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Senior Experiential Designer
Gradient Experience
New York City, NY (Hybrid)Full time$80K/yr – $95K/yr
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Senior Experiential Designer
New York City, NY (Hybrid)
$80K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level2+ years expFull time
Posted 6 weeks ago
Job Summary
Own the end-to-end experiential design process from concept to fabrication and onsite delivery, turning briefs into immersive spatial experiences.
- Own creative development and design documentation
- Ensure feasibility, budget, and production readiness
- Collaborate across Strategy, Accounts, and Production
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Develop creative concepts for experiential activations, events, installations, pop-ups, and branded environments.
- Translate client briefs, brand identities, and creative strategies into compelling spatial experiences.
- Participate in brainstorms and contribute thoughtful, original ideas to the creative development process.
- Create mood boards, visual references, sketches, floor plans, layouts, renderings, and other materials that clearly communicate design intent.
- Think through the complete guest journey and how consumers will move through, interact with, and experience a space.
- Develop design solutions that balance creativity, brand storytelling, functionality, and production feasibility.
- Create polished 3D renderings and visualizations for internal reviews and client presentations.
- Develop spatial layouts and floor plans that consider flow, scale, functionality, and guest experience.
- Produce design assets that clearly communicate materials, finishes, environmental details, signage, furniture, lighting, and other experiential elements.
- Iterate quickly on concepts and designs based on internal, client, and production feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Experiential Design, Exhibition Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Environmental Design, or a related field preferred.
- 2+ years of professional experience in experiential design, environmental design, interiors, events, exhibitions, retail, or a related creative discipline.
- Experience working within an agency, studio, or other fast-paced creative environment preferred.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating spatial design, experiential thinking, and high-quality visualization.
- Experience designing branded environments, activations, events, hospitality spaces, retail environments, or installations is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with premium or luxury brands is a plus.
- Understanding of fabrication, materials, construction, and experiential production is a strong plus.
- Ability to travel and work onsite for installations and events when needed.
- The ideal candidate is someone who:
- Has a strong creative point of view and a passion for experiential and spatial design.
Preferred
- Experience with premium or luxury brands is a plus.
- Understanding of fabrication, materials, construction, and experiential production is a strong plus.
- Hand sketching and illustration skills are a plus.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled visualization and creative tools is a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k).
- Parental leave for new parents.
- Talkspace membership wellness perk.
- Citi Bike membership wellness perk.
- Opportunity for career growth and development.
- The opportunity to work on ambitious experiential projects for leading global brands.
- A dynamic, creative, and highly collaborative work environment.
Gradient Experience
5.0 Glassdoor
Gradient is a future-forward experiential company that helps you out-impact the competition. We were created to help brands ignite deep, authentic connections with their audiences through emotionally engaging experiences. To meet your brand’s business goals, we imagine and implement creative experiences that touch people’s hearts and yield lasting impressions in their minds. Our core focus and service offerings include; IRL/Virtual/Hybrid Experiences, strategic consulting and data insight technologies.
Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
119 employees (54 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend
Salaries
Posted range
$80K/yr – $95K/yr
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