Signage & Wayfinding Design Manager

We’re recruiting for a Signage & Wayfinding Design Managers job with an established Architectural Sign company. In this Signage Design Managers job you’ll lead and mentor a team of graphic designers, manage studio workflow, input technical support and contribute to sign design projects. This Sign Design Manager jobs ideal person will be able to work from the studio in Northampton. However, a mix of studio and remote working is also available.

The signage & wayfinding company

Our client is as one of the UK’s leading, bespoke signage and wayfinding companies. Established for over thirty years, their design led creativity, innovation, and quality of products and services has enabled them to build lasting relationships with Architects, Designers, Agencies, Main-contractors and Corporate clients.

Working on prestigious UK and International signage and wayfinding projects, our client provides the design and delivery of high quality, bespoke, architectural signage, wayfinding and environmental graphic solutions for their clients interior and exterior branded spaces.

About this Signage & Wayfinding Design Managers job

In this signage and wayfinding design managers job you’ll be heading up the design studio. Managing a team of junior graphic designers and collaborating with cross functional internal teams, including sales and account managers, operations and projects. In addition you’ll also liaise with external supply chain partners.

Ultimately, in this signage design managers job you’ll lead and mentor the design team, manage design studio workflow, output, and advise on technical design, materials and specifications. You will also be required to provide hands on technical signage design.

Working on prestigious branding projects, covering a wide variety of clients including hotels, hospitality, workplace, high-end residential, education, health, corporate clients and leading brands, you’ll be managing the design and design strategy for  signage, wayfinding and environmental graphics.

This Sign Design Manager jobs responsibilities include

This sign design manager jobs responsibilities include, overseeing and hands on production, of the:

• Creation of visuals for client presentations
  
• Artworking
  
• 3D Visualisations
  
• Technical signage design / production drawings
  
• Taking conceptual designs to create practical product design solutions across the full mix of signage types
  
• Maintaining brand consistency
  
• Liaising with external supply chain partners on design and specifications
  
• Collaborating with cross functional internal teams
  

You

To be considered for this signage and wayfinding design managers job, you’ll need experience of working in similar sign design jobs. Ideally you’ll have experience of managing a design team, but this is not essential. The ability to lead and mentor junior designers, and the technical signage design experience to be able to do so, is the most important skills you will need to be able to demonstrate.

So, to fulfil this signage design manager jobs responsibilities you will also need to be able to demonstrate, as a minimum:

• Sound understanding of signage materials, specifications & construction
  
• At least 5 years experience in a technical signage design job role
  
• A portfolio showcasing your relevant signage & wayfinding design work
  
• Strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop etc)
  
• The ability to create technical working drawings / production drawings
  
• Ability to produce high quality design visuals
  
• Effective time management and the capability to meet strict design deadlines
  
• Capable of leading, mentoring & inspiring junior graphic designers
  
• Ability to successfully manage multiple design projects, in a fast-paced environment
  
• Delegate design studio workflow
  
• Strong attention to detail
  

What’s in it for you

This signage design manager job offers you a great opportunity to join one of the UK’s genuine market leaders in architectural signage and wayfinding. You’ll work on a broad spectrum of UK and International internal and external signage, wayfinding and architectural graphics solutions, consisting of the full mix of signage types, and a wide variety of clients, branded environments.

Package: 

Salary guide: c.£35,000 – £40,000 dependant on knowledge, experience and capabilities, plus benefits.

Note about applicant care 

We endeavour to respond to all applicants with feedback, however on occasion it’s not always possible. Please understand that we are engaged by our clients to find them people that exactly match their needs and job spec. Whilst we try to consider transferable skill skills, our clients may not always be so open. If you do not match the criteria of this job spec, unfortunately we will not be able to consider you for this position. However, if you would like to register with us, and be considered for other roles, then we welcome you to our network of talent and companies that invest in their people.