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Mondo lists this Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential opportunity in new york, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title: Group Creative Director, 3D Experiential
Location-Type: Local to NYC, NY
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: Up to $245,000/year
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Job Description:
Lead and elevate the client's agency-wide 3D experiential and spatial design practice, establishing design standards, driving creative excellence, and overseeing major experiential projects from concept through execution.
Responsibilities:
Define and evolve agency-wide 3D, spatial, and environmental design standards and best practices
Lead spatial design direction across multiple concurrent experiential projects and accounts
Drive quality, consistency, efficiency, and craft across the design organization
Establish standards for spatial planning, materiality, scale, guest flow, detailing, and environmental storytelling
Lead concept development and spatial storytelling for priority projects and new business pitches
Provide hands-on guidance around schematic drawings, spatial flows, builds, and technical design
Manage approximately 4-5 direct reports with additional dotted-line and freelance team members
Partner with creative, production, and operations teams to align creative ambition with budgets, timelines, fabrication, and build realities
Identify opportunities to improve workflows, resourcing, processes, and team capabilities
Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders
Oversee design integrity through production, fabrication, and onsite execution
Travel periodically for events, project installations, and company gatherings
Required Qualifications:
12 years of experience in spatial design, experiential design, environmental design
5-7 years of recent experience working within experiential agencies
Current Creative Director or Senior Creative Director ready to step into broader Group Creative Director-level ownership
Strong spatial or architectural design background with experience in blueprints, schematic drawings, spatial planning, and guest flow
Deep expertise in materiality, detailing, environmental design, and spatial storytelling
Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design craft and concepting/storytelling through materials - experiences should be more than just branded environments but be multi-layered in concept/narrative
Experience with both temporary experiential activations and more permanent or semi-permanent interior environments
Experience creating branded interior buildouts, retail environments, hospitality spaces, or similar experiential environments
Strong understanding of experiential production, fabrication processes, materials, and build considerations
Hands-on proficiency with 3D design and spatial planning tools such as SketchUp and Rhino, or comparable platforms
Experience establishing or improving design systems, workflows, standards, and best practices across an organization
Significant people-management experience, including leading multidisciplinary design teams
Experience managing large, complex, multi-level projects across multiple accounts
Background working within both smaller entrepreneurial agencies and larger agency environments
Polished, diplomatic, collaborative, calm, and confident leadership style
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes within a growing organization
Strong ability to build consensus while remaining decisive
Preferred Qualifications:
Architecture background or previous professional architecture experience
Experience with permanent hospitality, restaurant, or retail environments
Experience incorporating AI tools or AI-enabled workflows into the creative/design process
Bachelor's degree in Design, Advertising, Architecture, or a related creative discipline
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
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