3D Experience Designer

Our Opportunity GPJ is hiring a 3D Experience Designer to join our growing team. This role is hybrid, requiring you to report on-site to our Boston office location a minimum of 2 days per week. Your Role As a 3D Experience Designer, you are a creative who goes beyond mere architecture, focusing instead on crafting human-centered journeys through environments that truly captivate audiences and inspire them to take action. Your passion lies in conceptualizing and designing one-of-a-kind, authentic experiences. Through an innovative approach to the program experience this role will assist in journey and activation ideation, leading space allocation and floor planning with strategic and practical flow, and visualize the space and experience through sketching, CAD floor plans, bubble diagrams, mood imagery, photo comps and renders. In this role you will/are: An agency leader in new techniques and design applications. Lead the environmental creative team in new techniques and set the highest standard for all designers to follow Create high quality sketches, renders, mock-ups, and designs Collaborate with your co-workers to produce and encourage inventive, thoughtful, on-brand work. Excellent at managing time and meeting tight deadlines, while maintaining design excellence Participate in planning and strategy sessions Comfortable leading the experience design team on assigned projects, overseeing other designers’ work and ensure execution is consistent and of the highest quality Work closely Creative Directors to execute on strategic design solutions  Approach design with thoughtfulness and understanding of how it impacts the larger business, bringing to like multiple concepts and solutions to meet client objectives. Lead the agency in collaboration with production and fabrication to solve design and budgetary challenges while maintaining design and brand integrity. Your Skills Mastery of 3DS Max, Adobe Creative Suite and Google Suite Passion for learning new software and tracking emerging trends such as AI-based software (City planning, Rhino, Firefly, Gemini, Etc.) Works on multiple projects simultaneously and successfully with full accountability, maintaining quality at all times Tracks time weekly and flags any misalignment in assigned hours Meets deadlines without question or communicates concerns early with a solutions-oriented mindset Understands impacts of misuse of hours or misalignment of scope Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts, provide constructive feedback, and work effectively in a team environment. Excited to work with new people and work together to bring forward the best ideas Works well independently and with a team and knows when to escalate issues to creative leadership Develops and maintains relationships outside of creative to increase ideation and collaboration across departments Brings fresh thinking, new ideas and creative solutions to the table Follows trends in and out of the industry to push the boundaries Knows when to let and idea go and move forward with an agree upon direction Knows how to ideate within strategic guardrails Accepts critique and feedback with grace and integrates it into the work Demonstrated ability to think both conceptually and realistically Committed to an open, energetic and inclusive environment Maintains calm under pressure Stays positive when a project gets challenging Comes with solutions to solve problems Offers mentorship, guidance, skills development and coaching to other team members Communicate their ideas clearly, confidently and comprehensively through high-quality outputs Sets the standards for quality of environmental design for the agencies Comfortable sharing work internally and externally at all stages Presents work with confidence and enthusiasm Communicates a clear message through a combination of of visuals and copy Uses high-quality visuals–mood boards, sketches, illustrations, elevations, white models, renders, floor plans, and a variety of approaches– to convey the message beautifully and succinctly Understands brand guidelines and visual identities and knows how to design to those standards and flag when they are misaligned Can lead a team or contribute independently, knows when to escalate issues to creative leadership any roadblocks or scope inconsistencies Expert understanding of experience and environmental design principles and apply it to the work Understanding of the 3D world and what makes up environmental design: textures, materials, architecture, fabrication, rentals, furniture, graphics, styling, decor, props, lighting, etc.  Strong understanding of  flow, floor plans and space allocation for experiences Clear understanding of 2D design and its integration into experiences Provide direct support in concept design and development Understanding of the 3D world and what makes up environmental design: textures, materials, architecture, fabrication, rentals, furniture, graphics, styling, decor, props, lighting, etc. Collaboration with Integrated Production, Graphics Production, Live Production and Fabrication Strong understanding of how things get built and produced  Strong understanding of budgets and budgetary limitations  Strong understanding of materials and standard sizing Works with CAD and production to ensure floor plans are accurate and achieve fire marshall approvals Excellent design skills and taste Knows how to flex into a client-based aesthetic Can design to match the level of client expectations Your Competencies Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, yo