Project Manager

Local Projects Project Managers help run our innovative experiential design projects. They have excellent communication and time management skills, strong attention to detail, and an outsized interest in teamwork and supporting their colleagues.

Project Managers work within the Project Management Department under the direction of the Director of Project Management and in support of our senior project managers and directors, with whom this role will work closely. This role is very hands-on and fosters the development of the skills and experience required for a career in experience design and interactive media project management and direction.

3-5 years experience at a design studio or architecture firm preferred.

Additional Requirements:

• The ability to travel within the US and globally for project installs, client meetings, and new business pitches, etc.
• Must be able to work on-site in our NYC Studio
• Must be eligible to work in the United States

Requirements

• Creation of full scopes of work and vendor scopes of work, including scoping exercises to determine time estimates and expectations for all staff on a project
• Assist in the coordination of projects per the direction of the Project Director
• Budget creation and actual tracking and reporting
• Coordinate and lead meetings for the project team
• Client interfacing, management, and care under the direction of the Project Director, Senior Project Manager or Studio Principal
• Daily management of the entire LP project team to carry the project through to successful completion from kickoff to installation leveraging the full range of project management abilities
• Management of LP subcontractors (Design, Development, Content, Hardware, Physical Design, and Fabrication)

• Track project documents and deliverables, following proper filing requirements
• Provide administrative support to Project Director including note-taking, agenda development, expense reports, travel arrangements, and overall project assistance

Skills

• Strong foundation in administration best practices

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks while managing multiple priorities

• Proficient with Google suite
• Working knowledge and love of Excel/Google sheets
• Excellent note-taking skills
• Possesses initiative and motivation as a self-starter
• Eager to learn about design phases, media production, and software

Salary: 75,000 to 95,000

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.