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Exhibit Designer

The Exhibit Designer's role includes creative development, design execution, and project coordination through all phases of the design process for 2-4 concurrent large and small projects. The role is focused on the design, integration, and coordination of exhibits and other scenic, multimedia, and display elements within the architectural spaces where they will be installed. Special attention will be needed to effectively implement emerging technologies and non-traditional interfaces.

Essential Functions and Qualifications:

Contribute to all stages of design and project development. Project work and responsibilities extend from concept through to installation oversight and are completed in collaboration with other in-house designers, producers, production managers, writers, UI/UX designers, software developers, AV engineers, and fabricators, as well as external consultants, contractors, and vendors. Experience in concept, schematic, and detail design/design development is required. Experience in CD and CA phases is a strong plus.

Responsibilities:

• Create site/building/gallery program diagrams, space use plans, detailed floor plans, elevations, AV integration plans, 3D models and fly-throughs, rendered visualizations, cost estimates, and other technical and design documentation as a means of developing and defining exhibits and other display elements within new and existing architectural envelopes
• Collaborate with other departments within Ideum, sub-consultants, and contractors to coordinate technical, engineering, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, IT, wayfinding, and other requirements and synthesize these into inspiring designs and effective, efficient drawings and documentation that can be used for contracts or to create fabrication or installation drawings 
• Interface with Ideum clients, lead workshops or design discussions, and synthesize the client's needs and objectives into documentation and design

What you bring to the work:

• Energy and enthusiasm
• Design perspective and creative visioning talent
• A love for interactive, immersive, interpretive public experiences
• Relationship management skills
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and teambuilding
• A drive to help a team achieve ambitious, best-in-class outcomes
• Ability to synthesize information for a multidisciplinary team

Qualifications and Education:

• A Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Industrial Design is preferred, but we also welcome candidates with equivalent work experience in exhibit production and architecture and a proven record of successfully designed and executed projects. Architectural registration is not required, but it is an excellent qualification. 
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar capacity
• Expertise in CAD rendering and detailing program(s). Revit or Bluebeam experience is a plus. Facility with Adobe creative suite is a plus, as is experience with Blender or Maya
• Experience seeing an experience design project through from initial design through fabrication detailing and to installation oversight is required
• Experience with museums, zoos, aquariums, science centers, or other interpretive public spaces is a plus

To be considered, applicants must:

• Be willing and able to travel and work long and/or unusual hours as necessary to accommodate exhibit installation and external stakeholder meetings
• Be available to work in-person at Ideum's offices in Corrales, New Mexico

About Ideum

We create meaningful experiences that use emerging technologies. Our approach is to create exhibits that evoke wonder, awe, and surprise while also telling important stories about science, art, history, and culture that have a lasting impact. We are committed to creating visitor-centric interactive experiences of substance delivered in immersive and exciting ways.

We work with museums, educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and other entities throughout North America and around the world. Our firm provides design services, custom software development, media systems design and installation, and custom fabrication.

Our multitouch tables and touch walls are practical implementations of recent advances in multiple areas of emerging technology. Our hardware products are built to be used in social environments where they encourage interaction and collaboration. We take pride in what we design and build, and we focus on reliability and performance to create products that last. We are located in scenic Corrales, New Mexico (near Albuquerque and an hour from Santa Fe). Please visit our website to learn more about us: http://www.ideum.com

Benefits and Incentives

After 90 days of employment, this position includes paid time off, health, dental, and vision insurance, critical illness and accident insurance, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. Employees are eligible after one year of employment for our 401K Safe Harbor Profit Sharing Plan.

Equal Opportunity & Eligibility

Ideum, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. If an applicant needs reasonable accommodations during the application process, he or she should contact a company representative. 

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

How to Apply

Please include a resume, cover letter, and relevant work samples. No phone calls or walk-ins, please. NOTE: *Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.