Retail Experiential Designer, Luxury Retail Spaces

Freelance Retail / Experiential Designer Remote, Flexible Location (Preferred: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, New York, Portland) Contract, 40hrs a week Mon - Friday Pay - $60-65/hr (w2, eligible for benefits) Expected to start ASAP in May 2026 A global lifestyle brand is seeking a freelance designer with a strong background in tactile retail and experiential design to help translate seasonal brand campaigns into scalable, production-ready physical environments. This role is focused on reinterpreting creative concepts into immersive in-store experiences, thinking through how seasonal campaigns come to life across retail, pop-ups, wholesale, and branded environments globally. The ideal candidate understands luxury retail storytelling, materiality, and how to create spaces customers can physically experience through texture, finishes, scale, and atmosphere. What You’ll Do • Scale and reinterpret seasonal campaign concepts into physical retail environments • Translate brand vision into immersive in-store experiences and environmental design systems • Write creative briefs and design direction for global agency partners to execute • Partner closely with internal creative, retail, and experiential teams • Develop rollout guidelines, toolkits, and scalable applications across markets • Support prototyping, fabrication, materials, finishes, and production-ready execution • Review and refine agency adaptations to ensure premium quality and brand consistency • Bring a tactile, luxury look-and-feel to retail storytelling and shopper experience What We’re Looking For • 6–8+ years in retail design, experiential design, environmental design, or branded environments • Strong portfolio featuring tactile retail experiences and premium/luxury physical environments • Experience translating campaign concepts into scalable retail executions • Strong understanding of materiality, fabrication, visual merchandising, and spatial storytelling • Ability to think conceptually while executing within production realities • Experience collaborating with global agencies and cross-functional teams • Strong communication, organization, and presentation skills Tools / Skills • Figma • SketchUp • Photoshop • Miro • 3D experience is a plus • 3ds Max is a strong plus Ideal Backgrounds • Luxury or premium retail brands • Fashion, footwear, beauty, or lifestyle brands • Experiential or environmental design studios • Global retail rollout and branded environment teams Apply tot his job Apply To this Job