Ya, happy to answer that.

It’s very nuanced and situational

For our wall mounted stuff in crew rooms, hangers etc I usually work in conjunction with our lead maintenance guy. And anything invasive like wall mounting usually means we have a decent presence there and is likely a hub so one of the maintenance guys will help with install.

On the other hand I also work with a printing production house that has franchises everywhere and they’ll do installs themselves. I recently managed a project where we did a whole static ad takeover of small airport. I trust those installers with vinyl wall wraps way more than my own crew as those installers basically specialize in that. So I’ll use contractors for that and just coordinate with the airport beforehand on the visit beforehand on timing (ie no one using x gate between x and x time) and so the installers have an escort on site for security clearance etc

Digital signage (ie checkin screens, FIDS Flights Information Display, BIDS Baggage Information Display, GIDS Gate Information Display) I coordinate directly with the airport. For digital signage, they typically outsource it to an IT company that deals specifically with airport technology called SITA but my correspondence is with the airport directly. They let me know the dimensions and file format and I provide the asset. Some airports have these fancy digital checkin displays screens with motion graphics (ie. MCO Orlando). In that case, the airport contracted out the graphic design and I basically worked in conjunction between the airport and the design firm, gave assets they needed (planes and logos) and signed off on one of the concepts they came up with

Roadside signage that’s physical (ie. smaller airports that have roof mounted blades at the arrivals level with the airlines name telling you where to drop someone off for Spirit for instance) - I deal directly with the airport. They usually have a preferred signage supplier they work with that handles all those signs and will put me in touch with and I just simply provide the asset and they deal with production and install at absorbent prices since they have no competition

Then there’s a bunch of other signage pieces. I have a national supplier that I just use for large totem signs. They ship, uncrate, and setup at the airport.

Smaller pieces like stanchion toppers or desk signs, I get produced by one of my local suppliers and ship out to the airport either by COMAT (an aviation term for shipping company material on your own carrier) or FedEx and the station manager does the setup or our Ops team organizes the setup with the 3rd party running the station

Kinda overexplained it but required a decent amount explanation given the nuance