Senior Environmental Designer

Job Title
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Senior Environmental Designer

Company
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Jaguar Design Studio, Inc.

Job Type
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Full Time (40 hours per week)
Annual Salary Range: $95K to $125K
Location
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Aptos, CA (In-person)

Jaguar Design Studio, Inc. is a creative and collaborative design firm dedicated to delivering exceptional design, graphic, and technical solutions that help clients showcase their organizations at their best. Our success is built on a talented team of experienced, innovative professionals who value integrity, leadership, teamwork, and a passion for design. We foster a friendly, open work environment where employees are encouraged to grow, contribute their ideas, and make a meaningful impact while creating high-quality work that enriches our clients, communities, and industry.

Join our team as a Senior Environmental Designer and play a key role in creating immersive and sustainable experiences by leveraging architecture, interiors, lounges, and landscapes to transform spaces and engage audiences. They are responsible for designing the event environment and creating a memorable attendee experience that supports the overarching creative theme.

As a Senior Environmental Designer specializing in environmental and experiential design, you will develop visual communication solutions that enhance how people navigate, interact with, and experience built environments. Working across a variety of settings, including public and private spaces, exhibitions, and branded environments, you will create compelling graphic elements such as environmental graphics, way finding systems, branded installations, exhibition graphics, and other visual touchpoints that reinforce brand identity and communicate key messages.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will translate creative concepts into visually engaging and functional design solutions that enrich the overall user experience.

At Jaguar Design Studio, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented creative professionals, tackle complex design challenges, and bring immersive environments to life. You'll work on projects that combine strategy, storytelling, environmental graphics, and experiential design to create meaningful experiences for clients and audiences. We believe great ideas come from teamwork, curiosity, and continuous growth, and we empower our team members to make a lasting impact through their creativity and expertise.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conceptualization and Ideation: Generate innovative and environmentally conscious design concepts for events, paying special attention to attendee flow, brand integration, and opportunities to surprise and delight.
• Spatial Planning and Layout: Develop detailed event layouts and lounge arrangements, considering sustainability, functionality, accessibility, and aesthetic appeal. Utilize Vector Works 3D modeling tools to create visual representations of event designs.
• Environmental Graphics and Wayfinding: Design environmental graphics, signage, and way finding solutions that enhance navigation, reinforce event branding, and improve the overall attendee experience.
• Material Selection and Sustainability: Research and recommend sustainable materials, finishes, and construction practices for event environments. Ensure designs align with environmental best practices and client sustainability goals.
• Design Documentation and Specifications: Prepare detailed design plans, renderings, presentations, production specifications, and installation documentation to effectively communicate design intent and support project execution.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with project managers, event producers, architects, interior designers, fabricators, vendors, and other stakeholders to bring design concepts to life. Effectively communicate design ideas through presentations, visual aids, and project documentation.
• Site Visits and Installation Oversight: Conduct site visits to assess design feasibility and provide on-site support during installation to ensure design intent, quality standards, and project objectives are achieved.
• Efficient Project Organization: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, from concept through completion, ensuring timelines are met, budgets are adhered to, and deliverables are completed to a high standard.
• Standards and Compliance: Ensure designs meet applicable accessibility, safety, and venue requirements while maintaining…