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Senior 3D Designer – Live Events & Experiential
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About the Role:
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We are seeking a Senior 3D Designer to join our team, responsible for delivering exceptional 3D design and mentoring junior team members daily.
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As a key leader, you will lead projects, collaborating with Directors and Producers to ensure timely, high-quality, and budget-compliant delivery. Your responsibilities include challenging briefs, developing cutting-edge conceptual solutions, and creating comprehensive technical packs with high-quality renders and visuals to sell your designs.
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You will manage material and cost engineering, source finishes, prepare detailed drawings, and conduct site surveys. Additionally, you will oversee on-site execution, collaborate with contractors, mentor junior designers, and build client relationships, while staying current with industry developments.
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Key Responsibilities:
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* Remote Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Proficiently navigate cross-studio remote workflows, proactively seeking feedback, approvals, and guidance from stakeholders while effectively reporting upwards.
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* Drive and deliver innovative creative responses for new business pitches by not over capitalising resource.
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* Receive and interrogate briefs and develop design solutions to solve key business challenges/obstacles.
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* Determine the detail of creative response ie. from conceptual sketches through to high quality renders.
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* Prepare detailed working drawing packages including (but not limited to) plans, elevations, details, FF&E schedules, drawing schedules etc.
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* Receive/develop site surveys and prepares site specific documentation.
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* Oversee projects on site and at prototype stages to ensure design intent is being met.
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* Develop high end/cutting edge conceptual ideas and solutions.
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* Curate 'sample' or 'mood' boards to communicate design intent. In depth consideration of materials and costs according to set parameters.
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* Oversee and approve graphics, materials, fittings, furniture, lighting, finishes, decoration and dressing including physical samples and prints from the wider team(s).
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* Provide consistent, enthusiastic and motivational design leadership to the 3D team if required.
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* Work with more autonomy requiring less input from a Design Director.
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* Promote, support and work with account management and production management, as well as other internal or external teams as appropriate.
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* Collaborate with contractors such as Technical Directors, Structural Engineers, Lighting Designers and other industry professionals to assist in the design delivery.
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* Contribute to and encourage the overall spirit of Imagination, entrepreneurial ideas and creativity.
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* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new developments in the design industry.
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Required Skills and Qualifications:
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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.
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Advanced technical knowledge:
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• Excellent drawing skills, including hand sketching to communicate ideas
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• Strong understanding of building and safety regulations; knowledge of the wider construction and design industries.
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• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines, as well as manage others
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• Advanced organisational skills adhering and promoting company protocol and systems
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• Excellent communication, negotiation and management skills
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• Teamwork, in order to work with a range of other design streams
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• 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
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• Enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills within the AI sphere of visualisation and communication.
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Benefits:
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* Birthday leave day
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* Parental leave
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* Team Socials
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* Professional Development Opportunities (run internally)
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Others:
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We spark the imaginationChanging the way people think, feel and act
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We design experiences that create memories, change behaviours and shape cultures
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We specialise in consultancy, brand destinations, live events, content and investor communications
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Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are guiding principles that make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.
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We commit to significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, and to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term.