PROJECT MANAGER

Creative Management Services LLC; Lithia Springs (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plans

401K

Vision insurance

Company paid Life Insurance

Long Term Disability

Job summary

Creative Management Services LLC in Lithia Springs, GA is seeking a Project Manager to join our exhibit and live event marketing team. You will coordinate layouts, production schedules, and show services, ensuring timelines and budgets are met to deliver high-impact trade show environments.

The successful candidate will have trade show industry experience, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; college degree preferred.
• Experience in the trade show/exhibit/events industry.
• Strong communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to manage budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit layout, booth drawings and show services requirements for approval.
• Ensure design complies with show regulations.
• Obtain project estimates and ensure reliability.
• Secure materials and manage production budget.
• Assemble drawing packages for internal production.
• Collaborate with shop production on projects.
• Ensure production team meets requirements and quality standards.
• Assemble show set packages for outbound freight.
• Prepare post-mortem reports with the Account Manager.
• Support client and project requirements.
• Manage subcontractors.
• Monitor show floor activity for plan compliance.
• Manage client files.
• Facilitate client viewings.
• Some travel.
• Ability to work a flexible and demanding schedule.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Time management

Project management

Customer service

Education

High school diploma

College degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Internet

PC proficiency

Job description

Imagine an environment where your creative skills are utilized to help create astounding trade show exhibits and permanent environments for some of the top brands in the world.

MC is that workplace. We know-we're that group! We have a Project Manager opening in our Lithia Springs, Georgia office.

About MC

An international leader in the exhibit and live event marketing industry, we not only design and build beautiful exhibit and environmental spaces (the floors, walls and surfaces) but we innovate the technology within them. We lead the pack in creating dynamic places where people interact, face to face, with the world's best brands. No exaggeration. All manifested from our 10 locations in the U.S.

About the position

The Project Manager serves as an active member of the project team with Account Executive, Account Manager, and Graphics Designer participating in kick-off and status meetings, ensuring effective communication of timelines, deadlines, deliverables and pertinent details. The Project Manager analyzes job requirements, defines scope, determines resource requirements, and establishes production schedules and deadlines. In addition, is responsible for ensuring all drawings for production, layout, booth drawings and show services requirements.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for ensuring layout, booth drawings and show services requirements are prepared and submitted to Account Executive for approval
• Ensure design is following show regulations
• Obtain project estimates, ensure reliability
• Secure required materials, manage production budget
• Assembles drawing package for internal production
• Working with shop production on projects
• Ensures production team meets requirements, quality standards
• Assembles show set packages including set prints, show orders and graphics for inclusion in outbound freight to show site
• Compiles project performance information, prepares post-mortem with AM
• Performs other duties in support of client /project requirements
• Manages sub-contractors
• Monitors show floor activity to ensure compliance with project plan
• Manages client files
• Facilitates Client viewings
• Some travel
• Ability to work a flexible and demanding schedule
• What we need you to have:
• High school diploma or equivalent; College degree preferred
• Knowledge and work experience in the trade show/exhibit/events industry

What we would like you to have:

• Direct exhibit industry experience.
• Strong organizational skill.
• Internet, PC proficiency - Microsoft Office.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Time management and project management.
• Proven ability to multi-task, manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines.
• Strong customer service skills.

MC offers a robust benefits package including:

• Medical (3 choices of plans), Dental (2 choices of plans), 401K, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, company paid Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance--plus more.

Our culture fosters teamwork, individual strength, and innovation, all in a dynamic environment!

Equal opportunity employer - vets/disabled.