Company Description
RES Exhibits boasts over 50 years of industry experience. As a family-owned business, it has grown into one of the nation’s top 50 trade show and event organizations, recognized by EVENT MARKETER magazine in their annual profile of leading industry performers.
With a unique blend of corporate expertise and service-driven insights, RES has a deep understanding of both the needs and expectations of corporate clients, as well as the resources required to elevate trade show and event performance. Our team helps clients stand out and COMMAND THE FLOOR in a highly competitive environment, cutting through the noise and stimuli of the trade show floor to drive impactful results.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Exhibit Designer as we enter an exciting new chapter in our journey. With 2025 poised to be a year of significant growth and transformation, we need a skilled designer to translate trade show exhibit design concepts into brilliant fabrication and installation solutions. A successful Exhibit Designer is creative, innovative, efficient and has a keen eye for detail.
In this role, you will play a key part in maintaining clear communication with the design team, project management and shop floor. This is a great opportunity to join a family-owned organization with a promising future!
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty:
- Ensures construction and installation documentation reflects creative strategy and client expectations.
- Participates in brainstorming sessions and creates construction drawings with detailed production prints.
- Facilitates BOM meetings with production team and creates BOM drawings for estimating.
- Determines project AV requirements and facilitates with the AV Manager.
- Ensures projects meet budgetary and deadline requirements.
- Source materials and products for new construction projects.
- Specify new product information and coordinate with purchasing for entry into Syteline database.
- Creates CNC programs as needed for new construction projects and graphic production substrates.
- Communicates with shop during all phases of construction and provides support as needed.
- Assists with display pre-assembly and communicates client change requests to warehouse and woodshop staff.
- Provides accurate elevation drawings for graphic design department.
- Facilitates prototype production as needed to test new ideas.
- Prepares drawings for show management approval, and providing rigging, electrical and AV plots for contractors.
- Prepares final set-up packages for exhibit installers
- Provides specific material quantities to project management and purchasing for pricing and sourcing.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Design or Industrial Arts.
- 5 years of experience in the exhibit, event or theatrical production industry.
- Proficiency using AutoDesk software (Inventor, Vault and AutoCAD).
- Understanding of CNC router functions and programming software.
- Demonstrated knowledge of drafting, engineering, building techniques, mathematics, and mechanical aptitude.
Benefits
RES Exhibits offers competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
Our benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
Other benefits include 401(k), paid time off, a collaborative, creative and dynamic work culture with opportunities for career growth in an innovative and industry leading company.
RES Exhibits is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.
Additional Information
The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $65,000 to $80,000 annually, and individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, job knowledge, complexity of the role, job location, etc. Pay ranges included in postings generally reflect base salary; certain positions may include bonus, commission, or additional benefits.
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Respect the past. Work hard to ensure a future.
Early Years
For 30 years Vince Leonardo managed the in-house tradeshow department at Rochester, New York-based, Bausch & Lomb, one of the world's largest suppliers of eye health products, including contact lenses, lens care products, medicines, and implants for eye diseases. When the company decided to out-source the department, Vince started RES (Rochester Exhibit Services) and his first major client was Bausch & Lomb. Vince also opened an event company, LT Rentals, to serve both consumer and trade event business.
Today
Both businesses prospered and after 20 years, Vince turned the company reigns over to his son, James Leonardo, who has led the growth of RES, becoming one of the nation's top 50 tradeshow and event organizations - named by EVENT MARKETER magazine in their annual profile of top industry performers.
Future
Given our heritage, RES has one foot in the corporate world and one foot in the service world. This combination provides the RES team with visibility into the needs, wants, and expectations of our corporate clientele AND insights into the services and resources needed to drive tradeshow and event program performance, today and tomorrow. The end-result: YOU COMMAND THE FLOOR in a hypercompetitive tradeshow filled with competing stimuli and the noise of business. |