Job: On-site Project Manager

Jobing Description

Job Code: 2360
Division: Schawk
Location: OMAHA, NE US
Travel Involved: 0-10%
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Experienced
Education: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
Skills:
Category: Client Services

Schawk, Inc., (NYSE: SGK), is a leading provider of brand point management services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers to create deeper brand affinity. With a global footprint of more than 60 offices, Schawk helps companies create compelling and consistent brand experiences by providing integrated strategic, creative and executional services across brand touchpoints. Founded in 1953, Schawk is trusted by many of the world's leading organizations to help them achieve global brand consistency.

Job Summary
The primary responsibility of this position is to act as a central point of communication on multiple projects, both internally and externally. The Project Manager will develop project timelines, maintain regular status reports, facilitate team planning meetings, and ensure team members share appropriate information and tools. Additionally, the Project Manager will work with design directors and implementation/production teams to schedule and facilitate the flow of information in all project phases. The meeting and recording of milestones and goals is a must. Facilitation of team briefings, design criteria and pre-production meetings as appropriate. This position will also keep supervisors and client informed of project status and needs. The Project Manager will be responsible for project budgeting, and weekly financial project reviews.

Job Responsibilities

* Acts as central point of communication on multiple projects
internally and externally as necessary. Develops overall project
timeline, maintains regular status reports and meeting/conference
reports, and distributes to team.

* Gain the confidence of clients, DP account managers and
internal studio teams through consistent attention to detail, good
judgment and people skills.

* Prepare project estimates on a timely basis and revise as
required or as scope of project changes.

* Support new technologies and training to ensure optimum
efficiency and performance.

* Use Filemaker Pro workflow and communication forms to ensure
all customer and project related information is stored in our
database system (memos, workorders, production spec sheets,
estimates, etc.)

* Works with Design Director, implementation/production teams t
schedule and facilitate the flow of information in all project
phases, ensuring milestones such as approvals and internal proofing
requirements are met and recorded.

* Leads fewer complexes to moderate level project teams and
facilities the communication and interaction among the functional
representatives.

* Assigns and monitors the work of project staff, providing
technical support and direction.

* Tracks projects against schedule, budget and project
objectives.

* Coordinates with clients to provide necessary project status
and obtain client feedback.

* Recommendation new processes where needed and leads efforts to
improve quality.

* Establishes requirements and project plans.

* Works independently toward goals and objectives seeks
additional review on unusual assignments.

* Handles decisions regarding guidelines, policies, procedures or

project parameter affecting a work group.

* Solves complex problems conduct analysis of the costs and
benefits of modifying procedures increase effectiveness of a
department.

* Develops cross-work group partnerships and initiates new and
productive internal and external alliances.

* Builds consensus, encourages two-way feedback, and acknowledge
contribution of others.

* May periodically provide leadership and/or guidance to less
experienced employees on multiple functional areas within a
discipline.

Qualifications / Requirements
Typically has a Bachelor s
Degree or
equivalent combination of experience and education.
Incumbents
should have a background in print production and experience working
with packaging design, preferably consumer packaged goods.
Incumbents typically have 5-8 years of project management

experience.

Demonstrated application of project management methodology
(technique, documentation, tools).

Competent understanding of project management methodology including
the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk, develop
detailed work plans and specifications, perform resource allocations
and run team meetings.

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Personal Performance Factors

* Integrity/Ethics - deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, and conveys good news and bad.
* Perseverance - targets and achieves results, sets challenging goals, prioritizes tasks, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets team standards and responsibilities, provides leadership/motivation.
* Adaptability/Flexibility - Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs.
* Teamwork - Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere.
* Initiative - Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development.