This is a 2-year, salaried opportunity.

SUMMARY:
The Design Project Manager (Design PM) is part of the Design & Exhibit team at Shedd. Reporting to the Senior Creative Director, the Design PM works closely with the Production Manager and multiple Senior Directors within Design & Exhibits as well as the Directors in Marketing to define and manage work plans, resource needs, and timelines for multiple interdepartmental, overlapping, large-scale projects. The Design PM collaborates with and informs internal teams of project developments, determines project schedules, and helps determine appropriate staff resources.

To be successful in this role, a candidate must be highly organized and deadline driven with a high level of commitment to quality, have strong organizational skills, and able to remain focused in a fast-paced environment, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish partnerships within the aquarium, creative teams, and other internal partners to understand collective scopes of work, expertise, and available team resources.
• Partner with senior directors to evaluate intake requests for projects and understand how resources are assigned appropriately according to skillset, experience, and areas of expertise.
• Manage scheduling and agendas for review of creative concepts and executions.
• Build and maintain project schedules for multiple, overlapping, large-scale projects, update them as necessary, and effectively communicate those changes to the teams.
• Use these project schedules to determine to identify opportunities for collaboration and support between teams.
• Lead or actively participate in stand-ups and intake meetings, review project requirements, and reprioritize resources as needed to understand the scope and progress of projects.
• Manage communications, timelines, and workflow between the creative teams, internal stakeholders, contractors, freelancers, and vendors across multiple projects as needed.
• Help teams build out process documents, maintain records, and manage archiving projects to the server.

QUALIFICATIONS 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree required. Experience in a visual design field is preferred, but not required — a substitution of equivalent experience would be considered.

Experience:

• 4 – 6 years of professional experience in a resource or project management position, working in an agency or brand environment or equivalent experience is preferred but not essential.
• Project management experience with proven ability to successfully manage large-scale projects and initiatives.
• Comfort working under accelerated timelines and multitasking to manage various projects.
• Ability to communicate detailed information in a clear, organized manner.
• Ability to effectively say “no” and address concerns.
• Proficiency in project management software, Jira preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to listen and understand team and project needs as well as a willingness to collaborate for solutions.

We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ community, veterans and active duty military, parents, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from all cultural backgrounds to apply. Shedd Aquarium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.

If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to select which pronouns you use (For example – she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs).