Overview
WE'RE SLEEK. IT'S GOOD TO MEET YOU. Founded in 2013 by Jennifer Davidson, we’re an independently owned experience partner delivering world class events and experiences for some of the biggest brands, across the globe. We partner with forward-thinking, ambitious clients to create impact – whether for a product roadshow, a reimagined B2B conference, a global car launch, or a major industry exhibition. Our ambition is simple: to create human-first experiences that build communities, fuel innovation, spark collaboration, and unlock new opportunities for our clients. Our approach has earned us places on both The Sunday Times 100 Fastest Growing Company List (#21) and the Business Leader Growth 500 list in 2025. We’re also proud to be recognised as a 2025 Sunday Times and Campaign “Best Place to Work”. These accolades reflect something we nurture; building success without compromising on people, purpose or standards. We call it ‘growth without compromise’.
Who We Are Sleek is defined by a people-before-profit mindset. We celebrate individuality, set high standards and believe purposeful leadership and exceptional work go hand in hand. Everyone here is self-motivated, curious and committed to growing, regardless of seniority. We value people who take ownership, solve problems willingly, act on feedback, and are comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-standards environment. Based in Wimbledon, our HQ is a bright, modern and collaborative space where people genuinely enjoy spending time sharing ideas, playlists, lunch breaks and visits from the office dogs. Being proudly Office By Design, we work from our HQ four days a week with one work-from-home day, plus flexible core hours. This pattern is central to how we work. We know we learn and perform better when we’re together – after all, our business is about bringing people together. Our structure has been consciously designed to enable growth and invest heavily in team development. You’ll find Sleek a welcoming place for everyone, from those starting their careers to experienced specialists. We’re committed to creating a community where you can do your best work and realise your potential. We also expect and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are here to make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process wherever needed - just let us know.
The Role
As a Senior Creative 3D Designer, you will be driven by creative storytelling and concepting at your core. Reporting to the Creative Director, you’ll work in collaboration with the creative team (CD, ACD and creative leads) and deliver the creative visualisation of event environments that bring brands and their messages to life. Working closely with production (both project and technical), you’ll transform concepts into compelling 3D worlds that balance creativity with feasibility and experimentality with commerciality. Dynamic in collaboration with your colleagues and clients, agile in responding to feedback and efficient in defining design solutions. This role is about exploring the wide narrative parameters of what an experience can become in space, beyond materiality into the sensory and immersive qualities. In this role, your work will inspire our clients and production teams, through your expertise in selling and realising the dream alongside enabling the event objectives, making Sleek the no.1 live experience partner for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Concept Experimentation: Interpret briefs to develop standout experiential spatial concepts and prototypes. Starting with mood and description, moving to low-res modelling, sketches and AI-generated studies. This is an agile creative role full of experimenting and testing potential solutions. Being open and proactive in exploring what generative AI can do to enhance our creative and design process. We are always looking at the potential of AI to add to our tools rather than replace human creativity.
- Design Development: Mapping the visitor journey on plan and 3D modelling the space. Considering sustainability goals through materiality and modularity. Expressing brand look and feel through furniture and dressing, as well as lighting, theatre and engagement.
- 3D Visualisation: Producing high-quality 3D renders, visuals, and walkthroughs that bring the experience to life, working with live rendering platforms (TwinMotion / Unreal for example) as standard, for agility and flexibility. Delivering the right renders for the right results – simple clarity for costings through to seductive images that sell the dream to clients.
- Collaboration: Working closely with the creative, 2D design and production teams (both project and technical) to ensure designs are practical, cost-effective, and executable.
- CAD: Producing any required GA (General Arrangement) drawing package to support render package in briefing accurate production information for costing. This role is NOT about detail design drawings for construction, but an understanding of build process is required, and an ability to talk through design principles with production team and contractors.
- Design Presentation: Presenting design concepts with confidence, clearly communicating design rationale to both clients and internal stakeholders, welcoming feedback.
- Quality Control: Oversee visual consistency, accuracy, and creative excellence across all 3D outputs. We work with an extended family of freelance designers and this role will provide quality control and guidance across this external team as required.
- Sustainability: Champion the use of sustainable materials and design practices and look at processes to fully integrate a sustainable mindset across the design team.
- Design Leadership: Mentor colleagues, set design standards, and ensure output meets a high level of storytelling throughout our work.
- Creative technology: Embrace immersive experiences and ensure that visual representations bring to life interactions and engagement, with emphasis on live rendering showing transformations and changing states.
- Trend Awareness: Stay ahead of design and technology trends in experiential, exhibition, and spatial design, integrating fresh ideas into our work.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a 3D Designer within an events, exhibitions, or experiential agency
- Strong portfolio showcasing experience environments (plenaries, staging, exhibition, hospitality, roadshow, brand activation, theatrical and immersive spaces, pop up retail etc) and other 3D experiential work
- Confident presenter with strong communication skills, able to inspire clients and colleagues alike
- Excellent spatial design and storytelling skills, with a keen eye for detail, sensory experience, and materiality
- An understanding of the experience journey through our Attract, Immerse, Engage, Convert strategy, able to put yourself in the audience’s shoes and feel the experience that is being designed.
- Ability to work independently and make creative decisions, and collaboratively with creative and project leads
- Expert knowledge of 3D design software (e.g. Rhino, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Blender, or similar), plus (live) rendering engines (Unreal, Twinmotion, V-Ray, Corona, KeyShot)
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop)
- Proficiency in CAD (ideally AutoCAD)
- Experience collaborating with creative and art directors, creative technologists and 2D Designers
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and thrive under tight deadlines
- Knowledge of production processes, build materials, and event logistics
- Understanding of working within costing and budget parameters
About You
- Enthusiasm towards the role, the company and your colleagues
- Embracing curiosity at the heart of your creative process
- A true team player who works collaboratively and provides excellent support
- Actively seeks and welcomes feedback
- Leads by example with the ability to inspire and motivate others - particularly when inevitable challenges arise
- Able to work under pressure and knowing when to ask for support
- Passionate about supporting your peers to be better
- Embodies the values of the Sleek team
- Operates to an exceptional level of delivery across all phases of a project
- Balances an excellent eye for detail whilst considering the overall project objectives
- An ability to build long term, mutually beneficial relationships across wider team and network
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience expectations
- 27 days holiday (excl. UK public holidays). Additional days holiday for each year of service (capped at 3)
- Week-day birthdays off
- Pay Day early finish Friday (15:00)
- Standard Pension Plan
- Fitness membership
- Company discounts and perks
- Company social events inc. weekly office drinks
- Annual Company Offsite
- Additional Benefits after 1 years’ service including Private Health Care
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