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Design Manager - Creative Producer

Gensler

Los Angeles, CA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$120,000–$138,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Accounting, Adobe Creative Suite, Architectural Services, Budgeting, Building Design, Business Development, CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing), Communication Skills, Construction Document Set, Consumer Branding, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Satisfaction, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Develop and Maintain Customers, Experiment Design, Financial Management, Financial Projections, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Professional License, Project Management Software, Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Proposal Development, Proposal Writing, Quality Control, Reimbursement, Relationship Management, Sales Management, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
POSTED
1 day ago
Your Role

Gensler's brand design team changes how people experience their world. We're fun, talented, passionate, and good at helping our clients enhance their brand and business performance. As a design firm, Gensler is committed to being client-first, diverse, exploratory and sustainable-minded. Come join our Experiential Design Practice as a Creative Producer & Design Manager and client relationship leader working with varied clients to deliver experiential design solutions from master plans to buildings, spaces, exhibits, and shows. Your role is to be a design facilitator who works with varied teams to hear what the client needs and achieve creative excellence with tangible results.

What You Will Do
  • Facilitate great experiential, strategic, and design results by cultivating and maintaining positive client and team relationships.
  • Overall project responsibility for client management and development, client satisfaction, quality control, and financial performance of projects.
  • Perform as main point of contact and leader on projects for clients, vendors, and teams
  • Manage multidisciplinary project team workload for multiple projects
  • Create and manage project scopes, budgets and work-plans
  • Manage project financial performance and regularly update internal reporting
  • Assist in the development of proposals and collaborate in the strategic development of new business
  • Interact with internal/external team members, including designers & project managers from other practice areas, representatives from accounting and external vendors
  • Manage coordination between studios
  • Manage project staffing/hours
  • Do whatever it takes to be excellent...
Your Qualifications
  • 8+ years' experience in an design consultancy, development organization, creative production, architecture/interiors or related field, with 5+ years leading creative teams and overseeing project work
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
  • Candidate will be expected to provide and review work samples which speak to your experience and impact.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Totally client- and team-oriented, knows how to balance demands for time and resources.
  • Strong leadership, organization, communication and relationship management skills.
  • Experience in organizing, writing and delivering proposals for project work.
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Knowledge of project management tools and methods.
  • Organized and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
  • Comfortable in internal and external client facing situations.
  • Nice extras: Familiarity with CAD and Revit, ability to read architectural construction documents and shop drawings.


Candidates will be expected to provide and review work samples which speak to your experience and impact as a thinker and a doer. Send us an introduction of yourself that tells the story of how your efforts as a manager have delivered great results for your company, colleagues and clients.

**Compensation is based upon experience and estimated range is $120,000 - $138,000 annually + bonuses + benefits

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to "Well-being Week," our offices reflect our people's diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm's commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

About the Company

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Gensler

As architects, designers, planners and consultants, we partner with our clients on some 3,000 projects every year. These projects can be as small as a wine label or as large as a new urban district. With more than 3,500 professionals networked across 43 locations, we serve our clients as trusted advisors, combining localized expertise withglobal perspective wherever new opportunities arise.

Our work reflects an enduring commitment to sustainability and the belief that design is one of the most powerful strategic tools for securing lasting competitive advantage.

Clients

We have more than 2,000 active clients—large and small, public and private, for-profit and nonprofit—a true cross-section of the global economy. We put ourselves in the world of our clients to see issues and challenges through their eyes. Our approach to individual projects is always viewed in the context of our clients' larger business plans and strategies, enabling us to add more value to their enterprises.

Everything we do is organized around providing the best possible service to our clients. As we've grown, we've expanded resources and diversified our expertise to provide a 24/7-platform for delivering client projects, regardless of size, complexity or location.

Leadership

Gensler uses a collaborative model of senior leadership. Our Board of Directors sets overall strategy and policy. Executive Directors Andy Cohen, David Gensler and Diane Hoskins run the firm, working with and through our Management Committee. Together, they direct and integrate our practices, offices, and design and delivery teams to serve our clients effectively on a global, 24/7 basis.

Behind each client is a worldwide network of architects, designers, planners and consultants led by 196 Principals in 43 locations, a firm with an international reputation for innovative design, superb delivery, and efficient management of its teams and projects.

Please view our 2013 Appointments website to meet our newest Gensler Principals, Senior Associates and Associates.

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Architectural and Design Services
FOUNDED
1965
WEBSITE
http://www.gensler.com/

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