Exhibit Project Manager

About the role

The Exhibitions Project Manager oversees the logistics, teams, and timelines of physical exhibition installations at Liberty Science Center (LSC). This includes tracking budgets, contracts, licensing, and the approval process, as well as coordinating communication within and among internal departments and external vendors and partners.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project teams including content developers, designers, media specialists, and contractors to bring multi-faceted exhibit projects to fruition on schedule and within budget.
• Oversee details and logistics for all phases of exhibition development, production, fabrication, installation and post opening to ongoing and upcoming special exhibitions, temporary installations, traveling installations, and other digital and physical exhibition projects.
• Participate in review of bid packages and contracts for project vendors (fabrication, multimedia, etc.).
• Cook up project schedules, meeting agendas, and workflow for internal and external teams.
• Track project budget and process invoices.
• Manage and maintain exhibition project documentation which includes contract management, licensing, and the approval process.
• Review exhibition design drawings and consultant coordination documents which may include data, lighting, electrical, and architectural coordination.
• Oversee quality control through production.
• Develop deliverables for staff, designers, fabricators, media producers, and other external vendors and partners.
• Help produce and document standards and processes for project management best practices applicable across a range of projects.
• Work closely with other Liberty Science Center staff as part of a cross-divisional exhibition team.
• Support other exhibition development, research, administrative, and project management responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of organization and project management across multiple simultaneous projects.
• Leadership that supports a collaborative work environment.
• Experience managing external partnerships or contractors.
• Innovative problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated success as a project manager of a creative or technical team.
• Experience with budget management.
• Fluency with digital project management tools and software, including MS Word, Acrobat, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Knowledge of new technology, multimedia and film production is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong exhibition coordination, production, or project management experience in a museum, science center, or related context.
• Minimum of 5 to 8 years relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in science, math, engineering, science education, social sciences or a field related to informal teaching and learning.
• Certification in project management.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Managing design staff, interns, freelancers and external vendors.

Benefits

• A range of excellent health, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Two retirement savings plans.
• 2 weeks of paid vacation (level dependent).
• Paid sick time.
• 6 days of flexible paid time off.
• Pet insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefits for parking and transit.
• LSC Family Membership.

Application

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume highlighting why this role and this organization are a good fit for you.