The Design Release | Lead Designer 3D at V&A

We’re looking for a talented, passionate and imaginative designer to join our team for 9 months (with potential for extension) to cover maternity leave.

In this role you will get to lead on our major upcoming exhibition Faberge in London, the rehang of our award-winning Photography Centre and the re-interpretation of our South Asia Gallery aswell as a range of small display and furniture projects for the museum.

We are a fast-paced studio and the design team is collaborative and hands-on, working iteratively with curators, colleagues and collaborators to create an outstanding experience for local and international audiences.

The ideal person will be someone who has:

Experience leading small multidisciplinary teams. From an architecture, interior, theatre or exhibition background, you will have experience guiding and steering the work of team members to meet project briefs, schedules and to exceed client expectation.
Exceptional conceptual thinking, curiosity and an abundance of design ideas.
A demonstrable ability to take design concepts through to excellent final execution, including experience working with client feedback and production practicalities to translate ideas from concept to reality.
Excellent client and communication skills – from presentation and communication to negotiation and influencing skills. The ability to clearly articulate design concepts and strategy both visually and verbally to clients.
Track record working with narrative to create engaging experiences and imaginative spatial interventions.
Experience creating great proposals for projects, including mock-ups, pitch and presentation material.
Excellent Vectorworks, Sketch-up, V-ray, 3dMax and Adobe Creative Suite.

TO APPLY

To apply please complete the online application AND submit your portfolio include including examples of technical drawings and documents that you personally have created alongside projects that show your approach to design

This can be added as a weblink/download link to your portfolio within the statement section via the V&A’s website.

Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight Monday 10 May 2021.

Interviews will be held on 19th or 20th May 2021.

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

This history of the V&A is a story like no other. From its early beginnings as a Museum of Manufactures in 1852, to the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the Museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. Its collections span over 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium, housed in one of the finest groups of Victorian and modern buildings in Britain.