Senior Experiential Designer

Star Group•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

STAR designs, produces, and executes custom brand experiences, including trade show exhibits, retail experiences, branded interiors, and events. The STAR Creative group is hiring a full-time, exempt Senior Experiential Designer to create immersive and engaging brand experiences that captivate audiences, leave a lasting impression, and meet client objectives. The role combines creative concept development and project leadership with client relationship and business development responsibilities. The ideal candidate brings strong collaboration, organization, and time-management skills, a commitment to exceeding client expectations, fanatical attention to detail, and the ability to manage assigned tasks and timelines. STAR describes its work environment as engaging and collaborative and offers a competitive salary and full benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in experiential, environmental, industrial, or related design field.
Proficiency in 3D software such as SketchUp, FormZ, or 3DS Max.
Proficiency in 2D software, including Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.
Ability to work collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment.
Willingness to work beyond 40 hours per week when workload requires it.
Strong collaboration, organization, and time-management skills; attention to detail; commitment to exceeding client expectations; and ability to manage assigned tasks and timelines.

Nice To Haves

Successful work experience in events, trade shows, retail, interiors, or a related design field is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

Generate innovative, engaging, and functional design concepts aligned with client objectives, budgets, and target audiences, working independently, collaboratively, or under direction.
Develop renderings, visuals, and presentation materials to communicate concepts to internal and external customers.
Collaborate with sales, marketing, engineering, operations, and other departments to coordinate delivery of a seamless customer experience and outstanding product.
Provide direction to team members or freelance resources as needed to complete assigned work.
Create detailed design specifications for estimating and production.
Research clients’ brands, products, audiences, competitors, and other project context.
Research and source props, materials, objects, promotional materials, and stock photography for projects.
Participate in or lead client meetings, pitches, and presentations to showcase agency capabilities and build client trust and rapport.
Conduct project-level discovery independently or under the guidance of a creative director.
Understand client needs, translate them into creative solutions, and present solutions effectively by connecting goals with proposed strategies, tactics, and intended outcomes.
Seek opportunities to develop relationships with project stakeholders.