TAIT partners with artists, brands, IP holders and place makers to bring culture-defining, never-before-seen experiences to life.
With a legacy of innovation spanning over 45 years, TAIT has grown from pioneering in rock ‘n’ roll concert staging to setting the global standard for extraordinary live events and experiences through cutting-edge technology, precision engineering, and creative design. TAIT’s 20 global offices have developed iconic productions and experiences in over 30 countries, all seven continents, and even outer space for renowned performers, theme parks, exhibits, and venues across the globe, including partnerships with Taylor Swift, Cirque Du Soleil, Royal Opera House, Nike, NASA, Bloomberg, Google, Beyoncé, and The Olympics
Position Purpose
The Senior Art Director is responsible for leading the design development of immersive, story-driven environments for large scale theme parks and attractions while ensuring alignment across all disciplines. This role requires a high level of collaboration and facilitation—working closely with internal teams, external vendors, clients, and IP holders to integrate narrative, design, and technical execution into a cohesive guest experience. The Senior Art Director ensures the creative intent is carried through with clarity, feasibility, and impact.
Essential Responsibilities/Accountabilities
- Team Leadership & Cross-Disciplinary Integration
- Lead and inspire the internal creative team, fostering collaboration across disciplines.
- Cultivate a positive, solutions-focused environment that encourages open communication, efficiency, and unified execution.
- Translating Creative Vision
- Interpret creative direction into immersive, tangible design solutions while aligning with technical, budgetary, and operational constraints.
- Ensure ideas remain grounded in reality while working to fulfill creative goals.
- Present design solutions through quick sketches or other visual means to communicate
- IP & Stakeholder Facilitation
- Act as a diplomatic liaison between creative intent and IP stakeholders.
- Navigate feedback from franchise representatives —balancing fidelity to the brand with project timelines and creative goals.
- Vendor Collaboration & Facility Integration
- Partner with external vendors, fabricators, and facility teams to resolve challenges and integrate scenic, show, and technical components seamlessly into the built environment.
- Serve as a creative advocate while remaining pragmatic and adaptable to field realities.
- Review vendor or partner drawings and highlights potential revisions to support facility and technical integration of the design.
- Client Communication & Project Execution
- Attend all Client meetings and present progress clearly and confidently to clients, ensuring creative goals are met within schedule and scope.
- Maintain professionalism under pressure and champion a forward-thinking, problem-solving approach throughout the life of the project.
To perform this position successfully, each essential responsibility/accountability must be fulfilled satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined above.
Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Design or Art education in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Fine Arts or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in spatial design such as architecture, themed entertainment landscape architecture, or interiors
- 5+ years of experience in themed entertainment; Field Art Direction experience with construction of at least one major themed entertainment attraction, land or park. Ideal candidate has overseen multiple projects.
- Strong design communication skills and experience presenting and communicating with clients.
- 2+ years of leadership experience on a project team
- Experience working with architects, engineers, technical, lighting, and scenic fabrication vendors.
- Experience working with major intellectual property.
- Strong architectural sense and understanding of the use of interior design to connote place, story, and overall theme
- Familiarity and understanding of themed entertainment building and construction techniques including scenic construction, media and interactive integration, lighting and technical design, scenic finish application, props and dressing, etc.
- Experience directing and collaborating with scenic vendors, architects, technical integrators, and facility managers
- Ability to understand, plan, and communicate dimensional space (e.g. plan, elevation, and orthogonal projection)
- Ability to communicate the aesthetic direction for the design to other team members, clients, and consultants
- Demonstrated understanding of inclusive, respectful design for a wide variety of guests/end users
- Ability to read and comment on architectural and construction drawings
- Ability to understand, view, and navigate in BIM360 REQUIRED
- Ability to model in Revit or Rhino a plus
- Demonstrated management and leadership experience in the creative setting
- Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
- Experience in client relationship building
- Ability to multitask as well as focus when needed
- Ability to operate digital design mediums and direct team members through remote virtual methods
- Ability to work well in a team environment and interface with different stakeholders.
- Ability to stay calm under pressure and approach situations logically
Salary Range: $122k - 175k commensurate with experience
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TAIT is an equal opportunity employer fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic as outlined by international, national, state, or local laws.
