not required.
• Industry knowledge, sound judgment, collaborative working style, and cultural fit are prioritized over any single technical qualification.
• Experience from experiential design studios or polished creative agencies is especially valued, particularly where you have helped establish strong processes and design discipline.