Senior Experiential Designer — Immersive Brand Experiences

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

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.