Senior Creative

We're looking for a multidisciplinary Senior Creative to join our award-winning Immersive team at Journey's Squint/Opera studio in New York! 

About the Studio - Squint/Opera: 

Squint/Opera is a leading creative studio that bridges the worlds of architecture, design, media, and technology to create compelling, narrative-driven experiences. As experts in blending digital media with physical reality, we help our clients craft digital content to immerse their audiences and communicate big ideas.

Squint was founded in London in 2001 by four young friends who wanted to help visionary thinkers and institutions make the radical a reality. For more than 20 years, we have delivered projects in every corner of the globe and for a wide range of clients across architecture, government, real estate, museums, and attractions.

Squint/Opera is part of a larger team at Journey, which was formed to help companies envision the next chapter of their customer's journey and craft a compelling experience across all touchpoints, both reimagined and newly created.

Squint/Opera is now part of Journey, a leading innovation and design agency that specializes in crafting compelling experiences across the physical and digital realms. Together, Squint/Opera and Journey create the first agency with proven expertise in blending the physical and virtual worlds at a global scale.

About the Role:

As our Senior Creative, you'll work closely with the Creative Director and Producers, interpreting and translating briefs into creative visions and contributing to delivering high-impact experiences across digital and physical formats for exhibition projects in the cultural and brand sectors. Whether it's 2D, 3D, print, or interactive media, your work will influence audience experiences. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Collaborate closely with the Creative Director, Producers, and cross-disciplinary teams to transform ideas into high-quality, deliverable content that doesn't just look good but tells a story, creates an experience, and leaves an impression.

• Provide hands-on art direction to junior creatives and contractors for various projects, including film (live action, CG, VFX, animation), interactive media, and experiential design.

• Attend client meetings, interpret briefs, and build strong narratives and achievable creative visions for a wide range of deliverables, including (but not limited to) creative treatments, storyboards, spatial design, script writing, creating brief decks, and style frames.

• Be comfortable leading visual direction from conception through execution, ensuring the creative vision aligns with client objectives and our studio's high standards.

• Work with Producers to manage timelines and project reviews.

• Create presentation materials for existing projects and new business. 

Outcomes 

• Immersive Excellence: Your creative vision will define how visitors engage with and experience exhibitions, ensuring every project is memorable and emotionally resonant. 

• Collaborative Success: Working closely with production teams, you will ensure all visual elements of an exhibition come together smoothly and that tell stories that resonate. 

• Creative Innovation: You'll continually push the boundaries of exhibition design, integrating new techniques and technologies to create more immersive, interactive experiences. 

About You:

You are a seasoned, multidisciplinary creative with a passion for shaping big ideas and a flair for narrative-driven storytelling and cutting-edge design. Successful candidates will have the following experiences and qualifications. 

Qualification/ Experience 

[Required] 

• 5+ years of demonstrable design experience with an innovative, creative agency or production environment.
• A sharp eye for design excellence and details
• Ability to design in a wide range of styles and platforms
• You're a natural storyteller - you approach visual design through the lens of the narrative 
• You've previously led creative visions
• You can take a brief and run with it, bringing the vision to life through compelling art direction and hands-on design work.
• Candidates may have any combination of creative backgrounds, including film, motion design, exhibition design, spatial design, branding, or immersive content.
• Experience with Google Suite
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite - shortcuts and efficient workflow a must

[Desirable] 

• Experience in museum/exhibition design
• Experience with Figma
• Experience with Cinema 4d
• Basic understanding of Unity /digital pipeline

Character Traits  

• You are autonomous, self-directed, and proactive – you always know when and how you need to put your creative prowess to use
• You also enjoy working as part of a team and can give and receive feedback openly.
• You're comfortable working in uncharted territories-be it unfamiliar content, new technologies, or complex briefs.
• You're passionate about staying ahead of the curve and evolving your creative approach.
• You ask the right questions.
• You have a flexible 'can-do' attitude and adapt well to changing priorities. 
• Ability to have a positive impact on others and communicate openly and directly to individuals or groups at all levels
• In-depth knowledge of technical and creative aspects of the work and ability to reconcile these
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Confident and decisive, a problem-solver
• Strong attention to detail, high-quality standards
• Help to foster an atmosphere in which creative innovation can take place

Candidates must be eligible to work in the US without work authorization. Qualified candidates should submit their resume and portfolio with their application. Unfortunately, applications without portfolios will not be considered.