Senior Signage And Wayfinding Designer

Job Summary

Job Description

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.

Your role

• 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.

About you

• Bachelors or masters degree in graphic design Environmental Design Industrial Design or related field.
• 810 years of experience in signage and wayfinding design with a strong portfolio 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.
• Experience working on Giga projects or with Middle East government entities.
• Understanding of fabrication processes and vendor coordination across borders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and mentor junior designers.
• Multilingual capabilities (Arabic is a plus).

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage
• Medical insurance for you and your dependents
• Annual leave balance in accordance with local labour law
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions
• Opportunity for local and global internal transfers
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus program
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance legal matters family care personal health fitness and nutrition

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills expand your expertise and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Skills

• Crew Management
• CAD
• Apps
• Autocad
• Customer Relationship

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