Senior Producers at Local Projects are responsible for leading and delivering interdisciplinary design projects that push boundaries and create impactful experiences. Collaborating closely with creative leadership, Senior Producers oversee all aspects of project delivery. They balance project financials, critical path dependencies, and client/creative objectives to ensure high-quality design development and execution. This role calls for individuals skilled in strategic planning and effective project delivery who can adapt to dynamic and creative environments.

The ideal Senior Producer has at least seven years of experience managing projects spanning physical, digital, graphic, and technical production. They are skilled at project planning and estimating, client management, mapping efficient workflows, fostering collaboration, and ensuring clarity in project objectives, responsibilities, and deliverables.

Experience:

Minimum of 7 years of project management experience in experiential design with at least 3 years of experience directly managing project teams.

Additional Requirements:

Must be based in the NYC tri-state area or DC Metro area
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Must be able to work hybrid (in studio/remote)
Ability to travel within the US and globally for project installations and client engagements.

Please include a cover letter with your application.

Creative Operations

Effectively lead interdisciplinary project teams in partnership with the Creative Director.
Drive the design process from concept through production and installation by developing integrated project plans and overseeing day-to-day task management of multidisciplinary project teams.
Provide and maintain clarity on roles, responsibilities, and deliverables for the team during all phases.
Plan and implement efficient workflows and production processes to streamline creative production and improve collaboration across internal and external teams.
Understand and champion best practices that inform the development and refinement of tools and methods to improve creative workflow.

Project & Production Management

Develop and manage project budgets and timelines, maintaining high-quality standards.
Estimate design and production phases of work, develop cost proposals and lead external alignment discussions with clients and partners.
Build and manage resource plans.
Draft and negotiate scopes of work for clients and vendors
Foster relationships with global production partners, including architects, fabricators, and AV specialists.
Use data-driven insights to monitor and report on project health.
Collaborate with external partners and agencies to manage on-site services during project installations, including coordinating logistics, facilitating reviews, documenting punch lists, and securing approvals.
Client Management
- Serve as the primary contact for clients, maintaining clear and consistent communication.
- Build and sustain strong client relationships, including with senior stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for additional scope within project work and negotiate scope for added services.

Skills/Abilities:

Demonstrated experience in managing complex, multidisciplinary projects from concept to completion.
Strong scheduling, organizational, and time-management skills.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
Proficiency in project management tools like Airtable, Jira, and 10,000 Ft.
Adaptability and the ability to lead multiple projects in a collaborative environment.

Salary: 110,000 to 135,000 (commensurate with experience)

Local Projects offers to its Full-Time staff Health/Dental/Vision, FSA, 401k, access to short-term and Long Term Disability Insurance and Life Insurance as well as a generous PTO package.

Local Projects is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our collaboration with each other and the experiences we create together greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across all disciplines, at all levels of the studio. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Local Projects is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity, and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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