Attraction Layout and Visualization Designer

Attraction Layout & Visualization Designer
Salary range: 70,000–85,000 annually, depending on experience, skills, and location.

Work location: This role is based in California or New Orleans, with the possibility of hybrid or fully remote work for highly qualified candidates with strong themed entertainment and CAD experience.

Role summary

The Attraction Layout & Visualization Designer is responsible for creating detailed 2D plans and 3D visualizations for large-scale festivals, immersive attractions, and touring events. They develop multi-layer CAD drawings and digital models that place all key show and site elements—stages, rides, tents, guest areas, back-of-house, life-safety features, and infrastructure—while meeting city, state, and venue requirements. This role combines production-focused CAD drafting, as seen in festival CAD Designer positions, with themed entertainment CAD practices used for shows, parades, and special events at major parks.

Key responsibilities

• Produce detailed 2D site plans and venue layouts (queues, plazas, tented venues, stages, FOH/BOH, egress, utilities) using tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, or similar CAD platforms.​
• Create visual mockups and presentation graphics (plans, sections, perspectives, quick 3D views) for internal teams, clients, and permitting authorities.​
• Incorporate state, city, and venue requirements into drawings, including egress paths, occupancy loads, accessibility clearances, fire lanes, and life-safety systems, in collaboration with safety and compliance teams.​
• Prepare drawing packages in the formats typically requested by authorities having jurisdiction (scaled PDF sets, clearly layered CAD files, annotated diagrams) for submittal, review, and revision cycles.​
• Translate creative sketches, story treatments, and operational needs into spatial layouts that support show narrative, guest flow, capacity, and on-the-ground operations for high-throughput attractions.​
• Participate in site walks and pre-production visits; verify field conditions and adjust plans to reflect terrain, existing infrastructure, and neighboring uses.​​
• Revise drawings rapidly based on feedback from AHJs, internal stakeholders, and on-site changes during load-in, operation, and load-out.​
• Help maintain drawing standards, template files, and CAD libraries (blocks, layers, legends) for repeatable use across venues and seasons, similar to CAD design teams at major entertainment companies.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in themed entertainment, attractions, festivals, zoo/aquarium, exhibition, architecture, or landscape projects with guest-facing environments.​
• Proficiency with Revit and at least one other 3D/visualization platform (Rhino, SketchUp, Grasshopper, etc.), plus Adobe Creative Suite or similar tools for presentations.​
• Demonstrated experience preparing construction, bid, or permit drawings that interface with codes, accessibility, and life-safety requirements for assembly uses.​
• Familiarity or strong interest in working with local and state requirements for temporary and permanent event/assembly spaces (tents, attractions, large gatherings).​
• Ability to interpret creative direction and operational requirements and translate them into clear, buildable, and code-aware layouts.​​
• Strong attention to detail, version control, and file organization in a fast-paced, seasonal, multi-project environment.​​
• Effective collaborator and communicator, comfortable working with creative, production, operations, safety, and external vendors/consultants.​​

Structure and reporting

• Job type: Full-time, exempt.
• Salary: 70,000–85,000 annually, depending on experience, skills, and location.
• Department & reporting line: VP of Production with collaboration with other stakeholders

Salary : $70,000 - $85,000