Director, Environmental & Integrated Design

Travel + Leisure Co.•Orlando, FL

About The Position

Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading vacation ownership and travel membership company, with a dynamic and growing portfolio of resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our dedicated associates help the company achieve its mission to put the world on vacation. Innovation and growth keep our work interesting and fun. Every day is a chance to learn something new and turn vacation inspiration into exceptional experiences for millions of travelers worldwide. The Director, Environmental & Integrated Design is a senior expert-level creative leader, operating as the internal creative agency Associate Creative Director level. This individual drives the brand experience across Travel + Leisure Co.’s physical environments and integrated design platforms, including environmental, print, digital, and experiential, ensuring a unified and elevated brand expression across all consumer and internal touchpoints. While the role does not include direct reports, it holds senior-level creative authority and serves as a key cross-functional partner, shaping how the Travel + Leisure Co. portfolio is expressed across digital and physical spaces. The ideal candidate is a conceptually strong, hands-on designer who excels at translating strategy into scalable, beautifully executed design systems. This individual sets the creative vision and design tone for complex, multi-channel initiatives, spanning sales centers, environmental graphics, digital signage, pitch presentations, branded content, and integrated campaigns. The role also acts as a strategic thought partner in UI/UX and digital marketing design, shaping end-to-end experiences from space to screen. This individual creative directs and works as proxy for Sr Director from a creative direction role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Architecture, Visual Communication, or a related discipline. Advanced knowledge in experiential, print, digital, and signage systems preferred. Familiarity with UX/UI design systems is a plus.
Proven ability to provide associate creative direction across all design formats for print, digital, environmental, and experiential
Exceptional conceptual thinking with a strong understanding of branding, storytelling, and physical space design.
Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.
Strong understanding of customer journey design and brand consistency across touchpoints.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and vendors without direct authority.
Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop); fluency in Figma, XD, and Keynote/PPT.
Understanding of digital signage formats, file specs, and content systems.
Comfortable working within digital asset managers and project collaboration tools (AEM, Airtable, Asana, etc.).
Minimum 15 years of experience in an agency or in-house brand/creative environment required.
10+ years Agency experience a must.
Minimum 12 years of professional experience in brand design, environmental graphics, or creative direction.
Portfolio must demonstrate creative leadership across integrated design, with work spanning physical spaces, digital platforms, and marketing communications.
Experience collaborating with architecture, sales, marketing, or real estate teams is strongly preferred.
Experience equivalent to the education requirement may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

Advanced knowledge in experiential, print, digital, and signage systems preferred.
Familiarity with UX/UI design systems is a plus.
Familiarity with tools for environmental layouts and mockups a strong plus.
Experience collaborating with architecture, sales, marketing, or real estate teams is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Hands-On Creative Development & Execution Lead hands-on creative concepting and design execution across environmental, print, and digital media including mood boards, comps, prototyping, final art, and storytelling frameworks.
Provide associate-level creative direction across pitch decks, campaign assets, environmental toolkits, and executive presentations.
Ensure design quality, brand alignment, and readiness from concept to delivery.
Environmental Graphics & Experiential Branding Own the creative vision for branded sales environments—including signage, murals, dimensional features, digital displays, and spatial storytelling.
Collaborate with Construction, Sales & Marketing, and Brand teams to translate associate and guest journeys into immersive physical experiences that enhance brand perception and drive engagement.
Thought Leadership & Art Direction Across Brand, Digital & UI/UX Serve as a strategic partner and associate creative director to all brand projects (print), UI/UX, Sales Tech, and Digital Marketing teams, contributing expert-level design direction, conceptual input, and visual critique.
Guide the creative tone of digital platforms and interactive tools, ensuring consistency with physical brand environments and broader creative strategy.
Elevated Brand Expression Across Channels Provide expert-level creative direction and execution across all branded touchpoint, from digital assets and interactive decks to print collateral and environmental signage.
Maintain high standards of craft, storytelling, and visual cohesion across every medium.
Cross-Functional Influence & Design Governance Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Communications, and Product to align creative vision with business objectives.
Champion consistency, influence vendor output, and uphold brand standards, without formal supervisory responsibility.

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible spending accounts
Life and accident coverage
Disability
Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)
Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice
401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)
Legal and identify theft plan
Voluntary income protection benefits
Wellness program (subject to provider availability)
Employee Assistance Program