About this position
Overview
Placement Type:
Temp to Perm
Salary:
$120,000-200,000 Salary
Start Date:
Sep 7, 2026
*Please note this role requires you to be onsite 2 to 3 days a week*
Project Overview
As a Sr. Designer for our client's Team, you will lead the strategic conceptualization, holistic visual expression, and design execution for high-impact physical environments and retail spaces. You will partner closely with creative leadership, cross-functional stakeholders, and external production partners to establish and scale compelling 2D and 3D visual design systems across our client's hardware portfolio. The role demands a seasoned creative who can orchestrate complex design frameworks, maintain pristine brand stewardship across diverse physical footprints, and mentor junior design talent while managing high-fidelity production oversight from ideation to final physical proofing.
Project Details
- Lead Creative Vision: Drive overarching design concepts, vision decks, and comprehensive mood boards for large-scale retail initiatives, ensuring alignment with global brand directives.
- Systemic Design & Art Direction: Establish robust, scalable 2D design systems, typographic guidelines, and color frameworks that seamlessly translate across varied physical dimensions and architectural constraints.
- High-Impact VM & Window Campaigns: Oversee the visual strategy and creative direction for flagship window displays and key visual merchandising (VM) touchpoints, balancing storytelling with commercial impact.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Spatial Designers, Experience Strategists, and Production Leads to ensure a unified physical-to-digital customer journey within the retail footprint.
- Production & Quality Oversight: Direct the print production and proofing process for complex materials, setting engineering and color standards to ensure flawless physical execution.
- Stakeholder Management: Confidently present design strategies and creative solutions to senior leadership and key regional stakeholders to secure buy-in.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of professional design experience, with a strong focus on retail, environmental, experiential, or physical space design
- A portfolio demonstrating retail environments, visual merchandising, window displays, branded physical experiences, or similar work
- Strong 2D graphic design and visual systems expertise
- Experience developing creative concepts and providing art direction
- Understanding of how graphic design translates to 3D/physical environments and architectural constraints
- Hands-on experience with print production, fabrication, proofing, color management, and physical execution
- Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional creative, production, spatial, and marketing teams
Nice to Have:
- Experience designing for a global consumer or hardware brand
- Experience with large-scale or flagship retail programs
- Experience working with external production partners and fabricators
- Experience mentoring or providing creative direction to other designers
Location and commute
San Francisco, CA .
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How to apply
Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3086295244.