Spatial & Experience Designer

About KREWE

KREWE is an independent luxury eyewear label inspired by the energy, culture, and creativity of New Orleans. Founded in 2013, the brand has built a reputation for handcrafted sun and optical frames that emphasize quality, individuality, and thoughtful design.

In 2022, the company expanded with a New York City headquarters in the Meatpacking District, adding a second home for the brand in one of the world’s leading design hubs. Today, KREWE operates through physical boutiques, mobile retail experiences, a growing e-commerce business, and distribution via premium independent retailers and major national partners. The brand has earned a strong following with style-driven customers and influential tastemakers.

The team is fast-moving, collaborative, and mission-led, with a strong emphasis on ownership, ambition, and building something distinctive, culturally grounded, and globally relevant. KREWE is seeking people who want to contribute meaningfully and help shape the brand’s continued growth.

Role Overview

KREWE is hiring a Spatial & Experience Designer to guide the spatial design, visual presentation, and overall retail experience across store locations. This position is part of the creative team and reports to the Art Director, while partnering closely with the Founder and the retail operations team. The role is responsible for shaping how the stores look and feel, and for helping ensure that the experience is delivered consistently across every location.

This is an onsite role based in the New Orleans headquarters, with a five-day-in-office schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Help shape and continuously refine the retail environment and customer experience in partnership with the Founder and creative team.
• Turn the brand direction into spatial layouts, material choices, fixtures, and memorable in-store moments.
• Contribute to new store ideas, formats, and branded retail experiences.
• Develop, document, and maintain visual brand standards that can be reviewed, updated, and enforced over time.
• Make sure the standards are practical for store development teams to use and execute consistently across locations.
• Lead the design aspects of new retail buildouts and coordinate closely with retail operations to support standard-compliant openings.
• Offer creative direction and oversight during construction and installation to preserve design intent.
• Convert creative ideas into scalable systems that can work across the business.
• Balance originality and innovation with repeatability and operational consistency.
• Serve as the link between the creative and retail functions so the design vision is translated into execution.

Requirements

• Background in retail, interior, and/or spatial design.
• Strong aesthetic judgment and a solid understanding of brand, space, and customer experience.
• Ability to transform creative ideas into clear, usable standards and guidelines.
• Excellent organization skills and the capacity to handle several projects and stakeholders at once.
• Comfort with direct feedback and with ensuring teams stay aligned to standards.
• Ability to think creatively while still executing with operational discipline.
• Detail-focused approach with a strong emphasis on quality and consistency.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive pay.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage through group health plans.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and supplemental voluntary benefits.
• Flexible spending account option and HSA program.
• 401(k) investment options.
• Adoption support, employee assistance program, and commuter benefits.
• Paid parental leave.
• Quarterly cultural spending allowance.
• Ongoing learning and development support, including an education allowance.
• 10 paid holidays plus paid time off accrual.
• Quarterly KREWE eyewear allowance for employees.

Additional Information

KREWE is committed to building an inclusive workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate or retaliate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other protected status under applicable law.