H-1B Visa Project Designer Jobs
Project Designer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in architecture, industrial design, engineering, or a closely related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL before petitioning USCIS, and the 85,000-slot annual cap means timing your job search around the April lottery window matters.
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The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.
Summary
The Project Design - LED is responsible for the planning, coordination, and technical design of LED requirements for produced events. This position is responsible for educating technical staff, sales staff, show-site staff, and divisional leaders on implementation related issues. This position will interface broadly with cross divisional teams.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Works closely with clients, sales staff, operations, and project managers to develop event designs and to coordinate pre-production, onsite, and post-production activities in line with event budget
- Creates diagrams and for shows based on budgeted designs; ensure on-site personnel have and understand this information
- Assists in the scheduling and/or recommending of personnel to optimize resources
- Communicates load-in, load-out, install, and dismantle planning information to show site team
- Coordinates and/or assists both technical and labor crews
- Responsible for ensuring the correct specification setup and optimization of event requirements
- Directs workflow of event planning process
- Oversees planning of LED requirements involving multiple elements, mediums, and materials
- Coordinates logistics for all technical LED events need
- Coordinates and supervises planning process and reviews any budget impacts with Client Solutions Manager
- Analyze current programs and make recommendation for improvement on gear, electrical, rigging, and safety
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Equivalent or professional work experience is required
- Minimum 10 years experience working in live event production with a minimum of 5 years focused on overall production management
Travel Requirements
Travel up to 25%
What We Offer
The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life, Accident and Disability
- Retirement with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
Diversity Commitment
At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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About us
The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.
Summary
The Project Design - LED is responsible for the planning, coordination, and technical design of LED requirements for produced events. This position is responsible for educating technical staff, sales staff, show-site staff, and divisional leaders on implementation related issues. This position will interface broadly with cross divisional teams.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Works closely with clients, sales staff, operations, and project managers to develop event designs and to coordinate pre-production, onsite, and post-production activities in line with event budget
- Creates diagrams and for shows based on budgeted designs; ensure on-site personnel have and understand this information
- Assists in the scheduling and/or recommending of personnel to optimize resources
- Communicates load-in, load-out, install, and dismantle planning information to show site team
- Coordinates and/or assists both technical and labor crews
- Responsible for ensuring the correct specification setup and optimization of event requirements
- Directs workflow of event planning process
- Oversees planning of LED requirements involving multiple elements, mediums, and materials
- Coordinates logistics for all technical LED events need
- Coordinates and supervises planning process and reviews any budget impacts with Client Solutions Manager
- Analyze current programs and make recommendation for improvement on gear, electrical, rigging, and safety
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Equivalent or professional work experience is required
- Minimum 10 years experience working in live event production with a minimum of 5 years focused on overall production management
Travel Requirements
Travel up to 25%
What We Offer
The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life, Accident and Disability
- Retirement with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
Diversity Commitment
At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
TFCFreeman
LI-Hybrid
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Project Designer
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to Project Designer work. A degree in architecture, product design, or mechanical engineering strengthens your petition. Degrees in unrelated fields require a detailed advisory opinion explaining the connection.
Check prevailing wage before accepting offers
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location. Your offered salary must meet or exceed that threshold before your employer can file the LCA.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to find Project Designer employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for this role. Prior LCA activity signals a hiring process already set up for H-1B sponsorship, reducing friction during offer negotiations.
Build a portfolio that documents specialty occupation
Compile project documentation showing degree-level design decisions, not just execution tasks. USCIS RFEs for Project Designer petitions often challenge whether the role truly requires a bachelor's degree, so your portfolio becomes supporting evidence for your employer's petition.
Understand how project-based work affects your petition
Project Designer roles at consulting or staffing firms often involve third-party client sites, which triggers the itinerary requirement. Your employer must document each worksite location in the LCA and maintain a public access file at each site.
H-1B Visa Project Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Project Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires the role to normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as architecture, industrial design, or engineering. Job postings that list a degree as preferred rather than required can draw an RFE challenging specialty occupation status. Your employer's job description and your own degree field both need to align clearly with the work being performed.
How do I find Project Designer employers who sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate filters Project Designer jobs by verified H-1B sponsorship history, pulling directly from DOL Labor Condition Application data. This lets you see which employers have filed for this specific role rather than relying on job postings that may claim sponsorship availability without a track record to back it up.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Project Designer role mid-year?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once they file a new H-1B petition on your behalf, as long as your prior petition was approved and you've maintained valid status. Your new employer must file a new LCA reflecting the Project Designer role at the new worksite before or alongside the transfer petition.
What happens if my Project Designer work spans multiple client sites?
Your employer must file a separate LCA for each geographic area where you'll work if those locations fall outside the metropolitan statistical area listed on the original LCA. The prevailing wage requirement applies independently at each site, so your employer needs to confirm your salary meets the threshold for every location. This is a frequent compliance gap at consulting-model design firms.
Does O*NET classify Project Designer as a specialty occupation?
O*NET profiles the Project Designer occupation under job zones that typically require substantial preparation and a related bachelor's degree, which supports the specialty occupation argument. Referencing the O*NET profile in your H-1B petition documentation helps substantiate that industry practice normally requires a degree for this role, particularly when the job title is non-standard or used differently across employers.