Job Summary:Big Lab is the experiential design entity of Neon and responsible for content creation and guest experience design. NEON delivers engaging entertainment worldwide. The chosen Design Director will design experiences for world-renowned brands in addition to working on the creation of original IP, touring and semi-permanent location-based experience design, international pavilion exposition design, and mixed-reality experience design. This person should be passionate about telling stories and crafting emotional experiences that blur the lines between films and theatre. The ideal candidate believes in and practices collaborative design, open innovation, teamwork and never gives up imagining solutions to the work’s most significant challenges. The Design Director should also help refine the creative process and find efficiencies across the global ecosystem of Big Lab. Acute emotional intelligence and an elevated sense of good judgment would be beneficial.
The Design Director of Big Lab has strong creative intuitions, an advanced and compelling graphic or visual design background, and an ability to embrace change and make the best of it.
Essential Job Responsibilities: • Creates remarkable and memorable experiences for guests, visitors and fans. • Represents/Pitch the creative development of exhibitions and experiences to our internal teams, external partners and collaborators. • Refines and implements an efficient and effective creative process for Big Lab US and in partnership with Big Lab Global. • Researches new creations and design sources, methods, approaches, and materials that support the design effort at each stage of development. • Researches and suggests creative collaborators, partners and world-class vendors, sourcing contractors to support the projects in creation. • Collaborates through the process of exhibit/experience design development and implementation. • Leads the planning of a portfolio of design-related exhibits and experiences projects in coordination with other team members. • Presents and pitches new concepts and iterations to our IP partners under the guidance of the Executive Creative Director. • Conducts research projects as Lead but also for other projects in support. • Participates in creative brainstorming contributing to the Big Lab Global and the NEON collective. Required Education and Experience: • Think holistically about a project, retail, box-office, F&B, story, show, experience, etc. • Ability to manage a portfolio of projects at various levels of development and under changing conditions and tight deadlines. • Develop concepts, pitching and presenting. • Understanding of design fabrication, prototyping and production. • Ability to read drawing sets for design documentation, blueprints and floor plans. • Ability to write creative briefs/ treatments/ content for new and existing projects. • Bachelor’s degree in experiential design, theater, exhibition design, set design, visual arts, performing arts, film, video gaming, exhibit, graphic design, environmental design, museum installation, computer art, product design or related field, highly desirable. • 10 years+ of experience in designing installations, exhibits, interventions, immersive theater or immersive installations, or similar. • Expertise in SketchUp, Lumion/ Twin Motion, AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite preferred.