Experiential Art Director

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$98K/yr – $146K/yrSenior LevelPart time

Posted 12 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead immersive environmental design projects from concept through fabrication and live activation, coordinating cross‑functional teams and delivering brand‑driven experiences.

  • Own comprehensive design and build plans from concept to installation.
  • Travel to sites to art-direct execution and ensure the finished space matches the vision.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design immersive, on-brand environments and experiences, from permanent interior spaces to live, temporary activations.
  • Create distinctive visual identities that give each space or experience its own point of view while staying unmistakably on-brand.
  • Lead environmental and interior graphic design: signage, wayfinding, murals, dimensional elements, and architectural branding.
  • Shape the full journey through a space, deciding how form, function, materials, and moments come together to tell a story and move people.
  • Develop multimedia content that lives inside these experiences, including motion and video-wall content designed for the display and the room around it.
  • Partner with architects, fabricators, event producers, and production teams on locations, specifications, and the details that make an install or activation shine.
  • Use audience and brand insights to guide your aesthetic and experiential choices.
  • Translate designs into highly detailed and accurate print ready files.
  • Own comprehensive design and build plans, from first concept through fabrication, installation, and, when it's a live experience, show day.
  • Travel to sites to art-direct execution and make sure the finished space or experience matches the vision.

Requirements

  • Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
  • Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
  • Creativity: Knowledge of the approaches, tools, and techniques for promoting creative, original thinking and ability to apply it to a variety of business situations.
  • Relationship Management : Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
  • Vendor/Supplier Management: Knowledge of external provider management processes and ability to effectively manage the business relationship with external providers (e.g. vendors, service providers, contractors, consultants and suppliers).
  • Promotion and Marketing Communications: Knowledge of different promotional and marketing communication techniques; ability to use different marketing channels and tools in combination to focus on how a business communicates a message to the market.
  • A strong creative point of view and the ability to think conceptually, not just execute.
  • Real range across disciplines: environmental and interior graphics, spatial design, and experiential design, with an instinct for how people move through and feel a space.
  • The ability to craft a distinctive visual identity for an experience and carry it consistently across every surface, screen, and moment.
  • Fluency in brand: you know how to bring a brand's voice, look, and message to life, whether it's built to last for years or to shine for a single event.

Preferred

  • A portfolio that shows range and craft across environmental, interior, and experiential work, including both permanent spaces and live experiences.
  • Hands-on art direction or senior-level design experience, in-house or at an agency.
  • Experience designing for large-format digital, video walls, or other in-space multimedia.
  • A bachelor's degree in design or a related field, or equivalent experience that speaks for itself.
  • A track record of thriving in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
  • 401(k) savings plans*
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
  • Health Lifestyle Programs*
  • Employee Assistance Program*
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
  • Career Development*
  • Incentive bonus*
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