Senior Wayfinding Consultant

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Wayfinding Consultant to join their creative team in London. This role involves designing engaging wayfinding strategies that enhance user experience in various sectors, including healthcare and education. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful signage projects, ensuring clarity and accessibility in built environments. With a focus on innovative design and client engagement, this position offers the opportunity to shape environments that foster a sense of place and belonging. If you are passionate about design and want to make a difference, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible Pension Allowance

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Profit Shares

Subsidized Canteen

Support for Professional Subscriptions

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in wayfinding and/or information design.
• Expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite and AutoCAD.
• Knowledge in Branding, Typography, and UI/UX.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement wayfinding and signage projects.
• Generate and present designs for client review.
• Create technical specifications and design intent drawings.

Skills

Wayfinding Design

Graphic Design

Adobe Creative Cloud Suite

AutoCAD

Revit

UI/UX Design

Typography

Project Management

Education

BA in Graphic Design

Equivalent qualification in Communication Design

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

3D Applications

Job description

Senior Wayfinding Consultant

Vacancy type: Current vacancies

Profession: Graphic Design

Location: London

BDP is a global architecture, engineering and design practice with 19 studios across the world.

We are seeking a Senior Wayfinding Consultant / Designer with experience working in all sectors of the built environment to join our team responsible for the design, development and implementation of wayfinding and signage projects.

The position is based in our London studio.

You will need to be an excellent communicator and able to manage a project both face-to-face and through agile channels.

You will have a passion for designing engaging and inclusive strategies for major buildings in the built environment, fostering a sense of place and belonging, embracing culture and brand identities, and enabling our buildings, spaces, and places to be understandable, easy to use, and positively influence the employee and visitor experience.

As a senior designer, you will work with the Directors of the Interior Design team and with the wider project teams across various BDP offices to deliver wayfinding and signage projects in sectors such as healthcare, education, culture, sports, and workplace environments.

This will include early research, planning, conceptual design, and the production of design intent drawings, specifications, message schedules, and sign location plans.

The role requires that you:

1. Have an understanding of physical environments, architecture, urban design, and interior design
2. Generate and present concept and developed designs for client review and approval
3. Create wayfinding strategy reports, including the development of sign information content systems
4. Create sign message schedules, sign location plans, and design intent drawings for tender and construction packages
5. Prepare technical and performance specifications
6. Be client-facing and participate in design team and stakeholder meetings/presentations

Key skills and qualifications:

1. BA or equivalent qualification in graphic, communication, or information design
2. Extensive experience in wayfinding and/or information design
3. Expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and other 3D applications
4. Experience working with AutoCAD and/or Revit; Revit project experience is an advantage
5. Knowledge in Branding, Typography, UI/UX, Composition, Concept Development, and Presentations
6. Previous experience in the architectural/built environment industry is preferable

Personal attributes:

1. Team player with a positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn
2. Ability to provide excellent, consistent service to clients professionally
3. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
4. Effective time and project management skills to meet deadlines
5. Willingness and ability to mentor and manage junior team members
6. Able to develop robust strategies for large public and corporate buildings and environments
7. Experience working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure project deadlines are met

BDP offers:

BDP provides a competitive salary, flexible pension allowance, private medical insurance, eye care vouchers, employee profit shares, subsidized canteen, support for professional subscriptions, and a dynamic working and social environment.