Senior 3D Designer (Retail)

Salary: £55,000–£60,000pa (dependent on experience)

Location: Shoreditch, London

Working pattern: Hybrid (minimum 3 days in studio)

Software: Cinema 4D and SketchUp

Sector: Retail Design, Brand Environments, Physical Brand Communications

About the Studio

This is a B Corp certified, award-winning design agency that builds brand environments with genuine purpose.

They work with some of the most culturally significant names in fashion, footwear, sports, and technology, designing retail spaces that go beyond the transactional to create real connections between brands and the communities around them.

About the Role

This is a senior 3D design role with a retail focus, joining a studio at a moment when the work and the team are both growing. You will take ownership of retail and brand environment projects from initial concept through to final delivery, working closely with the Design Director and collaborating across internal teams and external partners to produce work that sets the standard rather than just meets it.

Day to day, you will be the person the team looks to for creative leadership on retail briefs: shaping spatial concepts, building high-quality visualisations, and helping mid-weight and junior designers develop their craft alongside you. The client roster spans culture, fashion, sports, and technology, which means the work stays varied and the briefs stay interesting. If you want a senior role where your fingerprints are genuinely on the output, this is it.

Your days will look something like this...

• Lead retail design and brand environment projects from concept through to completion, owning the creative process at every stage
• Develop compelling 3D visualisations, accurate spatial models, and high-quality renders that communicate ideas with clarity and confidence
• Work closely with the Design Director and step up to receive, manage, and delegate briefs when required
• Mentor mid-weight and junior designers, helping them grow their skills and raise their standards
• Deliver client presentations with strong narrative, clear visual storytelling, and a comfortable command of the room
• Lead and contribute to ideation sessions, bringing original thinking and a genuine curiosity about retail and brand culture
• Interpret architectural drawings and translate spatial information into resolved, buildable design solutions
• Support project managers on design estimates and help coordinate freelance and external creative resource

You might be the perfect match if…

• You have 6+ years of experience designing 3D retail spaces and brand environments, with a portfolio to match
• You are highly proficient in Cinema 4D and SketchUp
• You think conceptually and can hold that thinking all the way through to a technically resolved, beautifully rendered outcome
• You have led or mentored junior and mid-weight designers across multiple live briefs at once
• You present with confidence, can hold your creative point of view under client scrutiny, and know how to read a room
• You can interpret architectural drawings accurately and use them to inform spatial design decisions
• You work well under deadline pressure without compromising on the quality of what you produce
• Experience with 3D animation or motion is a real bonus, though absolutely not essential

Why this one...

• A genuinely varied client portfolio spanning culture, fashion, sports, and technology, and the room to make your mark on it
• B Corp certified and sustainability-driven: the circular design principles here are real, and they make the work more interesting
• Senior creative ownership from day one, not just execution of someone else’s vision
• A hybrid model that balances meaningful studio time with focused days at home