Battle Royal Studios is a boutique creative agency, renowned for delivering innovative and immersive live experiences worldwide. From high-profile brand activations to complex international productions, we operate at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and flawless execution. Our work spans large-scale live events, experiential formats, and cultural productions across global markets.
Discover more about our projects and philosophy at www.br-studios.com
We are looking for a Design Director – Brand that leads the creative vision and execution of immersive brand experiences in physical space. This role balances conceptual leadership and hands-on spatial design, ensuring ideas are creatively ambitious and feasible.
This role focuses on:
• Define and drive the spatial brand vision across environments such as retail, exhibitions, events, pop-ups, and brand activations
• Lead concept development from early spatial narratives to final design direction
• Ensure design excellence, brand consistency, and innovation across all touchpoints
This role is ideal for someone experienced in brand or event agencies who thrives in clarity, structure, and collaboration.
This is NOT a management or production lead role. You are the bridge between creatives and Spatial designers.
Lead and define the spatial brand vision across retail, exhibitions, events, pop-ups, and activations by driving concept development from initial narrative to final design direction while ensuring design excellence, brand consistency, and innovation across all touchpoints. Defines the overall design vision, creative direction, and aesthetic quality standards.
Spatial Design & Visualization
• Develop and refine clear spatial concepts
• Produce or closely direct renders and visualisations that communicate design intent, atmosphere, and materiality
• Guide the creation of hero visuals, walkthroughs, and immersive presentations for clients
• Set visual standards for rendering quality, lighting, textures, and storytelling
Design Team Collaboration
• Lead, mentor, and coordinate designers
• Provide clear creative direction, structured feedback, and design reviews at all stages
• Allocate work effectively and ensure alignment between concept, detail, and delivery
Feasibility & Realization
• Ensure designs are feasible and scalable, balancing creativity with real-world constraints
• Collaborate closely with architects, creatives, and project managers
• Translate conceptual design into clear spatial designs
• Present design concepts and visualizations confidently internally and to clients
• Translate client objectives into spatial design solutions
Design & Technical Skills
• Strong ability to develop and communicate compelling spatial concepts through clear visual direction and storytelling
• Proficient in 3D spatial design and visualisation workflows, with Rhino considered a highly valuable tool for spatial and architectural development
• Ability to use a range of visualisation and rendering software to effectively communicate design intent, atmosphere, materiality, and user experience
• Capable of translating abstract ideas and early-stage concepts into clear visual outputs that align teams, clients, and stakeholders around a shared vision
• Excellent understanding of:
– Spatial composition and environmental storytelling
– Materials, finishes, and visual detailing
– Lighting, atmosphere, and mood creation
– Human scale, flow, and user experience
– Contemporary spatial and experiential design trends
• Ability to establish a strong visual and conceptual direction that guides the wider design team throughout the project lifecycle
• Skilled at mentoring and directing designers by providing clear creative guidance, references, feedback, and visual benchmarks
• Strong eye for presentation quality, ensuring all visuals, renders, and design outputs communicate a cohesive and elevated design narrative
• Experience with tools such as Rhino, Enscape, or similar real-time rendering platforms is highly valued
Leadership & Experience
• Mandatory 8+ years of experience in brand experience, spatial, events, retail, and experiential design
• Proven experience leading design teams and complex spatial projects
• Strong understanding of design feasibility
• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
Nice to have:
• Experience in spatial or retail activation projects
• Familiarity with project management
What You Won’t Be Responsible For
• Producing technical build drawings
• Running productions
This role focuses on brand spatial experiences.
• Work on high-visibility brand and retail environments for international clients
• Creative ownership within immersive spatial projects
• A collaborative, professional, and ego-free team culture
• Hybrid flexibility with a strong Berlin-based design team
• Direct impact on physical, consumer-facing brand experiences
If you are passionate about shaping spatial brand experiences and leading immersive design at the highest level, we would love to hear from you.
Please send your application (no cover letter required) to jobs@br-studios.com
As one PDF file
Subject line: Design Director / [Your Last Name]
Include:
• Your earliest possible start date
• Salary expectations
• Portfolio showcasing relevant spatial projects
Join us in creating brand environments that are experienced, remembered, and built.
With representation in London • Dubai • Riyadh • Sydney
