BIM Wayfinding Coordinator

Populous•Kansas City, KS

25d•Hybrid

About The Position

We design places where people love to be together. Populous is a global design firm that began with a singular focus: to draw people together around the things they love, through experiences that capture all the senses, amplifying the atmosphere of excitement and pure joy shared in human moments. We’ve designed and delivered some of the world's most memorable civic, sports and entertainment buildings, from iconic stadia to ground-breaking live music venues. Populous is where architects and designers of all kinds create moments bigger than ourselves. We offer the best of both worlds: the resources and impact of the design giants and the tightly knit atmosphere and growth opportunities of smaller firms. We are looking for a highly motivated and versatile BIM Wayfinding Coordinator to join our Populous team. We desire a person with a deep interest in learning and working in a collaborative team environment, to play a key role in the documentation process, and that is eager to get into details of documentation. Our preferred candidate will have great organizational skills, strategic-thinking, and an interest in architecture, brand and how people experience places. You will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team that designs dynamic experiential environments, signage, and wayfinding systems for a diverse range of public assembly building types, including sports venues, convention centers, community buildings and transportational facilities. Populous offers the opportunity to be mentored by wayfinding strategists and designers with an opportunity to grow and expand these skillsets in our established office in Kansas City. We offer a career in a fascinating and important field, in which you will work as part of a wider and team of architects, designers, and planners across all stages of our projects, delivering innovative wayfinding and design solutions for the places where people love to be together.

Requirements

Passion for completing deadline driven project work.
Familiarity with architectural construction documents, scales, sections, plans and elevations, proficiency in drawing in scale.
Ability to be highly collaborative, and to work on your own initiative proactively.
Excellent communication skills and foresight to communicate coordination or design issues within a project, and the skills to help find resolutions to them.
Spatial visualization skills to study the model and produce documents.
Ability to prepare and coordinate documentation for wayfinding and signage construction packages.
Ability to work on and balance multiple projects at a time.
Bachelors or Technical degree in design, architecture, technical or visual communication or related field.
1+ years in a related field, using Revit for documentation.
Proficiency in Revit is a plus; additional training will be provided on the job.
Proficiency in MS Office, MS Excel, Adobe Creative Suite, and Bluebeam Revu is a plus.

Nice To Haves

Interest in Wayfinding and or user experience strategy a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
Collaborate with teams of architects, planners, wayfinding strategists and graphic designers to manage document sets.
Work with your teams to integrate signage into models.
Manage message schedules.
Support the delivery of construction design packages.
Participate in site assessments, visitor needs assessments and develop user analysis.