Senior Wayfinding Strategist

Overview:

HKS is seeking a Senior Wayfinding Strategist to join our team.

This senior leader is responsible for:• Leadership in the development of wayfinding strategy across health, sports, commercial, and urban environments.• Research and utilization of digital technologies to deliver wayfinding solutions and improve end-user experience.• Development of best practices for vehicular, pedestrian, exterior, interior, and ADA signage.• Building relationships with both internal colleagues and external clients to secure new revenue-producing projects.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and delivers wayfinding strategy across health, sports, commercial, and urban environments
• Develops proposals, scopes, and fees to deliver wayfinding services
• Cultivates thought-leadership on the role of wayfinding in a user's experience of the built-environment
• Researches and applies digital technologies to deliver wayfinding solutions and improve end-user experience
• Creatively solves complex informational, visual, and navigational challenges
• Creates client presentations that effectively communicates strategies and designs
• Understands ADA guidelines and researches local codes
• Prepares sign programming using sign location plans, message/sign schedules
• Works with design team to create technical design drawings for fabrication, bid, and final production-ready artwork.
• Works closely and professionally with senior leadership and mentors junior talent
• Maintains and prioritizes multiple competing priorities and deadlines
• Manages and communicates with fabrication vendors
• Interacts professionally with clients and team
• Participates in, and leads, client meetings

Qualifications:

• Accredited professional degree in Graphic Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Computer Graphics or related field
• Typically 15+ years of wayfinding strategy experience
• Experience working with clients in several markets including: commercial interiors, health, urban, higher education, sports, and venues
• Software expertise: Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, Revit, and other 3D software programs
• Efficient and effective developing user-journey maps and signage message schedules
• Solid understanding of working in a built-environment, able to comprehend architectural scales, sections, plans and elevations
• Knowledge of sustainability, integrated design guidelines and building codes
• Solid knowledge of experiential branding processes and its integration into architectural and construction processes
• Excellence in written, graphic and oral communications with clients and team
• Ability to establish messages, review sign text and layout to ensure effectiveness, accuracy of compliance and final design with established signage standards, design and logos
• Ability to plan for the assigned projects and execute as per the specifications of the established design
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and professional manner both verbally and in writing
• Ability to problem solve and collaborate on innovative solutions
• Ability to collaborate and encourage collaboration in team environment
• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to effectively meet deadlines at expected quality

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