Sr. Designer, 3D (Spatial Planning & Rendering)

Accountabilities:

• Lead 3D and spatial design for major projects, translating creative briefs into compelling spatial narratives that can progress from concept to built reality.
• Develop spatial systems, architectural concepts, material palettes, and environmental designs that can adapt across different spaces, campaigns, and brand touchpoints.
• Create photorealistic renderings that accurately communicate lighting, materials, human scale, atmosphere, and the intended brand experience.
• Partner with Creative Directors and Design Directors to shape creative direction, challenge assumptions, and develop innovative spatial concepts.
• Translate creative concepts into production-ready solutions through technical development, documentation, fabrication, and installation.
• Apply a strong understanding of materials, fabrication methods, environmental design, and real-world performance to ensure designs can be successfully executed.
• Collaborate with 2D and Motion Designers to integrate spatial concepts into broader visual systems and create cohesive brand experiences.
• Lead complex client presentations, communicate spatial concepts clearly, and confidently explain creative and technical decisions.
• Manage complex 3D design projects from concept through fabrication while balancing creative goals, deadlines, budgets, technical requirements, and production realities.
• Explore emerging technologies, AI-enabled workflows, and new creative tools to improve efficiency and expand the possibilities of 3D design.
• Contribute strategic and creative perspectives that influence broader campaigns and help advance the use of spatial design across projects.

Requirements:

• Extensive professional experience in 3D design within an agency, experiential, architectural, environmental design, or related creative environment.
• Expert-level proficiency in Cinema 4D, SketchUp, AutoCAD, and/or Rhino, with experience using rendering plugins and modern AI-enabled workflows.
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat.
• Deep understanding of spatial design, architectural concepts, materials, fabrication, environmental design, and installation requirements.
• Proven ability to take projects from early conceptual development through technical documentation, fabrication, and physical installation.
• Strong skills in photorealistic rendering, with an ability to communicate atmosphere, lighting, materials, scale, and brand storytelling.
• Strong spatial instincts, strategic thinking, conceptual depth, and exceptional attention to craft and detail.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the confidence to present complex spatial concepts to clients and creative leadership.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary creative and production teams.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to balance ambitious creative ideas with timelines, technical constraints, and real-world production requirements.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and the ability to adopt new tools and workflows that make creative work more efficient and ambitious.
• A strong portfolio or work samples demonstrating diverse 3D and spatial design experience, conceptual thinking, exceptional execution, and preferably projects that have been physically built.
• Comfortable supporting a tobacco client.

Benefits:

• Annual salary range of $68,000–$80,000 USD, depending on experience.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Vacation time, personal days, and paid holidays.
• Disability and life insurance options.
• FSA/HSA plans, subject to applicable plan terms and conditions.
• Remote work arrangement.
• Opportunity to work on ambitious experiential and spatial design projects across multidisciplinary creative teams.