Job Descriptions

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

JOB DESCRIPTION

General Summary

The Senior Project Manager’s primary role is to directly interact with Account Executives and clients to plan, develop and execute a rental project. Throughout the project’s life cycle, this role will define objectives, maintain quality control, support client relations, and ensure timely and accurate logistics and support client relations at all times.

Responsibilities of Position: Duties include but are not limited to:

Organizational Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of product and live event logistics coordination knowledge, and awareness of production staff needs in regard to building shows, executing preps, and ensuring on-site success for the production staff and clients.

Personal Responsibilities

• Assist Account Executives and clients in all aspects of creating a quality show: equipment choices, accuracy of gear lists, review of show files, assisting in execution of prep and trucking, ensuring quality control of equipment and labor productivity on-site.
• Enter and maintain orders into inventory software system and communicate equipment requirements and timeframes to Operations and Logistics Departments.
• Act as a technical project lead as needed.
• Evaluate solution ideas by considering data, precedents, and input from others, as well as your own personal experience and knowledge.
• Provide input and guidance for the production staff in regard to builds on show sites.
• Work with show staff to ensure that our high standards are maintained.
• Present creative solutions to challenging requests.
• Keep abreast of new technology and trends in the entertainment industry. Identify skills needed to perform job duties more effectively and work with management to obtain the support for training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Team Responsibilities

• Interface with the sales team, operations and end user to assist in managing and implementing a service or product solution that meets the budget and creative criteria for new or existing projects.
• Consider the cost and benefit implications of team action plans and activities and contribute to their development and completion.
• Work collaboratively with internal customers, clients, and vendors.
• Work with other members of the team to generate innovative solutions to obstacles.
• Participate in team meetings, assist, and train team members, take responsibility for contributing to the success of the team, offer solutions to team problems and promote a positive team environment. 

Key Requirements:

• Strong working knowledge of lighting and video systems, including LED and projection.
• Working knowledge of entertainment lighting, video and sound.
• Proficiency in project and task management, and applications such as Word, Excel, AutoCAD/Vectorworks and inventory software systems.
• Programming and computer networking skills.
• Must be extremely organized and have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be a self-starter, adapt to rising challenges and own all aspects of a project.
• Must adhere to all policies, SOPs, and other management directives.

Physical Requirements

• The job duties and tasks of this position require the employee to regularly sit. The employee may choose to stand and move within their working area. Generally, the employee will be in a temperature-controlled work environment set for general comfort. When the employee is on-site, the position will require to regularly push, pull, bend, climb, reach, twist and kneel as well as lift and /or move 75-100 pounds. Other physical requirements of the job include communication and visual acuity such as close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. On-site, the employee will not be in a temperature-controlled work environment and may experience temperature variations due to local weather conditions. Regular use of computer monitors and a keyboard/mouse will be required. . 

Availability:

• Must be available to work in the evenings and weekends, as required.

Position Location and/or Territory and Travel:

• Position will require travel when needed.

Position Type

• Full-Time/Regular
• Based on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), management has analyzed this position and determined it to be exempt due to the Administrative Exemption rule.