Senior Designer

Star; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

STAR is seeking a Senior Experiential Designer to join our Creative group in a full-time exempt role. You will craft immersive brand experiences, lead concept development, and ensure designs meet client objectives, budgets, and timelines.

The position offers opportunities to shape activations across trade shows, retail environments, and events, with a focus on creating measurable impact and compelling narratives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in experiential, environmental or industrial design or related field.
• Proficiency in 3D software (SketchUp, FormZ, 3DS Max) and 2D software (Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Office).
• Ability to work collaboratively in a deadline driven environment.
• Willingness to work beyond 40 hours per week when workload requires it.

Responsibilities

• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – generate innovative, engaging and highly functional design concepts for experiences that align with client objectives, budget and target audience.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – develop compelling renderings/visuals and presentation materials to effectively communicate concepts to internal and external customers.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – collaborate closely with other departments to ensure alignment and coordination in delivering a seamless customer experience and outstanding product.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – provide direction to team members or freelance resources as needed to complete assigned work.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – create detailed design specifications for estimating and production.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – research customers’ brands, products, audience, competitors etc to better understand project context.
• Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership – research & source props, materials, objects, and promotional materials for projects.
• Client Relationships and Business Development – participate in or lead key client meetings, pitches, and presentations, helping to showcase the agency's capabilities and building trust and rapport with clients.
• Client Relationships and Business Development – conduct project-level discovery independently or under the guidance of a CD.
• Client Relationships and Business Development – understand our clients’ needs, translating them into creative solutions and presenting those solutions effectively; connect goals with proposed strategy/tactics and intended outcomes.
• Client Relationships and Business Development – seek opportunities to develop relationships with project stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration

Organization

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in experiential, environmental or industrial design

Tools

SketchUp

FormZ

3DS Max

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

At STAR, we specialize in the design, production & execution of custom brand experiences for our clients. Our work encompasses Trade Show Exhibits, Retail Experiences, Branded Interiors & Events. Wherever a brand lives, STAR is there to make it shine.

The STAR Creative group is currently adding a full-time (exempt) Senior Experiential Designer to our team. In this role, designers will create immersive and engaging brand experiences that captivate audiences, leave a lasting impression, and meet client objectives

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Creative Concept Development and Project Leadership

• Working independently, collaboratively or under direction: generate innovative, engaging and highly functional design concepts for experiences that align with client objectives, budget and target audience
• Develop compelling renderings/visuals and presentation materials to effectively communicate concepts to internal and external customers.
• Collaborate closely with other departments within the company, such as sales, marketing, engineering, and operations, to ensure alignment and coordination in delivering a seamless customer experience and outstanding product
• Provide direction to team members or freelance resources as needed to complete assigned work
• Create detailed design specifications for estimating and production
• Research customers’ brands, products, audience, competitors etc to better understand project context.
• Research & source props, materials, objects, and promotional materials for projects.

Client Relationships and Business Development

• Participate in or lead key client meetings, pitches, and presentations, helping to showcase the agency's capabilities and building trust and rapport with clients
• Conduct project-level discovery independently or under the guidance of a CD
• Understand our clients’ needs, translating them into creative solutions and presenting those solutions effectively; connect goals with proposed strategy/tactics and intended outcomes
• Seek opportunities to develop relationships with project stakeholders

The ideal candidate for this job will possess strong collaboration, organization & time management skills; along with a commitment to exceeding client expectations, fanatical attention to detail, & an exceptional ability to manage assigned tasks & timelines.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Experiential, Environmental or Industrial or related Design field.
• Successful work experience in events, tradeshow, retail, interiors or related design field is desirable but not required
• Proficiency in 3D software (SketchUp, FormZ, 3DS Max) & 2D software (Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Office)
• Ability to work collaboratively in a deadline driven environment
• Willingness to work beyond 40 hours per week when workload requires it.

STAR offers a competitive salary & full benefits in an engaging & collaborative work environment. Qualified candidates committed to making a strong impact in a thriving organization are encouraged to submit a resume via online. STAR is an equal opportunity employer.