Wayfinding Specialist

Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States — 3 Brewster Road (Terminal C)

Salary: $100,000–$135,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees across the Americas, Asia, and Europe, delivering resilient and sustainable transportation and infrastructure designs.

What you will do

• Develop wayfinding strategies, navigation concepts, signage frameworks, sign families, signage layouts, and environmental graphics for complex buildings, public spaces, and transportation infrastructure.
• Integrate wayfinding with architectural design, interior environments, site planning, circulation, passenger flow, and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Apply user-centered and inclusive design principles to create intuitive, accessible, legible, and consistent navigation experiences.
• Collaborate with architects, planners, engineers, transportation specialists, project managers, clients, and stakeholders.
• Lead workshops, present concepts, communicate recommendations, and incorporate stakeholder feedback.
• Oversee wayfinding plans, signage schedules, design guidelines, specifications, design milestones, and implementation support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Architecture, Urban Planning, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience with a strong emphasis on wayfinding planning and design.
• Experience developing wayfinding strategies and signage systems for complex built environments.
• Strong understanding of pedestrian circulation, passenger journeys, spatial orientation, signage hierarchies, and information design.
• Experience integrating wayfinding into architectural, planning, and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Ability to translate client requirements and complex operational and spatial needs into clear, practical design solutions.
• Strong communication, presentation, coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Revit, or comparable design and documentation software.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and contribute effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards, inclusive design principles, applicable signage requirements, codes, standards, and client criteria.

Nice to have

• Experience with transportation or transit infrastructure projects, including rail stations, transit hubs, airports, terminals, or other public transportation facilities.
• Professional registration or relevant design credentials.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on infrastructure projects alongside architecture, planning, engineering, and transportation professionals.
• Collaborative environment focused on creativity, technical excellence, new ideas, and professional growth.
• Medical, disability, and life insurance coverage may be available.
• Continuing education benefits, paid time off, an employee assistance program, and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions may be available.
• Commitment to pay equity, diversity, inclusion, and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.