Job description

My client is in the events, exhibitions, and brand experiences company that is very dynamic and offers excellent growth opportunities. They deal with some amazing corporate clients.

They are looking for an industrial/exhibitions designer to produce innovations for the company. Working closely with company’s staff, businesses, and manufacturers, the industrial designers will take products and product ideas and make them user-friendly, ergonomic, and attractive to customers. All creative and concept ideas are aided by the industrial designer by creating 3D renders, line drawings and sketches.

A typical day:

• Work closely with production manager, ensuring effective communication and management of client and teams’ expectations is accurately met
• Request a budget and ensure that the creative concept is cost effective, taking all aspects of the project into account, from start to finish
• Produce and craft original and usable concepts and copy in response to creative briefs
• Identify best practices through research and development and case studies to ensure that exhibition concepts and brand solutions stay relevant
• Develop skills and knowledge within yourself through on the job development, active participation in the company (e.g. disruption, brainstorming, training, and other company meetings)
• Design the creative concepts for events, experiences, and exhibitions received from the production manager
• Communicate any issues with the team due to low budget or insufficient time required for the job to be completed
• Ensure design software is up to date and being used in the most effective way
• Initiate new jobs for the client and create timelines and tasks for the work to be done (future planning)

A perfect day:

• Both staff and clients are happy, and designs for jobs are either on or ahead of schedule and on budget

Top of mind issues:

• Making tasking efficient and not overbearing
• Keeping track of all designs and stay on schedule
• Workflow is efficient and creative ideas are executed

Reporting structure:

•  Weekly report on design hours sent to the production manager
•  Status updates daily to production manager

Requirements

• Minimum three years’ experience designing exhibition stands 
• An industrial/interior design qualification

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Must be a team player
• Open to learning and development 
• Someone with an entrepreneurial spirit and passionate about design