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Stratus Unlimited

Brand implementation for signage and interiors

Team Lead – Exterior Signage - Hospitality

Full-TimeDeadline 9/24/27
$70k - $85k/yr+ Bonus or incentive compensation
Senior
Bachelor's
United States
In PersonTravel may be required for customer meetings, property visits, project needs, or industry events, including occasional overnight stays.
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 6 years of project management, program management, account delivery, or related experience, with demonstrated success managing complex customer-facing projects.
  • Direct experience supporting hospitality customers, including understanding hotel service expectations, brand standards, and stakeholder dynamics.
  • Experience working with hospitality customer types such as major hotel brands, management companies, franchisees, ownership groups, or independent property owners.
  • At least 3 years of experience leading, coaching, or mentoring project teams or other customer-facing professionals.
  • Strong customer relationship, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt to executives, brand teams, operators, owners, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects or programs simultaneously while maintaining control of schedules, budgets, risks, scope changes, and quality expectations.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management or workflow tools.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Responsibilities
  • Lead day-to-day project execution for hospitality signage programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer expectations remain aligned from kickoff through closeout.
  • Build trusted relationships with hospitality customers across national hotel brands, management companies, franchise groups, and individual property owners.
  • Coach, mentor, and support Project Managers and Project Coordinators, helping establish priorities, resolve roadblocks, strengthen customer communication, and maintain accountability for project outcomes.
  • Tailor communication and service delivery to each customer, from structured enterprise programs with brand standards and reporting requirements to high-touch support for independent owners and single-property projects.
  • Partner with design, permitting, procurement, manufacturing, installation, vendors, and internal teams to coordinate project requirements and proactively address risks, changes, dependencies, and quality concerns.
  • Monitor project portfolios and team workload, review milestones and financial performance, and provide clear status reporting and escalation to Account Management and leadership.
  • Serve as a senior customer-facing escalation point for complex project issues, helping resolve concerns quickly while protecting the customer relationship and maintaining appropriate scope and commercial expectations.
  • Identify opportunities to improve project standards, templates, workflows, reporting, and team practices to strengthen consistency, efficiency, and the hospitality customer experience.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with exterior signage, branded environments, construction, facilities, or a related project-based industry.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

About the company

Stratus Unlimited is a brand implementation firm that helps businesses manage their physical presence. It takes care of exterior and interior signage, large-scale refreshes, and remodels to ensure a brand’s look and feel is consistent across all locations, serving clients in healthcare, finance, and retail. How it works: Stratus coordinates branding across multiple sites, delivering signage and interior branding updates, often expanding capabilities through acquisitions (for example, adding interior branding with MLE Brand Services) to support a cohesive brand experience at scale. How it stands out: the company combines expertise from its merged heritage and strategic growth with a focus on aligning physical environments to a brand, supported by a network of services and experienced leadership. Its goal is to help brands present a uniform, recognizable presence everywhere their customers encounter them, supported by ongoing growth through strategic acquisitions and partnerships.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Mentor, Ohio

Founded

1953

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What believers are saying

  • Vestar Capital's backing supports acquisition-led expansion and working-capital access.
  • Stratus's 2026 leadership page highlights Karen Kaminski, signaling continued talent investment.
  • The company keeps publishing 2026 news archives, suggesting active sales and marketing momentum.

What critics are saying

  • A January 2024 WARN notice hit Elk Grove Village, affecting 39 workers.
  • Law360 lists Stratus Unlimited v. Hando in 2026, adding litigation distraction.
  • If integration fails across Priority and Comet, the roll-up thesis loses credibility by 2027.

What makes Stratus Unlimited unique

  • Bill Hayden became CEO on November 1, 2024, sharpening operational discipline.
  • Priority LLC joined in June 2024, expanding turnkey brand implementation nationwide.
  • Comet Signs and earlier acquisitions built 1,100-employee self-perform capacity across Texas.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Generous Paid Time Off program + Holidays

Company News

Vestar Capital Partners
Nov 4th, 2024
Stratus Appoints Bill Hayden as Chief Executive Officer

Stratus appoints Bill Hayden as Chief Executive Officer.

PR Newswire
Jun 11th, 2024
Stratus Acquires Priority LLC for Expansion

Stratus has acquired Priority LLC, a global turnkey brand implementation provider, from Rubelmann Capital. This acquisition, Stratus' fourth since 2021, aims to expand its footprint in key markets and enhance customer value through combined expertise and resources. Terms were not disclosed. Tim Eippert, CEO of Stratus, and Jody Linnig, CEO of Priority, highlighted the strategic alignment and growth potential of the merger. Godfrey & Kahn and Citizens M&A Advisory facilitated the transaction.

Business Wire
Dec 8th, 2022
Stratus Acquires San Antonio-based Comet Signs

Stratus, the leading facilities services and brand implementation services firm, today announced the acquisition of Comet Signs, based in San Antonio,

Stratus Unlimited
Dec 7th, 2022
Stratus Acquires San Antonio-Based Comet Signs

Stratus, the leading facilities services and brand implementation services firm, today announced the acquisition of Comet Signs, based in San Antonio, Texas.

Business Wire
Dec 7th, 2022
Stratus Acquires San Antonio-Based Comet Signs

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratus, the leading facilities services and brand implementation services firm, today announced the acquisition of Comet Signs, based in San Antonio, Texas. The combined organization now consists of over 1,100 employees throughout the United States. With the acquisition of Comet Signs, Stratus will accelerate its growth in the Southwest and Western United States, leveraging Comet’s substantial presence in key Texas areas including Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Tyler. Comet’s expanded production capabilities and self-perform installation fleet will begin to serve Stratus’ roster of blue-chip, nationwide brands in the region, and will help the company grow its overall business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Comet acquisition represents Stratus’ third major acquisition since late 2019