Senior Set Designer - Scenic & Fabrication Lead

TAPP Film; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

See Hear Productions, a Curated Events company, seeks an experienced Set Designer to translate creative concepts into precise buildable drawings for live events and theatrical productions. This role collaborates with sales, production teams, and craftspeople to ensure designs are realized on time and within scope.

The Senior Designer leads creative and technical decisions, bridging concept-to-fabrication across intimate theatre to large-scale events, reporting to the Director of Design.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in scenic design and/or technical design.
• Ability to produce production-ready drawing packages independently.
• Proven collaboration with directors, production managers, and shop craftspeople.
• Solid understanding of materials and fabrication processes (wood, steel, soft goods).

Responsibilities

• Develop full scenic design packages from concept to final presentation.
• Create scale models to communicate design intent to production teams and clients.
• Produce complete technical drawing packages for fabrication (Vectorworks/AutoCAD).
• Coordinate with production managers and shop foreman to meet build deadlines.
• Manage multiple projects, budgets, and documentation.

Skills

Scenic design

Technical design

Time management

Collaboration

Communication

Shop collaboration

Tools

Vectorworks

AutoCAD

Job description

See Hear Productions, a Curated Events company, seeks an experienced Set Designer to translate creative concepts into precise buildable drawings for live events and theatrical productions. This role collaborates with sales, production teams, and craftspeople to ensure designs are realized on time and within scope.

The Senior Designer leads creative and technical decisions, bridging concept-to-fabrication across intimate theatre to large-scale events, reporting to the Director of Design.