Wayfinding Specialist

TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems. We provide people with better mobility. We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.

TYLin is seeking a Wayfinding Specialist to support the planning and design of way finding systems for complex infrastructure and transportation projects in the New York and New Jersey region. This role is ideally suited to an experienced Architect or Planner with a strong background in way finding strategy, environmental graphic design, and the integration of signage and passenger information systems into the built environment.

The successful candidate will bring a strong understanding of how people navigate complex spaces, translating user needs, operational requirements, and architectural intent into intuitive, accessible, and cohesive way finding solutions. Experience working on transportation infrastructure, particularly transit stations, airports, rail facilities, or other public-facing transportation environments, is highly desirable. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams, clients, and stakeholders, the Wayfinding Specialist will help shape the passenger and user experience across projects from early planning and concept development through detailed design and implementation.

Lead way finding strategy and planning:
Develop way finding strategies, navigation concepts, and signage frameworks for complex buildings, public spaces, and transportation infrastructure. Drive design excellence:
Lead the development of way finding concepts, sign families, signage layouts, environmental graphics, and related design documentation. Integrate with the built environment:
Coordinate way finding systems with architectural design, interior environments, site planning, circulation, and passenger flow. Enhance the user experience:
Apply user-centered design principles to create intuitive, legible, and consistent navigation experiences for diverse users, including people with disabilities and those unfamiliar with the environment. Collaborate across disciplines:
Work closely with architects, planners, engineers, transportation specialists, and other technical disciplines to ensure way finding solutions are integrated into the overall project design. Engage clients and stakeholders:
Facilitate workshops, present design concepts, communicate recommendations, and incorporate stakeholder feedback into project deliverables. Oversee technical deliverables:
Guide the preparation and review of way finding plans, signage schedules, design guidelines, specifications, and related documentation. Support project delivery:
Coordinate with project managers and technical teams to manage design milestones, address project constraints, and support successful implementation. Promote consistency and accessibility:
Ensure designs align with applicable accessibility requirements, relevant codes and standards, client criteria, and project-specific guidelines.

Bachelor's degree or higher in Architecture, Urban Planning, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, or a related discipline. Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with a strong emphasis on way finding planning and design. Demonstrated experience developing way finding strategies and signage systems for complex built environments. Experience on transportation or transit infrastructure projects, such as rail stations, transit hubs, airports, terminals, or other public transportation facilities, is strongly preferred.

Strong understanding of pedestrian circulation, passenger journeys, spatial orientation, signage hierarchies, and information design. Experience integrating way finding into architectural, planning, and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects. Ability to interpret client requirements and translate complex operational and spatial needs into clear, practical design solutions. Strong communication, presentation, coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills. Proficiency in relevant design and documentation tools, such as Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Revit, or comparable software.

Ability to manage multiple…