Art Director, Environmental Design - LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games

About the role

The LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Hospitality Program will deliver world-class premium experiences across competition venues, hospitality houses, celebration spaces, and exclusive guest environments during the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative development of hospitality environments from concept through execution with regular coordination with the event production and creative teams.
• Drive design excellence across multiple venues while maintaining consistency with the LA28 Hospitality creative vision.
• Translate strategic objectives into immersive guest experiences through compelling environmental design and visual storytelling.
• Provide art direction, design guidance, and creative feedback to internal teams and external partners.
• Establish and maintain creative vision across multiple hospitality venues while ensuring consistency, innovation and guest experience.
• Direct the design process from ideation through fabrication, installation, and Games-time execution.
• Develop presentations, renderings, mood boards, finish palettes, floor plans, elevations, and design intent packages.
• Review fabrication drawings, mock-ups, and prototypes to ensure creative integrity.
• Balance creativity with operational requirements, budget, schedule, and constructability.
• Serve as the primary creative liaison between Creative, Production, Venue Development, Operations, and fabrication partners.
• Present creative concepts and design rationale to executive leadership and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with architects, scenic fabricators, exhibit partners, and graphics vendors to ensure consistent execution.
• Ensure all work reflects LA28 Hospitality brand standards and creative direction.
• Maintain consistency across hospitality venues and guest touchpoints.
• Review deliverables for quality, accuracy, and production readiness.
• Lead multiple venue design projects simultaneously through all phases of development.
• Lead and direct external design partners, fabricators, and creative vendors to ensure design excellence, production quality, and successful project delivery.
• Support venue installations, site reviews, punch lists, and Games-time creative oversight.
• Maintain organized project documentation and meet key project milestones.
• Identify emerging trends in experiential design, hospitality, sustainability, and materials.
• Champion innovative design solutions that elevate the Olympic and Paralympic guest experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design or related discipline or experience.
• 8+ years of experience in experiential design, hospitality, event design, entertainment, or environmental design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating environmental storytelling, spatial design, presentation graphics, and technical documentation.
• Advanced proficiency in Sketchup, Layout, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Architectural Drafting.
• Experience with 3D modeling workflow is required.
• Mastery of rendering software such as Enscape, V-Ray, Lumion, or Twinmotion.
• Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.