Senior Experiential Art Director (Mountain View)

DescriptionA client with Kforce is seeking a Senior Experiential Art Director to join their team in Mountain View, CA.Overview:At the core of it all, you bring the client's brand to life in built space, whether that's an event, a pop-up experience, or workplace design. As a multidisciplinary designer, you bring a strong hand in both graphic design and experiential design to every project, translating brand systems into fully realized physical environments. You take high-level creative narratives and turn them into tangible, high-fidelity spaces, applying the same rigor to a floor plan that you'd apply to a brand guideline. You design the event's design system, apply it across the environment, and then conceptualize the interactive moments that immerse the audience in the strategy behind it.Core Responsibilities:* Vision Translation: Take abstract concepts and turn them into concrete design directions, mood boards, and spatial layouts* Brand & Systems Application: Design the event's visual and design system, then apply it across physical touchpoints, from print and signage to full-scale environments, keeping consistency and craft intact at every scale* Activation Concepting: Conceptualize immersive and interactive activations that bring the event strategy to life* Environmental Design: Shape the look and feel of a space, aligning lighting, materiality, and spatial flow with the experiential story* Collaborative Execution: Work cross-collaboratively with the broader design team, from creative to production, to make sure the vision comes through at every stage without losing creative integrity* Sensory Detail: Own the granular details, material sourcing, color palettes, and environmental styling, that turn a space into a cohesive, immersive realityRequirements* Experience: 8-10 years in Art Direction, with a strong mix of graphic design/brand systems and experiential, event, and environmental design* Design Systems: Hands-on craft applying brand and graphic design systems in physical space* Environmental Design: Proven experience designing for events, spaces, or immersive environments, translating 2D brand elements into 3D experiences* Sensory Design Knowledge: Understanding of how physical elements (lighting, materiality, spatial flow) shape how people experience a brand* Storytelling Ability: A portfolio showing the ability to carry a concept across a complex, multi-day or multi-room experience* Communication: Ability to clearly explain design choices to stakeholders and connect them to broader business goalsJob TypeContractCompensation84 - $94