Scenic Designer: Built Environments for Themed Experiences

LF Studios; Hazelwood (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LF Studios in the United States is seeking a Scenic Designer to create environments for animatronic figures and show spaces. This hands-on role focuses on rockwork, flats, bases, platforms, and props, ensuring fabrication-friendly designs and easy on-site assembly.

You will develop elements from concepts, build CAD models, plan structures, and coordinate with Engineering, Fabrication, Finishing, and project managers from kickoff through installation.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scenic structures that were built and installed.
• Hands‑on background in rockwork, scenic flats, technical theater, or woodworking.
• Proficiency in CAD and mesh tools (e.g., Fusion 360, Blender, Maya, ZBrush).
• Working knowledge of fabrication methods and materials and how they affect design decisions.
• A practical sense of structure, weight, handling, packing, and shipping.
• A portfolio showing scenic work from concept through finished, built piece.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop scenic elements from client concepts, sculpts, and art direction, preserving creative intent while designing for fabrication methods, materials, and budget.
• Build digital models in CAD and mesh environments, keeping scenery in context with figures, mechanisms, and show layout.
• Lay out internal structure (framing, steel or wood substructure, mounting points) for engineering review.
• Coordinate interfaces with figures and mechanisms, including clearances, range of motion, access panels, cable paths, and service access.
• Select construction methods and materials such as hardcoat and foam rock work, flats, wood and metal framing, and 3D-printed or milled parts.
• Break scenery into sections sized for fabrication, handling, crating, and shipping, with seams, keys, and hardware that reassemble cleanly on site.
• Produce complete release packages for fabrication: drawings, models, output files, cut lists, and bills of materials.
• Document assembly sequences, lifting and handling points, and installation interfaces.
• Work closely with Engineering, Fabrication, Finishing, and project managers from kickoff through installation.
• Support the shop during build and the field team during install, feeding lessons learned back into our standards.

Skills

Scenic design experience

Hands-on fabrication background

CAD proficiency

Mesh software proficiency

Structural and packaging sense

Portfolio of scenic work

US work authorization

Tools

Fusion 360

Blender

Maya

ZBrush

SOLIDWORKS

CNC/Milling

3D printing (FDM/SLA/SLS)

Job description

LF Studios in the United States is seeking a Scenic Designer to create environments for animatronic figures and show spaces. This hands-on role focuses on rockwork, flats, bases, platforms, and props, ensuring fabrication-friendly designs and easy on-site assembly.

You will develop elements from concepts, build CAD models, plan structures, and coordinate with Engineering, Fabrication, Finishing, and project managers from kickoff through installation.