Senior 3D Experience Designer

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Senior 3D Experience Designer to join our growing team!

This role is hybrid, requiring you to report on-site to our Detroit office location a minimum of 2 days per week.

Your Role

In your role as a Senior Experience Designer in the realm of 3D, your primary task involves conceiving and crafting one-of-a-kind, genuine experiences. In this position, your mindset must revolve around the concept of creating immersive experiences. It's not merely about the physical aspect; it extends to considering every interaction throughout the experience and the narratives you convey.

This role demands a versatile individual who goes beyond traditional exhibit design. It calls for someone with a background in designing stage sets, immersive environments, pop-up installations, and brand activations.

Your Skills

• Knowledgeable in Adobe Creative Suite

• Experience in 3D Studio Max (MentalRay and/or VRay renderers)

• Experience with Autocad

• Must have a broad range of rendering skills (from white model to realistic)

• Demonstrated ability to think conceptually and realistically

• Ability to produce detailed drawings

• Must be in tune with current trends (interactive technology, architecture, art, design, etc)

• Knowledge of fabrication (and gravity)

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, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.

Communication- At all levels, you easily convey and sell your ideas, and can articulate an idea with brevity during a brainstorm or client presentation. You express yourself clearly when collaborating and presenting, maintaining a positive image for GPJ both internally and externally. You understand the value of a well-turned phrase and a well-told story.

Creative Innovation- You are an idea-driven creative: someone who thinks about the big picture. Drive, develop, or support new and improved creative methods, products, procedures or technologies. Propels innovation by implementing the latest interactive technology (AR/VR) in your storytelling. Devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems. You are an innovative storyteller who is constantly challenging themselves to come up with ideas that are on strategy, transformative, and authentic to the client’s brand.

Flexible- Easily move on to new tasks with little to no notice. Put personal preferences aside and switch to a different strategy, form of communication or other objective without panicking. Maintain composure when deadlines move up and priorities shift. Keeps an open mind.

Prioritization / Organization- Properly allocate time and resources so that jobs are completed within a defined timeframe; within budget and managing all resources (Full-time and freelance) as effectively as possible. Establishing a reasonable timeline for completion when no concrete date is given.

Your Experience

Experience & Education

• 6-8 years’ of creative experience in an agency environment

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Visual Communication or related course of study

Travel & Mobility

• Ability to travel 10%

• Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed

Your Impact

In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over:

• Design fundamentals

• Partnership with Account and Integrated Production

• Working within budget constraints

Who We Are

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.

You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.