Senior Design Manager — Experiential Events

Arena Americas; Fort Irwin (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Flexible Work Options

Career Growth Opportunities

Supportive Team Culture

Employee Perks

Job summary

Arena Americas is seeking a senior designer to lead client conversations from the initial meeting through proposal and design development. You will help set the vision, curate furnishings and finishes, and collaborate with a skilled team to transform mood boards into buildable spaces.

With a focus on hospitality interiors and experiential design, you’ll balance creative goals with budgets and timelines, while traveling to showrooms and project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in interior design or related field.
• 5+ years in event, experiential, trade show, hospitality, or branded-environment design.
• Strong visual sensibility for interiors, materials, color, scale, and composition.
• Experience creating client-facing presentations, mood boards, design concepts, or visual proposals.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and CAD or 3D design software.
• Excellent communication and project-tracking skills.
• Team-oriented with ability to collaborate across departments.
• Balancing design goals with budget, schedule, fabrication, and installation considerations.
• Willingness to occasional trips to showrooms, vendors, venues, or load-ins, up to 25 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Lead client design meetings and draw out creative direction, priorities, brand requirements, and budget.
• Translate client feedback into clear next steps for the design team.
• Source furniture, lighting, décor, materials, finishes, and specialty items.
• Present recommendations to clients and guide them through the design and approval process.
• Track progress and follow up on feedback and approvals to keep proposals and designs on schedule.
• Collaborate with designers, renderers, CAD artists, production, project managers, and estimators.
• Review floor plans, renderings, and graphics to stay true to the approved direction.
• Support design resources, templates, and processes; assist on special projects.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Teamwork

Practical thinking

Design eye

Mobility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in interior design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

CAD / 3D design software

Job description

Arena Americas is seeking a senior designer to lead client conversations from the initial meeting through proposal and design development. You will help set the vision, curate furnishings and finishes, and collaborate with a skilled team to transform mood boards into buildable spaces.

With a focus on hospitality interiors and experiential design, you’ll balance creative goals with budgets and timelines, while traveling to showrooms and project sites as needed.