Senior Creative Designer - Immersive Retail Experiences

OUTFORM; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Outform Group in the West Coast is seeking a Senior Creative Designer to lead the development of retail environments, fixtures and branded experiences for consumer electronics clients. You will fuse industrial design, retail design and experience design to deliver manufacturable solutions.

Collaborate with Strategy, Sales, Engineering and Production, translate shopper insights into concepts, and present with clear rationale while balancing cost, timelines and brand objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or closely related discipline strongly preferred.
• 7+ years designing retail fixtures, displays, branded environments, experiential activations, or physical retail experiences.
• Retail experience highly preferred; exceptional candidates from adjacent industrial design disciplines may be considered if they demonstrate strong applicability to physical retail environments.
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating sophisticated retail design, industrial design thinking, experience design, and client-facing presentations.
• Advanced proficiency using industry-standard 3D CAD, visualization, and rendering tools.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Deep understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, fabrication methods, and production constraints.
• Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting directly to senior client stakeholders.
• Experience supporting RFPs, workshops, concept development, and business pitches.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept development for retail environments from initial ideation through final design.
• Create high-quality concept sketches, industrial design studies, CAD models, renderings, presentation visuals, and design documentation.
• Develop retail experiences that integrate physical environments with digital technologies and connected retail solutions where appropriate.
• Present concepts confidently to clients, clearly articulating the strategic and creative rationale behind design recommendations.
• Thoughtfully guide clients toward stronger creative solutions while balancing brand objectives, shopper needs, and commercial realities.
• Produce presentation-quality materials supporting client meetings, workshops, proposals, and business development activities.
• Collaborate closely with Strategy, Sales, Engineering, Production, and Program Management to ensure concepts remain commercially viable and manufacturable.
• Apply strong knowledge of materials, fabrication methods, manufacturing processes, retail fixtures, and production techniques throughout the design process.
• Participate in prototype reviews, sample evaluations, value engineering discussions, and production handoffs.
• Stay current with retail trends, consumer electronics, shopper behavior, emerging retail technologies, AI-assisted creative workflows, and evolving experience design best practices.
• Travel as required for client meetings, workshops, store visits, prototype reviews, trade shows, and industry events.

Job description

Outform Group in the West Coast is seeking a Senior Creative Designer to lead the development of retail environments, fixtures and branded experiences for consumer electronics clients. You will fuse industrial design, retail design and experience design to deliver manufacturable solutions.

Collaborate with Strategy, Sales, Engineering and Production, translate shopper insights into concepts, and present with clear rationale while balancing cost, timelines and brand objectives.