Senior Production Designer - Entertainment
Creative Circle
We are seeking an experienced Senior Production Designer to lead the development and execution of immersive entertainment, themed environment, and experiential design projects. This role will support projects from initial concept through installation, partnering closely with creative leadership, production teams, vendors, and stakeholders to bring engaging guest experiences to life.
The ideal candidate combines strong conceptual design abilities with technical production expertise and is comfortable creating presentation-ready visuals, detailed design documentation, 3D models, fabrication packages, and environmental graphics. This individual thrives in a fast-paced creative environment and can successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional design quality.
The Basics
- Duration: 10-month contract
- Hours per Week: Full-time (40+ hours per week expected)
- Location: Onsite in Universal City, CA
Top 3 Required Qualifications
- Entertainment & Environmental Design Expertise: Minimum 5 years of experience in theatrical design, themed entertainment, exhibition design, experiential design, or a related creative discipline.
- Technical Design & Visualization Skills: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, 3D modeling, rendering, drafting, and production design documentation.
- End-to-End Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience managing design projects from concept development through fabrication, installation, and final execution.
Other Qualifications
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Extensive experience with SketchUp, Rhino, and 3D rendering tools
- Proficiency with CAD and drafting software
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
- Experience providing art direction during fabrication and installation phases
- Understanding of live entertainment production and guest-facing experiences
- Experience creating production-ready design documentation and fabrication packages
- Strong presentation and visual communication skills
- Ability to collaborate across multiple creative disciplines and stakeholder groups
- Experience working with licensed brands, intellectual property guidelines, or style standards is a plus
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, rapidly changing production environments
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Creative Leadership to develop concepts, visual storytelling assets, sketches, storyboards, renderings, and presentation materials
- Create comprehensive production design packages, including concept artwork, plans, elevations, material specifications, finish details, and supporting documentation
- Produce drafting packages and technical documentation for internal review, vendor bidding, fabrication, and installation
- Develop accurate 3D models that communicate project layouts, guest interactions, spatial requirements, and site constraints
- Design and prepare print-ready environmental graphics, signage, show elements, and other visual assets
- Create style guides, graphic standards, and asset libraries to ensure visual consistency across projects
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure adherence to brand standards and intellectual property requirements
- Present concepts and designs to project teams, leadership, and key stakeholders
- Provide creative oversight and art direction to fabrication partners and third-party vendors
- Conduct vendor visits and review fabrication quality, materials, finishes, and production execution
- Support onsite installations and ensure final builds align with approved design intent
- Coordinate with design, production, technical, and operational teams throughout all project phases
- Lead multiple projects concurrently while managing schedules, priorities, and deliverables
- Mentor junior designers and support collaborative creative development
- Identify creative solutions to production challenges while maintaining design quality and project goals
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional partners
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.
Benefits
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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 10/14/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Everforth Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results. Everforth Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. Anthem / Blue Cross Blue Shield creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Creative Circle.
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