Project Manager - Kraemer Design + Production

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned projects from kickoff through final installation, closeout, and client handoff.
• Build and maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, budgets, deliverable lists, meeting notes, and action-item logs.
• Cook up internal design, graphics, content, production, and leadership teams to keep project work aligned with scope, schedule, and client expectations.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, vendors, fabricators, contractors, consultants, and installation partners.
• Review project scopes, proposals, drawings, fabrication documents, submittals, change requests, and installation plans for completeness and coordination needs.
• Track project budgets, purchase orders, vendor pricing, change orders, and billing milestones in partnership with leadership and administration.
• Cook up fabrication oversight, vendor communication, sample reviews, production timelines, shipping logistics, and site readiness requirements.
• Plan, manage, and support onsite exhibit installations, including crew coordination, daily priorities, issue resolution, safety awareness, punch-list tracking, and client communication.
• Anticipate risks, identify blockers early, and communicate clear options and next steps to the team and client.
• Ensure project documentation is accurate, organized, and accessible, including meeting summaries, decisions, approvals, field notes, photos, closeout documents, and warranty-related information.
• Support quality control by reviewing finished work against design intent, durability expectations, visitor use, safety considerations, and family-focused interactivity.
• Represent KD+P professionally in client meetings, site visits, vendor discussions, and installation environments.

On-site Installation Responsibilities

• Prepare installation plans, site schedules, manpower needs, tool/equipment requirements, and daily work priorities.
• Cook up with client facility teams, general contractors, electricians, AV integrators, fabricators, freight carriers, and specialty subcontractors.
• Confirm site readiness, access, staging areas, delivery windows, floor protection, safety requirements, and installation constraints before crews arrive.
• Lead or support onsite check-ins, progress updates, issue tracking, punch-list management, and final walkthroughs.
• Help resolve field conditions, missing information, damaged items, fit conflicts, sequencing issues, and last-minute coordination needs.
• Maintain a calm, solutions-oriented presence in the field while protecting KD+P’s quality standards, schedule, and client relationships.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management experience in exhibits, construction, fabrication, architecture, interiors, themed entertainment, museums, experiential design, or a related custom-build environment.
• Strong ability to manage schedules, budgets, vendors, deliverables, documentation, and competing priorities.
• Comfort reading and coordinating drawings, scopes of work, installation plans, shop drawings, finish schedules, or related technical documents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with clients, internal teams, vendors, and field crews.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make practical decisions when project conditions change.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and comfort learning project management, scheduling, file-sharing, and documentation systems.
• Ability to travel for site visits, client meetings, vendor reviews, and onsite installations as project needs require.
• Professional judgment, accountability, follow-through, and a collaborative working style.

Preferred Experience

• Exhibit installation management, museum exhibit fabrication, construction management, or commercial interiors experience.
• Experience coordinating onsite crews, subcontractors, general contractors, AV/media teams, millworkers, graphics installers, or specialty fabricators.
• Experience with children’s museums, science centers, visitor centers, nature centers, family attractions, or high-traffic public environments.
• Knowledge of durable materials, interactive components, casework, graphics, lighting, AV/media, accessibility, safety, and visitor-centered design considerations.
• Familiarity with project management platforms, construction administration workflows, punch-list tools, and cloud-based documentation systems.
• Understanding of custom fabrication timelines, procurement, freight, installation sequencing, field coordination, and closeout processes.