Location: Brisbane

Salary: $80,000 – $100,000 + super (commensurate with experience)

Position: Full-time, Permanent

About Strategic Spaces

Strategic Spaces is a leading wayfinding design consultancy, widely recognised for the development and delivery of innovative strategies and custom-designed integrated wayfinding. From our head office in Melbourne and satellite office in Sydney we deliver projects across Australia.

We partner with some of the country’s leading architects, designers and builders to create considered wayfinding and signage solutions that are integrated into the architecture and broader user experience of a place.

We are currently seeking a highly organised and motivated Project Coordinator – Wayfinding & Signage to join our team and support the delivery of a portfolio of exciting projects across Australia.

This role is focused on coordinating design projects, supporting client and stakeholder relationships, and ensuring projects progress smoothly from strategy and concept through to documentation and delivery.

You will work closely with our design team, clients, architects, consultants, suppliers and project stakeholders, helping to coordinate the many moving parts of a project while maintaining a strong focus on design quality and client outcomes.

The role would suit someone with experience in wayfinding, environmental graphic design, signage, architecture, interior design or a related field who enjoys the organisational and collaborative side of design projects, and is able to regularly travel to Melbourne to collaborate with the team.

Key Responsibilities

- Project Coordination: Coordinate multiple wayfinding and signage projects across different stages of design, from initial briefing and concept development through to documentation and delivery.
- Client & Stakeholder Relationships: Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients and project stakeholders, providing clear communication and a high level of customer service throughout each project.
- Design Coordination: Work closely with designers and design managers to coordinate project inputs, deliverables, approvals, meetings and deadlines.
- Project Planning: Develop and maintain project schedules, coordinate priorities and ensure key milestones and deliverables are achieved.
- Client Meetings: Assist with the preparation, coordination and follow-up of client meetings, workshops and project presentations.
- Design Documentation:



Coordinate the development and review of design documentation, presentations, schedules and project deliverables.
- Consultant Coordination: Liaise with architects, interior designers, builders, consultants and other project stakeholders to ensure wayfinding requirements are appropriately integrated into broader design and construction programs.
- Creative & Technical Coordination: Support the design team by coordinating creative, technical and project requirements and identifying issues that may affect design outcomes or project timelines.
- Design Implementation: Support the team through the delivery phase, providing creative and technical coordination where required to help ensure the intent of the approved wayfinding and signage design is understood and maintained.
- Project Administration: Assist with project budgets, fee proposals, procurement, project reporting, documentation and general studio administration.
- Business Development: Assist with the preparation and coordination of wayfinding proposals, bids and presentations.

About You

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive individual who is passionate about design, architecture and the built environment, and enjoys working at the intersection of creative thinking, client relationships and project coordination.

The ideal candidate will

- Be client-focused, with strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Have exceptional attention to detail and a highly organised approach to project management.
- Be confident communicating with clients, architects, designers, builders, consultants and suppliers.
- Be able to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Be a confident team player who enjoys contributing to a collaborative and creative studio setting.
- Be an independent thinker who can take ownership of tasks while working effectively within a broader team.
- Have an appreciation for design quality and the role of wayfinding within the built environment.
- Be comfortable discussing design ideas,



project requirements and technical considerations with both creative and non-creative stakeholders.
- Have a proactive, solutions-focused approach and a willingness to take responsibility for seeing projects progress.
- Be available for travel to project sites across Queensland.

Experience & Skills To qualify for the role, you will ideally have:

- 3+ years' professional experience in wayfinding, environmental graphic design, signage, architecture, interior design, landscape design or a related field, having seen multiple projects through from briefing to completion
- Recent experience working within a design studio, consultancy, architectural practice or similar project-based environment.
- Knowledge or experience of wayfinding strategy, signage and branded environments.
- Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with financial literacy.
- The ability to understand and navigate architectural drawings, plans and project documentation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Acrobat and Illustrator.
- Familiarity with CAD or other design/technical software is highly desirable.
- A degree or qualification in Design, Architecture, Project Management, Business or a related discipline.

What We Offer

- A permanent full-time position within an established Australian wayfinding design consultancy.
- A salary of $80,000 – $100,000 + super, commensurate with experience and skills.
- The opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of architectural and built-environment projects throughout Australia.
- A collaborative studio working alongside experienced designers and project professionals.
- Exposure to the full lifecycle of major wayfinding and signage projects, from strategy and concept through to delivery.
- The opportunity to develop your career within wayfinding, design and project management.
- A Brisbane-based role with opportunities to collaborate with the broader Strategic Spaces team, including regular travel to Melbourne.

How to Apply

If you are passionate about design, highly organised and enjoy bringing complex projects together, we would love to hear from you.

Please submit your cover letter and CV, outlining your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining Strategic Spaces.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applicants must have working rights in Australia.

📌 Project Coordinator – Wayfinding & Signage (Brisbane)
🏢 Strategic Spaces
📍 Brisbane