Overview
3D Designer - Live Events & Experiential
Posted: 20/09/2025 • Melbourne, VIC • Salary $100,000 - $110,000 plus super • Immediately Available Permanent Role
The Company
This leading events agency in Melbourne deliver a range of fantastic corporate, experiential and live events. This agency operates with the belief that how a brand communicates is not built around what they say, but the experiences that they create and share with audiences. They are looking for a 3D Designer to join their team.
Position Terms
- Full-time permanent role, hybrid working
- Salary: $100,000 - $110,000 plus super
The Role
As a 3D Designer, you'll play a pivotal role in the team, not just by delivering strong 3D design work but also by guiding Mid and Junior Designers daily. You'll often act as a Creative Lead on specific projects, taking direction from the Design Director (and/or Creative Director) and collaborating closely with the Producers to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the best quality the project allows.
- Advanced ability of Vectorworks 3D modelling and visualisation and detailed documentation in sheets, full Adobe suite, with a key focus on Photoshop, Microsoft Office, AI software.
- Proficiently navigate cross-studio remote workflows, proactively seeking feedback, approvals, and guidance from stakeholders while effectively reporting upwards.
- To promote and support the highest possible level of creative excellence achievable within available budget and time.
- Driving and delivering innovative creative responses for new business pitches by not over capitalising resource.
- Receives and interrogates briefs and develops design solutions to solve key business challenges/obstacles.
- Decides on detail of creative response i.e. from conceptual sketches through to high quality renders.
- Prepares detailed working drawing packages including (but not limited to) plans, elevations, details, schedules, drawing schedules etc.
- Receives/develops site surveys and prepares site specific documentation.
- Oversees projects on site and at prototype stages to ensure design intent is being met.
- Develops high end/cutting edge conceptual ideas and solutions.
- Curates of 'sample' or 'mood' boards to communicate design intent. In depth consideration of materials and costs according to set budgets.
- Oversees and approves graphics, materials, fittings, furniture, lighting, finishes, decoration and dressing including physical samples and prints from the wider team(s).
- To provide consistent, enthusiastic and motivational design leadership to the 3D team if required.
The Candidate
The successful candidate will have previous experience working in 3D Design within the events industry. Advanced ability of Vectorworks 3D modelling and visualisation and detailed documentation in sheets, full Adobe suite, with a key focus on Photoshop, Microsoft Office, AI software is essential for this role.
- Excellent drawing skills, including hand sketching to communicate ideas.
- A strong understanding of the BCA and other relevant building and safety regulations; knowledge of the wider construction and design industries.
- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines, as well as manage others.
- Advanced organisational skills adhering and promoting company protocol and systems.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and management skills.
- Team working, in order to work with a range of other design streams.
- The ability to learn and develop new design and construction techniques based on practice and research, and the ability to deploy them appropriately across projects without overuse or duplication.
- The enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills within the AI sphere of visualisation and communication.
- Ability to work from the office at least 3 days a week.
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Please note that this role will be subject to background checks and youmust have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job.
3D Designer permanent role for an Events Agency based in Melbourne on a salary of $100k - $110k plus super.
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