Senior Brand Experience Designer

Overview

The Senior Brand Experience Designer is responsible for creating best-in-class brand experiences across both digital and in-store environments. This role designs and executes a wide range of marketing and retail assets, from email, web, social, and paid media to vitrine displays, wall installations, and other immersive in-store experiences that bring the brand to life. The ideal candidate is a versatile designer who thrives at the intersection of brand, marketing, and experience design. They possess a strong foundation in digital design but are equally energized by conceptualizing physical spaces and customer experiences. They understand the unique intersection of marketing and retail design, with a strong appreciation for visual merchandising, spatial storytelling, and the realities of bringing physical experiences to life. This individual will work closely with creative leadership, copywriters, marketers, visual merchandising partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to bring compelling brand stories to life across every customer touchpoint. Success in this role requires equal parts creative thinking and hands-on execution, with a willingness to move seamlessly between day-to-day marketing needs and larger retail experience initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, and execute retail experience projects including vitrine displays, environmental graphics, in-store displays, signage systems, and other experiential brand moments.
• Concept, design, and execute branded retail experiences that bring marketing campaigns and brand stories to life in-store.
• Lead retail experience projects from initial concept through final installation, partnering with internal teams and vendors to ensure a high-quality execution.
• Develop photo strategies and placement plans for retail environments across a multi-store footprint.
• Design & produce a variety of marketing assets across email, web, social media, video, paid media, and occasional print applications.
• Regularly travel to store locations to assist with the installation and execution of retail experience projects, ensuring a high standard of design quality and brand consistency.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into compelling customer experiences across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Maintain and evolve brand standards while ensuring consistency across all channels and environments.
• Present creative concepts and rationale to stakeholders, incorporating feedback to deliver thoughtful and effective solutions.
• Manage creative projects from concept through final production, collaborating with photographers, videographers, vendors, fabricators, and other partners as needed.
• Contribute strategic thinking, creative innovation, and customer-focused ideas that elevate the brand experience

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital and physical brand experiences.
• Experience designing for retail environments, experiential activations, environmental graphics, visual merchandising, or customer-facing physical spaces preferred.
• Strong understanding of visual merchandising principles, customer journey, and spatial storytelling.
• Proven ability to lead projects from concept through execution across multiple design disciplines.
• Demonstrated expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Experience with SketchUp preferred. Familiarity with AutoCAD is a plus.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing channels including email, social media, web, paid media, and short-form content platforms.
• Ability to think conceptually and develop ideas that translate across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with varying timelines and complexity.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate marketing objectives into compelling creative solutions.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Video editing experience is a plus but not required.
• Background in architecture, interior architecture, industrial design, retail design, or related disciplines is a plus
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS is a plus.

Application Deadline: Initial consideration will be given to applications received by 11/03/2026. Applications received after this date may be considered if the position remains open or the application period is extended.

Behavioral Characteristics

The Senior Brand Experience Designer combines strong creative drive with disciplined execution and a high standard for quality. This role brings independent thinking, strong attention to detail, and a direct, collaborative communication style to deliver polished brand experiences across digital and physical environments. The individual work with urgency, adapts quickly to shifting priorities, and maintains focus on outcomes that strengthen the brand. The role also shows confidence presenting ideas, responding to feedback, and turning concepts into effective, customer-centered solutions.

Work Environment

The primary environment for this role is a hybrid work schedule. This role is expected to be on-site in the Home Office 2 days per week on an ongoing basis. Travel may be required to stores, conferences or events up to 20% of the time.

Compensation and Recognition: We offer a competitive base rate and an opportunity for a yearly bonus.

Time off: You'll enjoy a generous time-off package, including 3 weeks of vacation, and an annual float day. We value holidays and are closed on major ones. Plus, you receive a float day and paid volunteer day annually. We also value your work-life balance and keep favorable hours that provide a great retail experience to our customers while respecting your time and well-being.

Family-centric benefits: We care about your family, and our benefits extend beyond standard offerings. In times of major illness, you can earn time off at full pay for self or family care. You'll also benefit from paid parental leave, an Employee Assistance Program, and assistance navigating medical complexities.

Health and wellness: We value your health and provide you with paid sick time. Additionally, you can access competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, a 401(k) with company match, and flexible spending accounts. You can also enjoy voluntary benefits, including long-term disability, life insurance for dependents, and pet insurance. We also have a dedicated staff member who focuses on well-being and work-life balance, ensuring you thrive professionally and personally.

Employee Discount: Enjoy a generous store and online discount, available for you and your family members.

Shane Co. serves our customers with an unparalleled standard of excellence. Our people get to share in our customers' milestone moments such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and everything in between.

Our goal for you is to give you an employment experience like no other so you wake up and want to come to work every day. If you love being part of a team as well as providing personal attention to every customer, this is the place for you!

Base Pay range for this role is $105,000-$125,000 annually. Your placement in the range is determined through interviews, a review of experience, knowledge, skills, balanced pay with other team members and alignment with geographic market data. Home office base pay ranges are based on the Denver market. We target most new hire offers toward the lower end of the listed range, but more demonstrated experience, knowledge and skills may result in a higher starting rate.

Beyond Base Pay: Home office positions are eligible for consideration for an annual bonus, based on total company performance. Amounts vary by role and are based on a percentage of eligible earnings for the fiscal year.