_Environments Designer

Ready to create experiences that make brands impossible to ignore?

We’re looking for a creatively curious 3D Experiential Designer to join Spiro’s global creative team.

You’ll turn strategy and ideas into distinctive environments, audience journeys and connected experiences across brand activations, live events and large-scale conferences.

You’ll bring at least three years’ experience, strong spatial thinking and a portfolio that goes beyond beautiful design. We want to see ideas that create emotion, encourage interaction and build Brand Gravity.

You’ll also be confident using AI and emerging creative tools to explore possibilities, accelerate ideation and bring your thinking to life.

This is a UK-based role with flexible remote and hybrid working, offering the opportunity to work on global projects. You’ll also benefit from a defined creative career path, private healthcare and eligibility for our company bonus scheme.

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Description

ABOUT OBO LONDON
OBO London creates impactful creative experiences, campaigns, and cultural moments that connect brands, audiences, and communities. We combine strategic thinking, creative excellence, and flawless execution to deliver work that resonates both culturally and commercially.

We’re looking for a highly organised and creatively driven Creative Producer to lead projects from concept to delivery, ensuring exceptional creative standards while managing timelines, budgets, and stakeholders.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Creative Producer sits at the heart of our creative and production process. You will collaborate closely with creatives, clients, partners, and suppliers to bring ideas to life across campaigns, events, content, activations, and brand experiences.

You are equally comfortable developing a production plan, managing a budget, coordinating teams, and contributing to the creative process. You thrive in fast-paced environments, anticipate challenges before they arise, and ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standard.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Project & Production Management
· Creative Lead on projects from briefing through delivery and post-project evaluation.
· Develop detailed project plans, creative development and execution
· Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
· Coordinate freelancers where required, suppliers and production partners.
· Identify and mitigate creative elements within project risks and resolve issues proactively.

Creative Development· Collaborate with creative teams during ideation and concept development.

• Help shape ideas into feasible, deliverable, and commercially viable productions.
• Support the development of creative presentations, pitches, and proposals (and in turn Event Overview decks including mood boards, reference image sourcing, AI rendering.)
• The ability to render in Sketchup (or other programs) is a bonus
• Ensure creative vision is maintained throughout production and delivery.

Budget & Resource Management

• Prepare, monitor, and reconcile project budgets alongside Head of Production, as required
• Negotiate with suppliers and production partners to achieve value and quality.
• Manage creative resource allocation across projects and teams.

Delivery & Quality Control

• Oversee production, installation, event delivery, content shoots, and activations as required.
• Ensure all outputs meet OBO London’s creative and operational standards.
• Conduct post-project reviews and identify opportunities for improvement.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• 3–6+ years of experience in a creative production, experiential, events, content, or agency environment.
• Proven experience delivering complex creative projects from concept through execution.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience managing budgets and production schedules.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
• Calm under pressure with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passion for creativity, culture, design, and innovation.
• Experience working across brand activations, experiential marketing, content production, or cultural programming.
• Familiarity with production suppliers, venues, and creative networks in London.
• Understanding of health & safety, event logistics, and production processes.

A Bit About The Role …Emota create unforgettable brand experiences that captivate audiences and push creative boundaries. As an award-winning experiential agency, we bring visions to life through the full spectrum of Meetings, Events and Exhibitions, underpinned by industry-leading sustainability, DEI, Health and Safety and ground-breaking production practices. We're delighted to present an opportunity for a mid-level Environments Designer to join our Environments team and help us create moments that matter.What will you do …As an Environments Designer within the Emota Environments team, you'll help bring environments and experiences to life. These environments and experiences will span across trade shows, pop-ups, and immersive installations. Your clients will include some of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, and a varied mix of clients from other industries. Reporting to a Design Director, you'll work alongside a talented team of designers, creatives, and project managers to bring ideas to life through thoughtful spatial concepts, engaging visuals, and high quality production ready deliverables. You'll involve yourself in every stage of the design process, making this a great opportunity for someone who is curious, keen to develop their skills, and enjoys taking a hands-on approach to design.Work with the team to understand client briefs — asking questions, exploring ideas, and helping shape the creative direction.Take part in early ideation sessions, using sketches, mood boards, gen ai, or whatever method fits best to communicate your ideas clearly and confidently.Create 3D visuals and 2D technical drawings of your designs using industry-standard software.As part of a team, conduct research into new materials, processes and software so to push the boundaries of environment design.Work closely with suppliers to problem-solve, refine, and help bring your ideas to lifeJoin regular project meetings with internal teams and clients to present and share your ideas and designs.Visit onsite builds to see your designs take shape and support the production team where needed.What do you need to have …A creative spark for problem-solving and a natural instinct for designing experiential spaces that shape how people feel, move and interact.Confidence taking projects from initial concepts through to developed designs.Confidence using 3D modelling, 2D CAD and Adobe Creative Suite software.An understanding of sustainable design principles, with the ability to consider materials, production methods and environmental impact throughout the design process.A genuine interest in artificial intelligence and how emerging AI tools can be thoughtfully integrated into everyday creative and design workflows.A real appetite to learn from others and continue developing your design craft.1+ years experience within the exhibition industry or another relevant spatial, experiential or built-environment design discipline.Our benefits ...We promote opportunities to learn, grow, train and get involved in broader workstreams that add to our work culture as well as a number of reward and recognition initiatives Inizio Engage, XD offers a suite of benefits and perks including (but not limited to):Great compensation package25 days' annual leave plus public holidays, company closure over Christmas plus a personal dayVolunteering leavePrivate Medical InsuranceLife InsurancePension SchemeHybrid workingA Bit About Us ….Emota is an award-winning global events agency that creates and delivers engaging, impactful experiences.Part of Inizio Engage XD, we are an unusually shaped communications group that creates experiences that inspire lasting change. We partner with clients to provide employee engagement, learning and training solutions, scientific engagement and capability building, all underpinned by applied behavioural science. We engage internal and external audiences through the delivery of live and virtual experiences, film, digital, and immersive content.

At Echo House, we bring brands to life through innovative design, technical expertise, and world-class creative production. As a market leader in Project Management, Creative & Technical Design, Artworking, Digital Content, Print, Experiential Brand Activation, and Sustainable Creative Production, we deliver extraordinary experiences for some of the world's biggest brands.

We're looking for a Senior Technical Designer to join our talented Design team and help transform creative concepts into expertly engineered, buildable solutions.

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Technical Designer who thrives on collaboration, precision, and problem-solving. Working closely with our Creative, Projects, Fabrication, and Production teams, you'll play a key role in translating ambitious creative ideas into practical, manufacturable solutions.

From concept development and technical drawings through to production files and installation support, you'll be responsible for ensuring projects move seamlessly from design to reality while maintaining the exceptional standards Echo House is known for.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing creative concepts into buildable technical solutions
• Producing high-quality manufacturing and production drawings
• Creating production-ready files for CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing, artwork and fabrication
• Collaborating with Creative Designers to ensure concepts are accurately realised
• Working closely with Fabrication and Project Management teams to deliver projects on time and within budget
• Conducting site surveys and supporting installations when required
• Presenting technical designs to clients and internal stakeholders
• Mentoring and supporting junior members of the design team

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Advanced SolidWorks experience
• Strong understanding of technical design and manufacturing processes
• Excellent attention to detail
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience producing detailed technical drawings and production files
• Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced project environment

Desirable

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Furniture, kitchen, retail or experiential design experience
• Fusion 360
• Cinema 4D or Blender rendering
• Knowledge of materials, sustainability and fabrication processes
• CNC, machining, electrical or electronics experience
• 3D printing knowledge
• Project Management experience
• Retail production industry experience

Why Join Echo House?

We embrace challenges, think creatively, and work together to deliver extraordinary experiences for our clients while pushing the boundaries of sustainable creative production.

If you're passionate about technical design, enjoy solving complex creative challenges, and want to be part of an ambitious and supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

We promote a working environment in which diversity is recognised, valued, and encouraged. We acknowledge the multicultural and diverse nature of the UK workforce and society in general. We are committed to principles of fairness and mutual respect where everyone accepts the concept of individual responsibility. It is therefore your responsibility to make sure you always observe and adhere to this policy.

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