London, UK
Project manager
at Grain
Grain has an opportunity for a project manager to join its firm in London.
Grain is a studio based on Chance Street in the heart of Shoreditch, London. It is here we celebrate the vision of the worlds best architects, designers and property developers by crafting beautiful digital and physical experiences, from CGI to scale models and media tables to augmented reality.
We innovate together. We learn from one another, borrowing ideas and blending our skills. We challenge traditional methods and push what’s expected. We even have weekly seminars to share our expertise. And we collaborate constantly, checking in and refining our ideas every step of the way.
Our studio has a culture of constant innovation and freedom. We are led by our hunger for ideas and creativity.
The role
This is an integral and autonomous position within the studio, taking ownership for many of our current projects, and working closely with all team members ensuring everything is going to plan.
Reporting to the directors, we are looking for a vibrant, charismatic and organised professional who will manage the day-to-day running of our projects, and support operations across departments and the current team of 50.
From organising design reviews, site visits, and coordinating studio resource – we need your help to ensure what Grain delivers is of the highest quality, on brief, on time and on budget.
You will be able to multi-task, be an excellent communicator and make sense of the numbers. You can see the ‘big picture’ and a will be a natural forward planner who can make this role their own.
As the face of Grain, you are our glue. We want you to grow with us, from one challenge to the next, and help us thrive. Basically, we need someone that can make Grain happen.
We love all things architectural and design, and we hope you do too. Being design literate with previous studio experience is a huge plus.
Key responsibilities:
- supporting the directors and management team in order to grow key accounts
- reporting into the department directors, you will be responsible for managing the outputs of the business, continually refining and improving our level of care while maintaining profitability on an expanding projects portfolio. The department directors are responsible for project strategy, quality and team project delivery
- you will help drive our growth through the development of strong relationships with clients and excellence in project management, whilst building a client base of top-tier architectural practices and similar clients to whom design quality is important
- support key clients/projects to ensure deadlines are met and manage the flow of information/client communication to internal teams
- aid the delivery of excellence to ensure the growth of clients and repeat projects
Project-based responsibilities:
- you will monitor and manage projects to ensure that projects remain on track, resulting in on-time delivery and happy clients
- liaising with clients to ensure delivery of all relevant design documentation from clients and architects
- managing third parties e.g. photographers, printers, shooting permits etc
- management of project-related purchasing
- writing accurate and timely business correspondence, whilst organising projects correspondence files
- monitoring and managing team resource on projects and steering projects to successful completion within given time frames (fixed by client requirement and internal costing)
- managing the client feedback process for studio work, and reacting to client job feedback as required
- supporting client presentations and pitches
If this sounds like you, then please get in touch as we’d love you to join us.
Please submit applications using the ‘apply’ link below.