Retail Experiential Designer, Luxury Retail Spaces
Freelance Retail / Experiential Designer Remote, Flexible Location (Preferred: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, New York, Portland) Contract, 40hrs a week Mon - Friday Pay - $60-65/hr (w2, eligible for benefits) Expected to start ASAP in May 2026 A global lifestyle brand is seeking a freelance designer with a strong background in tactile retail and experiential design to help translate seasonal brand campaigns into scalable, production-ready physical environments. This role is focused on reinterpreting creative concepts into immersive in-store experiences, thinking through how seasonal campaigns come to life across retail, pop-ups, wholesale, and branded environments globally. The ideal candidate understands luxury retail storytelling, materiality, and how to create spaces customers can physically experience through texture, finishes, scale, and atmosphere. What You’ll Do
- Scale and reinterpret seasonal campaign concepts into physical retail environments
- Translate brand vision into immersive in-store experiences and environmental design systems
- Write creative briefs and design direction for global agency partners to execute
- Partner closely with internal creative, retail, and experiential teams
- Develop rollout guidelines, toolkits, and scalable applications across markets
- Support prototyping, fabrication, materials, finishes, and production-ready execution
- Review and refine agency adaptations to ensure premium quality and brand consistency
- Bring a tactile, luxury look-and-feel to retail storytelling and shopper experience
What We’re Looking For
- 6–8+ years in retail design, experiential design, environmental design, or branded environments
- Strong portfolio featuring tactile retail experiences and premium/luxury physical environments
- Experience translating campaign concepts into scalable retail executions
- Strong understanding of materiality, fabrication, visual merchandising, and spatial storytelling
- Ability to think conceptually while executing within production realities
- Experience collaborating with global agencies and cross-functional teams
- Strong communication, organization, and presentation skills
Tools / Skills
- Figma
- SketchUp
- Photoshop
- Miro
- 3D experience is a plus
- 3ds Max is a strong plus
Ideal Backgrounds
- Luxury or premium retail brands
- Fashion, footwear, beauty, or lifestyle brands
- Experiential or environmental design studios
- Global retail rollout and branded environment teams
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