At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative 3D design projects from concept to craft, elevating brand experiences.
- Company: Dynamic creative agency with a focus on impactful design and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, birthday off, and end-of-year studio closure.
- Other info: Hybrid role with opportunities for part-time work and a supportive team culture.
- Why this job: Shape distinctive 3D designs and mentor the next generation of creatives.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in 3D structural design with strong commercial awareness.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
As we look to expand our 3D capabilities, we're looking for a strong and inspirational Senior 3D Designer or Design Director with pack experience to join our UK team.
WHO YOU ARE
You are an experienced 3D designer with a strong grounding in product design, branded packaging and physical brand experience. You bring confident creative judgement, technical understanding and commercial awareness to the design of distinctive, ownable and feasible 3D pack forms, structures and brand assets systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Creative thinking & crafting excellence: You shape 3D pack and brand asset design from concept to craft, elevating the quality through your own ideas and by raising the standard across the team. You hold space for originality, precision and bravery, creating physical design that is strategically smart, visually powerful and technically considered. You apply AI, modelling and visualisation tools with purpose, enhancing storytelling, efficiency and design ambition.
- Strategic & brand alignment: You hold the brief with confidence, translating brand strategy into compelling 3D pack and brand asset design while questioning and challenging where needed. You connect brand truth, category codes and physical form, ensuring the work feels distinctive, ownable and commercially relevant. You design with intent, not just instinct.
- Studio process & project delivery: You manage multiple workstreams with care and clarity. You keep timelines on track, own your output and create structures that help the team deliver better. You’re a steadying influence who flags risks early and keeps quality moving at pace.
- Team collaboration & contribution: You contribute to a creative culture where people feel seen, supported and inspired. You give feedback that builds clarity and confidence, and you’re present in critiques, rituals and reviews. You lift the work, and the people who make it.
- Leadership & mentoring: You mentor juniors through your feedback, your clarity and your consistency. You know when to support, when to stretch and how to model great leadership behaviours. You create space for others to grow while staying accountable for the outcomes.
- Commercial acumen: You understand how to manage your time and creative ambition within the scope of the project. You protect the integrity of the work by staying aware of budgets, timelines and value. You contribute to resourcing conversations and help manage external contributors with efficiency and care.
EXPERIENCE
Ideally we're looking for 5+ years of 3D structural design within a creative agency.
LOCATION AND FLEXIBILITY
This is a full-time, hybrid role ideally based in our Tunbridge Wells studio with 2 days from home, although we will consider applications for our London studio and can discuss part‑time options.
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary
- Fri‑yays – studios close on the last Friday of most months
- A day off on your birthday
- End‑of‑year studio closure
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace nursery scheme to help with the cost of childcare
Senior 3D Designer in London employer: JDO Ltd
Join our dynamic team as a Senior 3D Designer in Tunbridge Wells, where creativity meets collaboration. We offer a vibrant work culture that fosters innovation and supports your professional growth through mentorship and leadership opportunities. Enjoy competitive benefits, including flexible working arrangements, a day off on your birthday, and unique perks like 'Fri-yays' to enhance your work-life balance.