CAD Designer Live Events Experiential Design
About The Position
Blueprint Studios is looking for an experienced CAD Designer who understands the intricacies of live events and experiential design. The ideal candidate can rapidly translate venue plans, client briefs, sales notes, or marked-up PDFs into clear, functional, production-ready event floor plans. This role requires more than just architectural drafting; it demands a deep understanding of event dynamics, including people flow, furniture arrangement, scenic elements, registration, exhibits, production logistics, and fire/life-safety requirements, ensuring that drawings accurately reflect real-world installation and operation needs. The CAD Designer is responsible for creating accurately scaled drafted floor plans and CAD drawings for various event design requirements, ensuring appropriate layout of furnishings for optimal function and flow in special events, trade shows, and conferences. This is an in-office position located in Las Vegas.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture or related field.
- 5+ years experience, preferably within the event industry.
- Advanced knowledge of AutoCAD with latest AI updates.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of event fire/life-safety and egress requirements.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to work independently or as part of a team.
- Willingness to travel as needed for site visits and event execution.
Responsibilities
- Provides technical drawings for events as requested and in collaboration with account managers or other team members.
- Collaborates with other team members, account managers, program coordinators and other production team members to provide product counts on floorplan keys and spreadsheets for accuracy on the overall space layout.
- Provides suggestions or solutions to space planning utilizing AutoCAD.
- Develops and modifies existing layouts from established events.
- Ability to work accurately from PDFs, field measurements and incomplete source information.
- Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously while priorities and information change quickly.
- A strong communicator who can work directly with account managers, designers, production teams, vendors and occasionally clients.
- Works daily with Art Director and Sales Account Managers to assist in floor plan creation.
- Helps build the object Cad library as new furniture is brought into inventory.
- Maintains database of all blank and specialized floor plans, venues and current object library.
- Field measures onsite for new facilities and remodeled facilities as needed to generate, verify or maintain AutoCAD files with current accuracy.
- Communicates with fire marshal to properly submit drawings in time and as needed.
- Communicates with other 3rd. Party vendors when needed for the layout of carpet, power, rigging, catering needs, and other utility/services.
- Maintains familiarity with V-Series modular system and custom build design.
- Assists with the development of the V- Series library in collaboration with other team members.
- Assists with the creating breakdowns of V-Series components based on available product as well as with simple structure drawings.
- Develops layout concepts from client notes and Sale’s PW’s.
- Balances multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment.
- Participates in client meetings to support the technical conversations.
- Ability to manage rapid revisions and multiple simultaneous projects.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Go onsite and assist with graphic applications on event install days.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
