Senior Experiential Designer / Creative Strategist

Exhibitus

Atlanta, Georgia
30+ days ago

Highlights

The ideal candidate is a strong visual thinker and prolific designer who enjoys doing the work: generating ideas, exploring spatial solutions, modeling environments, and creating presentation-quality renderings that bring concepts to life. Reporting to the Creative Director, this individual will collaborate with strategists, graphic designers, account leaders, technical teams, and production partners to design custom exhibits, branded environments, and experiential activations from concept through production handoff.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Industry	Manufacturing - Other
Company Size	100 to 499 employees
Year Founded	1994
Website	https://exhibitus.com/

Description

Why you'll love Exhibitus:

Exhibitus is a leading exhibit design and experiential marketing company with products and services that support live events, trade shows, branded interiors, engagements and virtual/digital environments.

At Exhibitus, we believe the most powerful brand experiences don’t just look good — they create emotional connection, influence behavior, and make people remember who a brand is. 

We are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Senior Environmental / Experiential Designer to transform creative direction, brand strategy, and client objectives into compelling physical experiences. This is a design-focused role centered on concept development, visualization, and execution. The ideal candidate is a strong visual thinker and prolific designer who enjoys doing the work: generating ideas, exploring spatial solutions, modeling environments, and creating presentation-quality renderings that bring concepts to life.

Reporting to the Creative Director, this individual will collaborate with strategists, graphic designers, account leaders, technical teams, and production partners to design custom exhibits, branded environments, and experiential activations from concept through production handoff.

Key Responsibilities

Design custom trade show exhibits, branded environments, experiential activations, and event installations.
Translate creative briefs, strategic concepts, and brand guidelines into engaging physical experiences.
Develop spatial concepts, floor plans, sketches, mood boards, 3D models, and presentation-quality renderings.
Explore multiple design directions and iterate quickly within fast-moving project timelines.
Design with storytelling, attendee behavior, sightlines, traffic flow, engagement, hospitality, and accessibility in mind.
Collaborate closely with the Creative Director while contributing thoughtful design recommendations and solutions.
Partner with graphic designers, strategists, technical designers, estimators, producers, and fabrication teams throughout the design process.
Incorporate feedback efficiently while maintaining the integrity of the creative concept.
Design within budget, fabrication, venue, and logistical constraints.
Present design concepts and rationale during internal reviews and client presentations when appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience

5+ years of experience designing trade show exhibits, experiential environments, branded spaces, retail experiences, museums, visitor centers, event environments, or related spatial design projects.
Strong portfolio demonstrating innovative experiential, environmental, exhibition, retail, or branded-environment work.
Advanced proficiency in 3D modeling, visualization, and rendering workflows.
Experience with Rhino, Vray, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, or similar modeling platforms.
Strong understanding of scale, proportion, materials, lighting, environmental graphics, and spatial storytelling.
Solid knowledge of exhibit fabrication methods, construction techniques, and temporary environment design.
Excellent communication, presentation, organization, and time-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment.
Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to enhance ideation, visualization, and design productivity.

If you're passionate about creating experiences people can walk through, interact with, and remember, we'd love to hear from you.

About Company

We’re a passionate group. We’re interpreters, collaborators, creative builders and listeners who develop best-in-class solutions to enhance our client’s overall marketing programs. Our award-winning exhibits can only be chalked up to the chemistry we share with our clients and each other – because your end product is only as good as the process it takes to create it, and the people you trust to make it happen. Let’s get to know each other.

Design, build, manage. Trade show, mobile, museum, corporate interiors, themed environments. Custom, rental. It’s a world that’s not on the printed page, it’s not on the big screen – it’s not on any screen. It’s 3-D, in your face, all around you, pick-you-up-and-sweep-you-away marketing that, if done right, has the power to link brands to audiences in ways no other media can. We’re show people. We’re interpreters, we’re builders, we’re movers (and shakers). Our award-winning partnerships can only be chalked up to the chemistry we share with our clients and each other – because your end product is only as good as the process it takes to create it, and the people you entrust to make it happen.