3D Stand Designer

3D Exhibition Stand Designer
Wellingborough
Hours - Monday to Friday 0900-1700
Salary - £30k to £40k plus benefits
Our Wellingborough based client is recruiting a 3D Stand Designer on a permanent basis to design visually impacting exhibition stands for a wide range of clients.
You’ll need a strong eye for detail combined with a comprehensive technical knowledge to execute your concepts into reality. You will be integral to the  current design team working closely with the company’s wider creative teams enabling your designs to really stand out. Working closely with internal sales channels your interpretation of the brief will allow clients to deliver their exhibiting objectives whilst managing the available project budgets. You will need to have a proven track record within the exhibiting industry with excellent communication skills, proficiency in design software with a high level of technical accuracy.
Responsibilities:

• To design and create visually appealing exhibition stand for clients
• Understanding where the integration of company engagement tools will enhance and help deliver clients’ messaging
• Identifying client’s brand, target audience, messaging and goals for their exhibiting programme before bringing them to life
• Attendance in pre-briefing meetings to aid the successful capture of the full scope and understanding of the project
• Presenting design concepts, mood boards and 3D renderings to internal stakeholders and clients for feedback and approval.
• Ensuring your designs are centred around a modular system, to high technical standards, which meet health and safety requirements and can be delivered timely onsite.
• Handing over your design to the Project Management team for delivery, communicating with them on the rationale, integration and material finishes around your concept
• Staying current with industry trends, technologies and materials finishes

About you…

• 2-3 years’ experience (minimum) as a mid-weight 3D exhibition Stand Designer working within the exhibition, events, or similar sectors
• A strong portfolio demonstrating your design skills and experience in delivering successful projects
• Ability to move and act quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Good project management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• An exceptional eye for technical detail, accuracy and quality
• Commercial awareness whilst designing against available budgets
• Strong, hands-on experience with CAD software (Ideally VectorWorks)
• Strong visual rendering skills (Ideally using Artlantis or TwinMotion)
• Design software knowledge for the creation of presentation materials using the Adobe Creative suite of software (Ideally InDesign or Photoshop)
• The ability to sketch ideas would be a nice to have (but not essential)

Person characteristics

• Well presented, professional and business like
• Good communicator – both face to face and telephone/virtually
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Self-confident and comfortable in dealing at all levels
• Self-driven and results orientated
• Good listener/interpreter
• Ability to stay calm and work accurately in pressured situations
• Persistent and able to stay focused on achieving results
• Exemplary timekeeping and attendance
• Self-motivated
• Flexibility in order to meet the demands of the role (sometimes at short notice or during unsociable hours)

The role is located in Wellingborough Northamptonshire. Candidates ideally should live within a reasonable commuting distance and, as there may be some requirement to travel to external events, exhibitions and suppliers in the course of the job a full driving licence (with no restrictions that could impact the company insurance) and valid passport are a must.
On offer is a competitive basic salary up to £40k with overtime available when required
Benefits: Auto enrolment Pension after 3 months.  The following benefits apply after 12 months qualifying service period - 4 x salary Death in Service insurance cover, Healthshield Cash Benefit for Dental, Optical and Complementary therapies .
Holiday entitlement: 23 days per annum (With an additional day being allocated every 6 months for full attendance) plus statutory public holidays
The long-term career prospects with this company are excellent and you will receive comprehensive training so you can quickly gain a comprehensive knowledge of their internal modular system and working practices.
If interested, please apply here or call Kim in our Kettering team to discuss further.