Senior 3D Experiential Designer
We are looking for a Senior-level 3D Designer with a background in interior, architectural, exhibition, or environmental design to join our integrated creative team. This role is focused on designing and delivering immersive brand experiences, exhibitions, events, and retail environments—both temporary and permanent.
Key Responsibilities
Spatial & Experience Design:
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of spatial design principles to create impactful, innovative environments.
- Develop 3D concepts, layouts, and designs that align with creative briefs and brand narratives.
- Produce high-quality sketches, design intent drawings, and technical documentation to communicate ideas effectively.
- Fluent in CAD (ideally VectorWorks), and can produce comprehensive design intent technical drawing packages, including plans, elevations, and pertinent design detailing.
3D Modeling, Rendering & Visualization:
- Create high-quality renders and real-time visualizations using Unreal Engine for rendering and either Rhino, Blender or Cinema 4D for modelling.
- Translate concepts into animations or interactive walkthroughs, bringing designs to life.
- Work with 2D designers and motion specialists to integrate graphic elements into 3D environments.
Collaboration & Execution:
- Work closely with UX designers, 2D designers and Strategists to develop holistic creative solutions.
- Liaise with fabricators, engineers, and production specialists to ensure designs are technically feasible and meet production requirements.
- Support the team by preparing internal and client presentations, delivering visually compelling design assets.
- Maintain quality control over multiple projects, ensuring work is delivered on time and to a high standard.
- Delegate upwards when necessary, ensuring smooth project execution.
Innovation & Learning:
- Keep up with emerging technologies, materials, and trends in architecture, exhibition design, and experiential marketing.
- Explore the integration of digital and physical spaces, incorporating new approaches into the design process.
- Push creative boundaries within the team and contribute to a culture of innovation.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Ideally a 7+ years of experience in 3D design, interior architecture, exhibition, or environmental design.
- Degree preferred or equivalent qualification in Interior, Architecture or Environmental Design.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating experience in spatial storytelling, brand experiences, and high-quality visualizations.
- Exceptional design aesthetic, strong knowledge of materials, fabrication techniques, and production processes.
- Ability to sketch, visualize, and communicate ideas quickly.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with designers, technologists, and production specialists.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage time effectively.
- Confident presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts clearly.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and deliver high-quality work under pressure.
- Enthusiastic and open-minded, with a passion for innovation and exploring new technologies.
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Expertise in 3D modelling and rendering software, including:
- Cinema 4D, Blender, 3Ds Max, Rhino or Maya
- Unreal Engine (for rendering and real-time visualization)
- Vectorworks (for technical drawings)
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop for post-production)
- Rapid prototyping of concepts using AI image generation tools (e.g. Midjourney)
Benefits
What we can offer you:
- Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
- Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
- A fun, engaging work culture
- Be part of a mission-driven team that values agility, integrity, and excellence.
- Opportunity to contribute to large-scale, high-impact projects from day one.
Benefits and perks offered:
- Comprehensive paid time off benefits
- Hybrid work model, where our team comes into the office a minimum of 3 days per week
- Generous parental leave
- Up to 4% safe harbor company 401k match
- Comprehensive, low-cost health benefits
About Imagination
Imagination is an Experience Design Company headquartered in London, with 13 studios worldwide. Founded over 50 years ago on a principle of Independent Creativity - we bring together diverse groups of strategic, creative and practical people to find creative and inspired answers to client challenges. We remain independent to this day. We have earned a reputation for consistently challenging and changing the status quo, through our core offers of Consulting, Destinations, Content and Live.
Imagination’s clients include LG, Ford, IKEA, LVMH, Samsung, Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, Major League Baseball, 3M, Turkish Airlines, Shell and Telstra.
Imagination was awarded silver at Campaign’s Global Brand Experience Agency of the Year Awards 2022, ranked 38 in Newsweek’s UK Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022 and won the Grand Prix award at Campaign Tech Awards for their recent work with Visa Masters of Movement.
Our Beliefs and Behaviours:
Imagination’s clients include LG, Ford, IKEA, LVMH, Samsung, Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, Major League Baseball, 3M, Turkish Airlines, Shell and Telstra.
Imagination was awarded silver at Campaign’s Global Brand Experience Agency of the Year Awards 2022, ranked 38 in Newsweek’s UK Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022 and won the Grand Prix award at Campaign Tech Awards for their recent work with Visa Masters of Movement.
Our Beliefs and Behaviours:
We have identified four foundational beliefs that underpin Independent Creativity. More powerful than generic corporate values, they motivate us to act, to foster the behaviours that lead to success:
- We believe curiosity is the root of original insights and ideas... so we look at the world with fresh eyes, we experiment, invent and up-end conventions.
- We believe rigour results in better choices... so we ask precise, provocative questions.
- We believe bravery tames the unknown... so we demand ambition, confident that together we can meet ‘never been done before challenges’.
- We believe respect builds stronger teams and continued success... so we recognise the uniqueness and unique potential in each individual, we are accountable to each other, we play as a team.
Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words, and more than a legal framework or a moral obligation - they are guiding principles that, when acted upon, make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.
We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term. To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.
We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.
We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination - regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.
We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.
We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do.
Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.
Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.
We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term. To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.
We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.
We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination - regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.
We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.
We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do.
Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.
Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.
Our Hiring Process
If you’re interested in learning more about the different roles we hire for, please register your interest and a member of the local talent team will be in contact to discuss whether we see a skills match. We can then discuss how to move forward with your application, including keeping your details on file so you’re first in line once the most suitable role becomes available.