Experiential & Wayfinding Designer

About the role

A Dubai studio is looking for an Experiential & Wayfinding Designer to join its team. The role suits a creative designer who understands how people, information and physical space relate, and contributes to experience-led projects that help people understand, navigate and interact with complex environments. It moves between research, conceptual thinking, graphic communication and practical design development.

Key responsibilities

• Research and analyse user journeys, spatial conditions and human behaviour to inform design decisions.
• Contribute to experience strategies and develop concepts for wayfinding and navigation and wider built environment projects.
• Explore spatial planning, information hierarchy, landmarks, environmental cues and identity.
• Develop environmental graphics, physical signage systems and related design elements.
• Produce concepts, presentations, diagrams, location plans, messaging systems, drawings and 3D models.
• Collaborate with architects, interior designers, engineers and other disciplines, considering scale, materials, technical feasibility and project delivery.
• Take part in design reviews, respond to feedback and refine solutions.
• Manage assigned responsibilities, communicate progress and maintain a consistent design quality.

Required profile

• Degree in Graphic Design, Environmental Design, Architecture, Interior Design or a related discipline.
• About 2-3 years of experience in wayfinding, experiential design, environmental graphics or complex built environment projects.
• Portfolio showing conceptual development, design thinking, spatial understanding and contributions to completed or developing projects.
• Clear communication of ideas through presentations, diagrams and visual studies.

Required skills

• Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• SketchUp or other 3D modelling software
• Typographic judgement, information hierarchy and attention to graphic detail

What we offer

• Full-time position in the Dubai studio with a competitive salary and benefits package.
• Visa and health insurance coverage, and a flight ticket to your home country.
• Work on international projects and professional development through exposure to different project stages.

To apply, submit your CV and a portfolio (as an attachment or via a link to an online portfolio); applications without a portfolio will not be reviewed.