Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Singapore
Work Site Type: Hybrid
Building a Brand Starts with a Story
FIRST is a leading global brand experience agency serving clients in various industries, including financial services, technology, new & traditional media, aerospace, healthcare, and professional services. FIRST has received numerous accolades, including being listed among the 2025 Most Innovative Marketing Agencies of the Year by Chief Marketer, named Top Agency of the Year 2024 by Event Marketer, highlighted as a Global Agency of the Year, over 100 Employees by C&IT, and listed among the "200 Top Marketing Agencies" in 2024, 2023, & 2022 by Chief Marketer.
Learn more at www.firstagency.com
What You Would Get To Do
Lead the design of key accounts and manage the full creative elements of medium-sized projects. You will also support the creative department on large-scale pitch and production work, including managing designers where appropriate. The successful candidate will be client-facing, know how to interrogate a brief to create objectives and then devise solutions that are unique, engaging and make our clients’ audiences take action.
Your Contributions
- To produce general concepts, and realistic/ expressive visualisations of ideas/ creative for experiential activations, exhibition booths, conferences and a whole host of face to face branded events
- Have spatial understanding and capability to work up basic technical/ production drawings for briefing both detailed visuals and to hand over to suppliers for costings.
- To produce quick and simple communication models/sketches for initial costings, low key proposal documents and to share ideas efficiently and quickly amongst the wider project teams
- Quickly understand brand guidelines, when to stick to them and when is appropriate to ‘break’ the rules in order to provide creative solutions to fulfil the client's objectives
- Where applicable write the creative rationale in proposal documents and explain and present your creative ideas
- Feel comfortable presenting and sharing ideas and attending client meetings when required
- Keep up to date on the industry through websites and periodicals
- Serve as a collaborative team member in delivering exceptional, inspired designs for our clients
- Produce digital style and mood boards to convey look and feel inspiration
- Complete site surveys, and draft layouts accurately and in scale
- Design and render scenic, environmental and experiential installations for B2B and B2C events in 3d space
- Along with the production team, lead creative client meetings and design presentations
- Participate in design and creative brainstorming and collaborate with team members across the agency on projects and initiatives
- Communicate with the workshops managing the build specifications and delivery
- Travel on-site to supervise the installation of designs for select events
- Proactively communicate issues, opportunities, and insights to the team
- Complete ad-hoc requests as required
- Collaborate on projects outside of APAC (US or EMEA) as part of the Global Creative Studio team
What We Are Looking For
Please be aware that we know experience does not always look like we describe it. If you believe you would be an excellent fit for this role, please apply - we would love to see how you could fit at First.
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience
- A degree in theatre, architectural design, industrial design or similar field preferred
- Advanced knowledge of design tools such as 3D Max, Autocad, Vectorworks, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D
- Ability to turn concepts into reality across a wide spectrum of corporate business meetings, experiential marketing installations and/or press events
- Proficient knowledge of custom and rental décor elements and environmental design strategy
- Basic understanding of AV needs as it applies to events
- Excellent written and oral communication skills at all levels
- Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Efficient project management skills
- Decision maker and problem solver with a collaborative/team-player attitude
- Adaptability to situations, personalities and ever-changing demands
- Highly motivated and organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks and apply judgment to prioritize
- Excellent time management, multi-tasking and follow-through skills
- Ability to professionally engage with management at all levels
- Ambitious, proactive and resourceful with a calm and flexible approach to handling pressure and stress
- Creative problem solver, resourceful, team player
- Calm and flexible approach to handling the pressure and stress of ever-changing demands
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues at all levels
- Highly organized with excellent time management skills to handle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines
- Ambitious and proactive
At FIRST, we believe that our success is driven by the passion, creativity, and commitment of our teams. That's why we offer a range of benefits and perks to support your personal and professional growth:
- Private Healthcare (Medical) from day 1
- Annual Health Screening
- 20 Days Annual Leave PLUS Public Holiday
- Employee Assistance Program including 24/7 support, counselling, and legal consult
- Complimentary Access to Headspace, Maven & more
- Wellness Stipend
- Personal Volunteer Day
- Life Insurance
- Mobile Phone Allowance
- Discretionary Bonus Structure
- Global Opportunities: With a presence in 7 countries worldwide, including headquarters in London, New York, and Singapore, you may have the opportunity to work on exciting projects across different locations.
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FIRST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. FIRST is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We stand firm: FIRST will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. If any candidate feels that they are unable to meet the requirements of the role, please get in touch to discuss adjustments or other suitable roles.