Overview
Experiential Design & Creative Roles Jobs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Bastion
THREE experiential creative roles – Accepting Melbourne AND Sydney based applicants:
- Junior Experiential Designer
- Mid-Weight Experiential Creative
- Senior Experiential Creative
*Please note on your CV which role you wish to apply for*
About Bastion
Bastion is an independent agency that exists to put brands, organisations and people in a position of strength. Our integrated model sees brand, digital, social, influencer, experiential and research experts sitting side by side, working together on major brands to solve their marketing challenges.
Bastion Experience is a forward-thinking creative agency specializing in commercial partnerships / sponsorship, immersive brand experiences, live activations, and innovative event production. Bastion crafts meaningful, multi-sensory experiences that engage audiences and elevate brands across retail, fashion, tech, sports, and entertainment industries.
As a team, we are curious, bold, and boundary-pushing, always looking for new ways to create impact. We thrive on big ideas, storytelling, and experiential excellence
JUNIOR EXPERIENTIAL DESIGNER
About the Role
As a Junior Experiential Designer, you are dynamic and eager, embracing creative-thinking across multiple platforms and stages of the design-process. Working alongside the Experiential and Commercial Partnerships team, you’ll contribute to the ideation and layout of concept proposals, design commercial pitch / tender presentations, execute a range of traditional 2D graphic design (digital & print), as well as visualise spatial ideas in 2D (any 3D skills highly favourable) and produce internal marketing outputs.
The role requires flexibility and a proactive willingness to apply design-thinking across all stages of the creative process; research, strategy, concept, design, and delivery. Assisting the Creative team to visually articulate best practice ideas, working both autonomously and/or collaboratively alongside the team.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Assisting the creative team on projects from initial briefing, final presentation, and production / delivery
- Assisting the commercial team with laying out long-form presentations and visualising ideas
- Supporting the team to ensure that work is delivered on time and to the highest standard
- Assisting the creative department in leading up-stream creative brainstorming for experiential and commercial partnerships
- Create consistent and organised design asset packs and schedules ready for production
- Assisting to deliver creative decks with strong conceptual and strategic foundations
What You’ll Bring
You’re in touch with cultural trends. You’re equally creatively inspired by large-scale global brand campaigns, right down to locally focused community street art.
You have:
- At least 2 years of industry experience
- High proficiency of skill in Adobe Creative Suite
- Setting up print files to spec for production (correct dpi, scaling, crop marks, bleed, PMS vs CMYK, knife-lines and decal set-up)
- 3D conceptual ideation very favourable, as well as spatial mock-up skills in Photoshop
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to develop and deliver design work autonomously
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or an interest in the current event landscape
- Work should demonstrate quality concept-driven design, innovation, customer experience awareness, and passion in articulation
- Please add your portfolio to your CV!
EXPERIENTIAL CREATIVE
Role Overview
As an Experiential Creative, you’ll play a pivotal role in concepting, designing, and delivering world-class brand activations and immersive experiences.
Working closely with the Associate Creative Director and the rest of the creative team from pitch to production, you’ll be instrumental in shaping strategically filtered fresh ideas, telling compelling brand stories, and driving strong tactile and/or technological engagement.
Roles & Responsibilities
Creative Ideation & Concept Development
- Generate bold, innovative ideas for live experiences, pop-ups, installations, events, and activations
- Develop strategically sound concepts that align with client objectives and brand positioning
- Collaborate with creatives, strategists, designers, and production teams to refine and elevate ideas
- Stay ahead of emerging cultural trends, technologies, and industry innovations to inspire fresh creative thinking.
Design & Visual Communication
- Translate concepts into compelling mood boards, sketches, and visual storytelling decks
- Work across 2D and 3D design to develop spatial layouts, scenic elements, and branded environments
- Partner with motion designers, graphic designers, and 3D artists to bring ideas to life in immersive ways
- Ensure all creative outputs are on-brand, visually stunning, and production-ready
Presentation & Storytelling
- Develop and present high-impact pitch decks that sell in creative ideas with clarity and energy
- Confidently articulate creative concepts to internal teams, clients, and stakeholders
- Write clear, persuasive creative rationales that connect ideas to strategic objectives
Collaboration & Execution
- Work closely with commercial/partnerships, strategists, client service and production teams to ensure client objectives and feasibility of ideas
- Support the creative development process from initial brainstorms through to final execution
- Attend site visits, creative workshops, and production meetings to ensure design integrity
- Adapt ideas based on client feedback, logistical considerations, and budget constraints while maintaining the creative vision
What You’ll Bring
- 3-4 years’ experience in experiential, events, activations, or brand storytelling
- A strong portfolio showcasing immersive, high-impact experiences and activations
- A deep understanding of audience engagement, brand storytelling, and live experiences
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Experience in SketchUp, Blender or Cinema 4D favourable
- Passion for spatial design, digital integrations, and interactive installations
- Strong ability to concept, sketch, and visualize ideas in a compelling way
- Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to sell creative ideas with confidence
- A collaborative, problem-solving mindset and a desire to push creative boundaries
- Please add your portfolio to your CV!
SENIOR EXPERIENTIAL CREATIVE
About the Role
As a Senior Experiential Creative, you’ll lead the creative ideation of world-class brand activations and immersive experiences – owning ideas from first spark through to concepting, design, and delivery.
You’ll drive the creative response on briefs and pitches, with strategic and creative support from the Associate Creative Director and Creative Strategist(s). From pitch to production, you’ll set the creative direction, shape strategically filtered fresh ideas, tell compelling brand stories, and drive strong tactile and/or technological engagement – while helping lift the creative standard of those around you.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Ideation & Concept Development
- Lead the generation of bold, innovative ideas for live experiences, pop-ups, installations, events, and activations – setting the creative direction on assigned briefs
- Own the development of strategically sound concepts that align with client objectives and brand positioning
- Lead and facilitate ideation sessions, bringing creatives, strategists, designers, and production teams together to refine and elevate ideas
- Stay ahead of emerging cultural trends, technologies, and industry innovations, and actively share them to inspire fresh creative thinking across the team
- A curiosity for technology as an [immersive] enhancer for brand story telling
- You see AI as a tool to supercharge your creative output and are actively seeking new ways to optimise and elevate your work
Design & Visual Communication
- Translate concepts into compelling mood boards, sketches, and visual storytelling decks
- Work across 2D and 3D design to develop spatial layouts, scenic elements, and branded environments
- Partner with motion designers, graphic designers, and 3D artists to bring ideas to life in immersive ways
- Ensure all creative outputs are on-brand, visually stunning, and production-ready
Presentation & Storytelling
- Lead the development and presentation of high-impact pitch decks that sell in creative ideas with a compelling narrative, clarity and passion
- Act as a confident creative voice in the room, articulating concepts to internal teams, clients, and senior stakeholders
- Write clear, persuasive creative rationales that connect ideas to strategic objectives
Collaboration & Execution
- Work closely with creatives, strategists, client service, designers and production teams to ensure client objectives and feasibility of ideas
- Drive the creative development process from initial brainstorms through to final execution, keeping the idea intact at every stage
- Attend site visits, creative workshops, and production meetings to safeguard design integrity, and mentor junior creatives through feedback and example
- Adapt ideas based on client feedback, logistical considerations, and budget constraints while maintaining the creative vision
What You’ll Bring
- 5-7 years’ experience in experiential, events, activations, or brand storytelling, including a track record of leading ideas end to end
- A strong portfolio showcasing immersive, high-impact experiences and activations
- A deep understanding of audience engagement, brand storytelling, and live experiences
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Experience in SketchUp, Blender or Cinema 4D favourable
- Passion for spatial / environment design, digital integrations, and interactive installations
- Strong ability to concept, sketch, and visualize ideas in a compelling way
- Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to sell creative ideas with confidence
- A collaborative, problem-solving mindset, a desire to push creative boundaries, and the generosity to bring others along with you
- Please add your portfolio to your CV!
Title: Experiential Design & Creative Roles
Company: Bastion
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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