[Hiring] Senior Experiential & Spatial Designer @Food Truck Promotions

Role Description

Food Truck Promotions creates mobile brand experiences that bring brands into the real world through custom vehicles, pop-ups, and interactive activations. We're looking for an imaginative experiential and spatial designer to help us push our creative work further. This role is equal parts technical designer + creative visionary.

• Develop original concepts for mobile tours, brand activations, pop-ups, sampling experiences, and retail environments.
• Translate brand identities and campaign objectives into physical spaces through form, materials, color, lighting, graphics, and interaction.
• Design complete activation footprints, including vehicle placement, guest entry, queues, activity zones, product displays, photo moments, staff workspaces, and storage.
• Design custom fabrication elements such as bars, counters, shelving, display fixtures, seating, oversized props, interactive games, and personalization stations.
• Design vehicle interiors and exteriors, including dimensional signage, rooftop features, serving windows, integrated displays, and surrounding scenic elements.
• Develop mood boards, sketches, spatial layouts, 3D renderings, and compelling renderings that clearly communicate your ideas to clients.
• Prepare dimensioned design drawings, material and finish references, and annotated details for production partners.
• Collaborate with producers, graphic designers, fabricators, and installers to refine concepts around budgets, timelines, transportation, and site conditions.
• Review fabrication drawings, samples, and progress photos to help preserve the design through execution.
• Develop reusable and modular elements that can adapt across brands, vehicles, and tour stops.

Qualifications

• A strong portfolio of experiential, spatial, exhibit, scenic, retail, or hospitality design, including examples that were physically built.
• Experience owning projects from initial concept through design development and fabrication collaboration.
• Excellent understanding of scale, proportion, materials, finishes, lighting, and environmental storytelling.
• Proficiency in a professional 3D design workflow, such as SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Blender, or equivalent, plus presentation and drawing tools.
• Ability to create both persuasive client visuals and clear design documentation.
• Practical understanding of fabrication methods, modular construction, durability, assembly, and transport.
• Awareness of accessibility, guest circulation, outdoor conditions, and site constraints, with the judgment to involve production and engineering specialists when needed.
• Clear communication, reliable delivery, and comfort working through feedback with a fast-moving team.
• Experience with mobile activations, vehicle conversions, beauty and fashion pop-ups, customization experiences, or interactive installations is especially relevant.
• AI visualization tools are welcome as part of your process.

Requirements

• Ability to translate concepts into dimensionally coherent designs and editable project files.

Typical Project Deliverables

• Concept directions with a clear creative rationale.
• Mood boards and material palettes.
• Scaled activation layouts and guest flow plans.
• 3D models and renderings of key views and interactions.
• Dimensioned plans, elevations, and custom element details.
• Material, finish, lighting, and signage specifications.
• Organized source files and a coordinated handoff to production.
• Final engineering and fabrication shop drawings will be coordinated with the appropriate production partners.

What Success Looks Like

Your designs help clients see possibilities they hadn't considered. They feel specific to the brand, function smoothly for guests and staff, and retain their visual impact when built within the agreed budget and timeline.