Senior Design (Experiential Events)

True Anomaly

Long Beach, CA, United States Posted October 2, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$130,000 - $235,000

Job Description

Join True Anomaly, a pioneering company in the space security industry. As a Senior Designer, Experiential, you will own the creative development and direction of our event experiences. You will work closely with various teams to define the concept, narrative, user journey, visual language, and environmental expression for each event. You will also direct internal teams, agencies, fabricators, and production partners through the design development process. This is a player-coach role where you will both direct external partners and execute design work yourself as needed.

  • Développer des concepts expérientiels et une direction créative qui rendent la technologie complexe tangible et créent une expérience mémorable.
  • Collaborer avec les équipes de marketing et de stratégie créative pour comprendre l'intention stratégique derrière les événements et conseiller sur la manière dont le format expérientiel peut servir ces objectifs.
  • Diriger le développement créatif à travers le design graphique et spatial, le contenu, le mouvement, les éléments interactifs, les démonstrations, les objets de marque et les détails environnementaux.
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong experiential concepting, creative direction, narrative thinking, and final executed work
  • Genuine interest in aerospace, defense, or national security is a meaningful signal. Domain expertise is not required; intellectual seriousness about the mission is
  • Experience in technology, aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial design, or another technically complex category is helpful but not required
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business, audience, and brand strategy into distinctive physical experiences
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams and directing agencies, designers, fabricators, content partners, and production specialists
  • Deep knowledge of event production, fabrication, AV, logistics, installation, and venue constraints sufficient to make responsible creative decisions
  • Strong understanding of spatial experience, user journey, graphics, materials, objects, content, technology, and live moments
  • Willingness to travel and work outside conventional hours when required by an installation or live
  • Comfort working hands-on across concepting, design development, vendor creative direction, and on-site execution. This is a player-coach role: you'll both direct external partners and execute design work yourself as the project demands
  • Ability to develop creative work within defined budgets and schedules and to make sound tradeoffs without losing the central idea
  • Bachelor's degree and 8-11 years of experience developing creative concepts and directing brand events, experiential activations, conferences, demonstrations, executive gatherings, or other live experiences; or Master's degree and 6 years of relevant experience
  • Excellent presentation, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, with calm judgment when conditions change
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Required Skills
brand management logistics communication collaboration stakeholder management
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