Lead Spatial Experience Strategist

Aquent; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios, a global creative studio, seeks a visionary strategist to shape the future of physical retail spaces. You will generate big ideas, map insights into actionable blueprints, and guide design teams to deliver engaging in-store experiences from concept to opening.

Leveraging research on consumer behavior and global retail trends, you’ll articulate narratives and strategies that influence store windows, layouts, and interactive elements, ensuring maximum engagement for millions of

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years in brand strategy, retail design strategy, experiential marketing, or agency-side design strategy.
• Strategy-focused mindset with ability to synthesize complex ideas and write persuasive briefs.
• Active passion for physical retail, visual merchandising, window display trends, and omnichannel store technology.
• Strong narrative building and deck creation using Keynote, Google Slides, Figma, or Miro for leadership or clients.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end customer journey maps and experience frameworks for physical retail environments.
• Define spatial strategies influencing visitor movement, traffic flow, discovery zones, and navigation.
• Articulate the why behind spatial installations, conceptualizing features and store experiences, window displays, and interactive elements.
• Create narrative-driven spatial strategies and vision decks aligning business objectives with customer moments.
• Serve as SME on global retail innovation, emerging store design directions, and shopper expectations.
• Monitor and report on upcoming retail trends including window design, experiential visual merchandising, spatial technology, and community-focused models.
• Translate insights into briefs for Spatial Designers, Graphic Designers, and Prototypers.
• Collaborate with creative production teams to maintain strategic intent through execution.

Skills

Brand strategy

Retail design strategy

Experiential marketing

Brief writing

Tools

Keynote

Google Slides

Figma

Miro

Job description

Aquent Studios, a global creative studio, seeks a visionary strategist to shape the future of physical retail spaces. You will generate big ideas, map insights into actionable blueprints, and guide design teams to deliver engaging in-store experiences from concept to opening.

Leveraging research on consumer behavior and global retail trends, you’ll articulate narratives and strategies that influence store windows, layouts, and interactive elements, ensuring maximum engagement for millions of