Senior Signage and Wayfinding Designer

### **Job Description** **Role Overview:** We are looking for a highly skilled and culturally aware Senior Signage and Wayfinding Designer to join our Cairo studio, supporting the delivery of high-profile projects across the Middle East. The role requires a strategic thinker with strong design sensibilities, capable of leading wayfinding systems from concept to implementation while collaborating remotely with regional teams and clients. **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead the design and development of signage and wayfinding systems for large-scale urban, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use projects in the Middle East. * Create bilingual (Arabic/English) wayfinding strategies that reflect regional cultural norms and enhance user experience. * Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across geographies, including architects, landscape designers, branding consultants, and client representatives. * Prepare comprehensive design documentation including sign location plans, message schedules, sign family designs, and technical specifications. * Coordinate with Middle East-based teams during site audits, stakeholder presentations, and installation phases. * Ensure compliance with regional accessibility standards, local regulations, and cultural sensitivities. * Stay informed on material innovations, fabrication techniques, and sustainability practices relevant to signage in the Middle East. **Qualifications & Experience:** * Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design, Environmental Design, Industrial Design, architecture or any related field. * +6 years of experience in signage and wayfinding design, with a strong portfolio in signage and wayfinding design of international or Middle East projects. * Familiarity with Arabic typography, cultural symbolism, and regional design codes. * Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, and wayfinding-specific tools (e.g., Sign Agent, Figma). * Strong communication skills with experience in remote collaboration and client engagement. * Present design proposals to clients, incorporating their feedback and implementing necessary revisions. * Supervise the production and installation of signage to ensure compliance with design specifications and quality standards. **Preferred Attributes:** * Experience working on Miga projects or with Middle East government entities. * Ability to manage multiple projects and mentor junior designers. * Multilingual capabilities (English is a plus). ### **Worker Type** Employee ### **Job Type** Regular _At_ _AtkinsRéalis__, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences._