Project Manager- Temp to Staff

Local Projects is looking for a full-time Project Manager to join our cross-functional studio. The right candidate is an adaptable person with a growth mindset, an excellent communicator with strong attention to detail, and an outsized ability to facilitate teamwork. 

The position requires an understanding of interdisciplinary team management and experience in a client-facing role. You will work with designers, technologists, and content developers and lead projects to successful completion in partnership with studio Creative Directors. This role is tactical and strategic. Through critical thinking and problem-solving, you will drive project delivery through key phases, remaining mindful of budget, scope, and standards for creative excellence.

You are nimble and perceptive, regularly recalibrating your approach to suit the evolving needs of each project. You shrewdly anticipate risk and effectively prioritize your teams’ time and effort to ensure projects align seamlessly with client and studio objectives.

Note:

• Minimum of 5 years experience in experiential (digital + physical) project management 
• Able to travel as necessary (US & Global)
• Must be able to work on-site in our NYC Studio/Hybrid 
• Primary residence must be in NY/Tri-State or Washington DC area

Requirements

• Responsibilities:
• Lead projects to successful completion from concept through installation 
• Manage 2-3 projects simultaneously 
• Work collaboratively with Creative Directors, Project Directors, Executive Account Directors, and other studio leadership.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for our clients with the support of Project Directors.
• Daily management of a multidisciplinary project team, defining and managing the successful completion of tasks and deliverables  
• Shape and draft project and phase scopes under the supervision of studio leadership
• Manage vendor and subcontractor scope and deliverables 
• Maintain project budgets through actuals tracking and reporting
• Provide meticulous written documentation including but not limited to note-taking, agenda development, and client status reports
  
  
• Skills & Experience
• Proven completion of all design phases (Concept through Production, Installation, and Warranty)
• Professional composure and ability to work with executive-level clients and internal leadership
• Strong scheduling and time management skills
• Excellent writing, document preparation, and presentation skills
• Experience leading multiple projects at one time and comfortable with a fast-paced, collaborative work environment
• Superior communication skills with demonstrated ability to diplomatically navigate challenging situations
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Google Suite, and Keynote; with working knowledge of 10,000 Ft (Resource Management), Airtable, Jira, Miro

Salary:

$75 to $95 per hour -commensurate with experience

Benefits

Local Projects offers to its Full-Time staff Health/Dental/Vision, FSA, 401k, access to Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance as well as a generous PTO package.

Local Projects is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our collaboration with each other and the experiences we create together greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across all disciplines, at all levels of the studio. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Local Projects is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity, and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.