Project Manager -Shaw Contract

shawinc; Cartersville (GA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shaw Contract is seeking a Project Manager to lead the governance of internal creative projects within the Creative Team. The hybrid role is based at the Cartersville campus and involves ensuring schedules, budgets and scope are respected while enabling the team to deliver high-quality work.

The ideal candidate brings a four-year business or marketing degree (or equivalent experience) and a proven ability to manage multiple projects, communicate clearly, and adapt to fast-paced environments.

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.
• Experience working with cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the workflow for all internal creative projects.
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Designers and Marketing team to meet deadlines.
• Ensure projects maintain critical paths and deliverables are met on time.
• Coordinate resources and provide regular updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organization

Time management

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

4-year degree in business/marketing or relevant experience

Tools

Workfront

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title

Project Manager - Shaw Contract

Position Overview

Project Manager | Shaw Contract Creative Team

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.

The Project Manager's primary responsibility is to manage the workflow for all internal creative projects. 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.

Essential Project Management Toolkit

• 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).

Although our highly distributed workforce can be found around the globe, Shaw Contract is based out of Cartersville, Georgia and construction is underway on our new highly sustainable, world-class Create Centre facility, which will be home to product development and marketing for our commercial division, demonstrating our commitment to hiring the best talent. We hire humble, collaborative and ambitious people and give them endless opportunities to grow and succeed. Shaw Contract is the comme