Exhibit Designer

Ideum•Corrales, NM

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Ideum creates meaningful experiences that use emerging technologies. Our approach is to create exhibits that evoke wonder, awe, and surprise while also telling important stories about science, art, history, and culture that have a lasting impact. We are committed to creating visitor-centric interactive experiences of substance delivered in immersive and exciting ways. We work with museums, educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and other entities throughout North America and around the world. Our firm provides design services, custom software development, media systems design and installation, and custom fabrication. Our multitouch tables and touch walls are practical implementations of recent advances in multiple areas of emerging technology. Our hardware products are built to be used in social environments where they encourage interaction and collaboration. We take pride in what we design and build, and we focus on reliability and performance to create products that last. We are located in scenic Corrales, New Mexico (near Albuquerque and an hour from Santa Fe).

Requirements

Experience in concept, schematic, and detail design/design development is required.
Experience seeing an experience design project through from initial design through fabrication detailing and to installation oversight is required.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar capacity.
Expertise in CAD rendering and detailing program(s).
Be willing and able to travel and work long and/or unusual hours as necessary to accommodate exhibit installation and external stakeholder meetings.
Be available to work in-person at Ideum’s offices in Corrales, New Mexico.
Must include a resume, cover letter, and relevant work samples.

Nice To Haves

Experience in CD and CA phases is a strong plus.
Revit or Bluebeam experience is a plus.
Facility with Adobe creative suite is a plus, as is experience with Blender or Maya.
Experience with museums, zoos, aquariums, science centers, or other interpretive public spaces is a plus.
Architectural registration is not required, but it is an excellent qualification.

Responsibilities

Contribute to all stages of design and project development.
Create site/building/gallery program diagrams, space use plans, detailed floor plans, elevations, AV integration plans, 3D models and fly-throughs, rendered visualizations, cost estimates, and other technical and design documentation as a means of developing and defining exhibits and other display elements within new and existing architectural envelopes.
Collaborate with other departments within Ideum, sub-consultants, and contractors to coordinate technical, engineering, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, IT, wayfinding, and other requirements and synthesize these into inspiring designs and effective, efficient drawings and documentation that can be used for contracts or to create fabrication or installation drawings.
Interface with Ideum clients, lead workshops or design discussions, and synthesize the client's needs and objectives into documentation and design.