Principal - Architectural Signage, Wayfinding & Branded Environments

About GNU Group

The GNU Group, a division of Impec Group, has a 50-year-plus history of elevating the experience of people and places through experiential design. Our multi-discipline studio employs a creative staff of professionals who provide planning, design, and turnkey management for branding, environmental graphics, architectural signage, and wayfinding strategy. Our areas of project expertise span the healthcare, retail, corporate, hospitality, and mixed-use sectors.

About Impec Group

Since its founding in 1991, Impec Group's mission is to elevate the experience of people and places through integrated facilities management. Starting with critical needs in cleanrooms and electronic assemblies in Silicon Valley, our services have expanded to operations & maintenance, IFM, program management, move management, staffing, environmental branding, and site services. We deliver end-to-end solutions nationally and globally.

About the Role

The Principal plays a key role in growing new business and managing projects from start to finish, ensuring project budgets and schedules are met while collaborating with clients, team members, and vendors to deliver exceptional results. You will lead the strategic direction for and development of wayfinding solutions, architectural signage, and branded environments.

In this position, you will be responsible for a $1.5MM annual sales target, making focused Go/No Go decisions based on our ability to win and deliver project excellence. You will identify and develop qualification and bid proposals, lead client presentations, and uncover strategic pursuits that open new or expanding markets. Beyond sales, you will provide thought leadership in key markets, developing content for marketing and business development while leading training sessions for staff development.

Day-to-day, you will develop comprehensive wayfinding strategies and design user-friendly sign programs. This involves conducting assessments, researching user behavior, identifying circulation patterns, and establishing information hierarchies. You will also review and approve work plans, manage financials including billing and collections, and mentor the team to foster a culture where creative ideas are encouraged and implemented.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.