Event Designer / Experiential Art Director (Contract)

About Cloth & Flame Through a growing portfolio of stunning venue properties and wilderness landscapes, culinary programming, design, and rentals, Cloth & Flame crafts bespoke corporate and branded events, ticketed experiences, and intriguing activations. We elevate ideas into creative visions, celebrate and steward treasured locations, and create everlasting connections between places and people.

Cloth & Flame

We create experiential events and boundary-pushing, connection-inspiring encounters wherever they can be imagined.

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clothandflame.com

11-50 employees

Events Services

Phoenix, Arizona

2016

Partnership

3.1k LinkedIn followers

• As an Event Designer, you’ll dream up, design, and close high-concept experiential events. Cloth & Flame will offer paid pitch opportunities, with payment for each pitch. You'll develop strategic, visually compelling proposals, collaborate with internal teams to refine and execute your ideas, and work closely with clients to turn them into a reality. For events you sell, you'll stay attached to the project through its execution.
• Develop bold, imaginative event concepts that align with client goals and brand identity.
• Lead design by creating mood boards, pitch decks, and immersive storytelling presentations.
• Utilize 2D & 3D design skills to develop layouts, floor plans, and rendered visualizations.
• Partner with internal teams (producers, fabricators, and stylists) to bring your vision to life.
• Support the end-to-end sales process, from initial inquiry to signed contract.
• Craft and present persuasive, visually rich proposals to help clients see and feel the experience before it exists
• Identify and capitalize on upsell opportunities, ensuring events maximize impact and revenue
• Work cross-functionally with production, operations, and creative teams.
• Support event producer and production team with any adjustments during the event execution phase to maintain the integrity of the concept while meeting emerging needs
• Conduct site visits and creative briefs to refine event design.
• Work with the fabrication team, source props, ensuring all elements align with the creative vision (including providing list of rentable props, product links, facebook marketplace links, fabrication drawings, etc)

• 4+ years in experiential design, event production, or a related creative industry.
• A creative visionary with a strategic mindset- you know how to make a concept feel irresistible
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, or other 3D rendering tools
• Experience designing immersive environments, spatial layouts, and branded installations.
• Strong understanding of event production and material selection
• Excellent presentation, communication, and client engagement skills.
• Passion for experiential events, hospitality, and brand storytelling
• A fast-moving, adaptable problem solver who thrives in a dynamic, high-energy agency environment.

• Contract; paid per pitch from Cloth & Flame + compensation for design and production work on events to be agreed per project
• Work on high-profile, groundbreaking experiential projects
• Paid pitch opportunities
• Continue as the designer on events you sell
• Collaborate with a small but mighty team of creative thinkers, strategists, and makers
• Opportunity to make a huge impact in a rapidly growing, self-funded company
• Learn more about us at clothandflame.com