Project Manager -Shaw Contract

Shaw Contract EMEA; Cartersville (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401K retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Health savings account

Paid time off

Parental leave

Product discounts

Job summary

Shaw Contract is seeking a proactive Project Manager to join our Creative Team in Cartersville, GA. You will coordinate multiple creative projects, ensure timelines and budgets are met, and support the Shaw Contract brand.

Work closely with the Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Designers and Marketing to keep projects on track. The role is hybrid and located at our campus in Cartersville, GA.

Qualifications

• 4-year business/marketing degree or relevant experience.
• Excellent problem solver with ownership and collaboration.
• Strong project management, planning, and time-management skills.
• Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Workfront preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple creative projects to meet timelines and budgets.
• Define tasks, establish project plans, and allocate resources.
• Track Workfront workflows and traffic from concept to completion.
• Provide regular project updates to stakeholders.
• Support archiving of files/assets and continuous workflow improvements.
• Monitor designers’ workload and remove barriers to productivity.
• Collaborate with Creative Director, Designers, and Marketing.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing or equivalent experience

Tools

Workfront

MS Office

Job description

Job Title

Project Manager -Shaw Contract

Position Overview

Project Manager | Shaw Contract Creative Team

Who + What:

Shaw Contract is a global design leader in commercial flooring for some of the world’s most creative and innovative environments. Our vast, sustainable product offerings can be found in diverse markets such as workplace, healthcare, hospitality, education and multi-family dwellings; supporting the spaces in which we work, learn, live, play and heal. Design is at the heart of everything we do – not only in how things look, but in how they function, solve problems and inspire. We believe design lives at the intersection of aesthetics, innovation, functionality and customer experience across every product, service and interaction.

Guided by insight and grounded in sustainability, we create specialized products and tools that meet the unique needs of every market segment shaping spaces that endure, empower and elevate the people who use them.

Design is the fiber that connects everything we do. The ground we stand upon and the future we boldly create for all. Join our culture of design thinking.

We are looking for a proactive self-starter who is organized, curious, able to navigate conflict, a strong communicator and connector who can manage multiple creative projects at a single time within a fast-paced organization. The right candidate must be passionate about process, meeting deadlines, driving results and being a team player. They are responsible for assuring the creative team has what they need to grow and improve the Shaw Contract brand. This position is hybrid and will work from our commercial marketing campus full-time in Cartersville, GA.

This position will work closely with the Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Designers and Marketing team to ensure projects maintain their critical path and that all deliverable deadlines are met on time. Success is measured by meeting timelines and coordinating resources. At the end of the day, you are responsible for keeping things moving.

Be an octopus. Eight arms, three hearts & nine brains. Able to navigate the depths of the sea using your flexibility superpower. Octopuses are quite intelligent and have been observed using tools.

Essential Project Management Toolkit

• With the support of the creative team and marketing team as the Project Manager you will connect the pieces and parts of all projects, not through execution but rather through hunting and gathering to set the creative team up for success.
• Highly adaptable in forms of communication and task conflict, and not easily deterred.
• Manage workflows, schedules, and traffic of projects from concept to completion to ensure timelines, scope and budgets are met.
• Gather project requirements
• Define tasks
• Establish project plan/schedule
• Confirm cost structures
• Allocate resources in Workfront
• Oversee execution of the project
• Manage internal traffic systems
• Route work for review and approval
• Assist in archiving files/assets
• Knowledge of project management software (Workfront preferred).
• Provide regular and necessary updates on project timing and development to stakeholders, both written and verbal.
• Monitor designers’ workload to ensure timely completion and continued productivity. Hold status meetings with creative team to answer questions, align on priorities and help as needed to remove barriers. Provide team members with all necessary specifications and assets to execute requests efficiently and effectively.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management workflows.
• Assist in maintaining marketing roadmap by partnering with teammates to determine priorities, outline and execute their creative needs and identify new opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-year business, marketing degree or relevant experience.
• Excellent problem solver with a strong sense of ownership + collaborative
• Effective project management skills, excellent organizational skills, planning skills, time-management skills, and outstanding attention to detail.
• An eagerness to learn and grow with the ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with cross functional teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and knowledge of project management software (Workfront preferred).

Competencies

• People: Build Trusting Relationships
• Strategy: Deliver Compelling Communications
• Strategy: Plan and Organize insuring on time and targeted deliverables
• Strategy: Demonstrate urgency for on time and targeted deliverables

Shaw Benefits Include

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Health savings account
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• 401K and Retirement Plans
• Product discounts for employees
• Adoption assistance
• Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations)

Work Shift

8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM

Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.