Design Project Manager

Material Bank is seeking a Design Project Manager who has a passion for design and creativity. You will be an integral team member of the Design team who will guide the Design team to meet the overall objectives of projects, possesses excellent time management skills, and is familiar with quality assurance practices to ensure product quality.

You will create and implement design project plans. You will own project timelines and activities in collaboration with stakeholders, and resolve changes in scope, issues, and risks that may affect project implementation. As well as, be responsible for assigning talent and resources to projects and providing coaching to improve the performance of team members.

What you’ll do:

• Assign talent and resources to projects.
• Clarify project scopes and deliverables with stakeholders.
• Coordinate capabilities, workload, and resources across multiple projects.
• Develop resource plans using resource scheduling tools.
• Establish project requirements to determine human resources, information, materials, and technology needed.
• Provide feedback to direct reports and junior team members
• Recommend schedule changes and adjustments to cost and resources, and call out risks against the timely delivery and provide solutions.
• Meet with stakeholders to obtain design input and sign-off, establish design project timelines, activities, resource plans, and cost estimates, and document changes in scope, and issues, and risks that affect project implementation.
• Track projects against established schedules and budget.

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years as a Design and Production Project Manager or in similar role within a design agency or creative environment
• Strong understanding of design principles and the production process
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g, Asana, or Microsoft Project) and design tools (e.g Adobe Creative Suite) 
• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional organizational and time management abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

What you’ll get from us:

• Our people: If you thrive in an inclusive, innovative, and fast-paced organization, look no further! You will get to work alongside some of the brightest minds - Join a genuinely fun and supportive workplace where we keep our employees consistently engaged through internal communication and corporate events 
• Relaxation and Celebrations: Generous PTO, Sick Days, Paid National Holidays, and even more (ask us about this when we connect). 
• Health Benefits: We contribute to your medical, dental, vision and short-term/long-term disability plans and have a strong employee assistance program. 
• Plan for your Retirement: 401(k) eligible after your first 90 day's employed!
• Giving Back: We sponsor multiple events throughout the year to help out our communities. You will receive time off to give back as well. 
• Growth: We’ll help you take your career to the next level. We want you to be creative and take initiative which will allow you to grow and create within the company. Most importantly, be the best at what matters! 
• Flexible Work Schedules: With business units and employees across the globe, Material Technologies has embraced a hybrid working model allowing department leaders to decide on the best approach for their respective teams, whether that be remote, in person, or a little of both.