Exhibition Project Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Ideum is a company that creates meaningful experiences using emerging technologies, specializing in interactive media projects for museums, zoos, and other venues. The Producer role involves overseeing these projects, managing teams, and ensuring successful execution while maintaining client relationships.
Responsibilities:
• Effectively manage media and experience design projects with internal teams consisting of designers, developers, and creative directors.
• Manage interactive media projects effectively with museum and Fortune 500 clients, partners, and collaborators.
• Participate in Ideum’s business development process of writing proposals and obtaining and delivering quotes with other key departments, including Sales, Media Systems, Design, Software, Workshop, and the Fabrication Studio.
• Assist other Producers in developing large exhibition design projects.
• Anticipate, alert Leadership, and respond to staff needs, bottlenecks, and deadline-threatening events across CS and Ideum.
• Steadiness and dependability are required when complex projects with many stakeholders are facing challenges.
• Participate in staff reviews and recommend promotions, raises, and disciplinary action.
• Active participation in and development of opportunities to share Ideum’s breadth and expertise with local and national individuals and professional peer groups involved in museum design, interpretive planning, education, technology, and appropriate STEAM and other communities.
• Mentor project coordinators, developers, designers, and other creative staff.
• Investigate and share trends and developments in key fields, such as experience design, accessibility, and interactive technologies.
• Travel to museums and other client destinations to work with staff at those locations, assess site conditions, review work in production, and oversee the implementation, installation, or commissioning of exhibits.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proven experience as a highly skilled project manager.
• Excellent management skills for employees and contractors.
• Broad and deep understanding of trends and new developments in the industry.
• Experience design and exhibit development approaches for different types of clients.
• Knowledge of design and production processes and tools.
• Familiarity with critical hardware and software products and processes.
• Ability to effectively manage media and experience design projects with internal teams.
• Experience managing interactive media projects with museum and Fortune 500 clients.
• Participation in business development processes including writing proposals and obtaining quotes.
• Ability to assist in developing large exhibition design projects.
• Ability to anticipate and respond to staff needs and project challenges.
• Steadiness and dependability in managing complex projects.
• Participation in staff reviews and recommendations for promotions and disciplinary actions.
• Active participation in sharing expertise with professional peer groups.
• Mentoring project coordinators, developers, designers, and other creative staff.
• Investigating and sharing trends in experience design, accessibility, and interactive technologies.
• Willingness to travel to client destinations for project oversight.
• Quality control and oversight of interactive media projects.
• Deep understanding of interactive media and experience design approaches.
• Ability to help price and produce proposals for new project work.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse staff.
• Flexibility in production plans.
• Conversant in UI/UX, graphic design, and basics of environmental design.
• Planning media exhibits for responsiveness, durability, and ease of maintenance.
• Ability to create exciting, accurate, and innovative proposals.
• Ability to maintain positive client and staff relationships.
• Experience producing exhibits at a wide range of price points.
• Efficient time management of self and others.
• Reflecting Ideum philosophy of 'Simplicity: less but better.'
• Ability to develop and articulate strong concepts.
• Preference for prototyping rather than speculation.
• Embracing innovation in the development process.
Company:
Ideum is a hardware and software company, focusing on exhibit design, multitouch, and new HCI technology for museums and nonprofits. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Corrales, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.