Rigging Services Project Manager | Travel 50–75%

Freeman Company; McCook (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Life, Accident and Disability

Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Annual bonus up to 5%

Job summary

The Freeman Company in McCook, IL is seeking a Rigging Services Project Manager to coordinate overhead rigging, sign hanging, lighting and electrical needs for produced events. This full-time role serves as the primary liaison between exhibitors and the Rigging Logistics team to ensure smooth coordination of rigging requirements.

This position supports our Audio Visual Production team and requires an in-office and show-site presence with 50% to 75% travel.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 4 years experience in labor coordination or exhibitor services preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office suite, Google Sheets & Google Docs; Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains show files/show kits to ensure completion of required documentation.
• Works with the clients to gather specifications and enter into the appropriate systems.
• Creates estimates for clients, produces and processes on-site work tickets as required.
• Completes work tickets and enters dismantle labor.
• Ensures labor tickets are signed by exhibitors.
• Dispatches labor and obtains detailed information about installation upon return.
• Creates final billing reports for invoicing.
• Creates hanging sign folders for Operations Manager.
• Ensures hanging sign labor tickets are correctly entered for exhibitors.
• Compiles hanging sign information that includes plots, assembly instructions and engineer stamps.
• Create training material and training of Project Manager – Rigging Services position upsell.
• Enterprise products to exhibitors.
• Creates packaged pre-work to hand off to show site personnel.
• Create and Test new processes and procedures.

Skills

Labor coordination

Exhibitor services

Reading floor plans

Rigging safety awareness

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

MS Office

Google Sheets

Google Docs

Salesforce

Job description

The Freeman Company in McCook, IL is seeking a Rigging Services Project Manager to coordinate overhead rigging, sign hanging, lighting and electrical needs for produced events. This full-time role serves as the primary liaison between exhibitors and the Rigging Logistics team to ensure smooth coordination of rigging requirements.

This position supports our Audio Visual Production team and requires an in-office and show-site presence with 50% to 75% travel.