Project Management Manager – Experiential & Events
About The Position
At Jack Morton, we design and build brand experiences that redefine what experiential marketing can achieve. We are looking for a Project Management Manager – Experiential & Events to help lead the team behind them. Based in Addison, you'll lead a talented Project Management team while staying hands-on with some of our most complex and fast-moving experiential and event programs. This is a role for someone who enjoys both sides of project leadership: developing great people and getting into the details when the work demands it. You'll partner with Sales, Operations, Production, Creative, and global teams to turn ambitious ideas into experiences that are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standard. If you're energized by complicated projects, tight timelines, talented teams, and the occasional "we need to figure this out" moment, you'll fit right in.
Requirements
- 5–10 years of project management experience in experiential marketing, events, exhibits, production, or a related environment
- Proven experience leading and developing project managers or project teams
- Experience managing multiple complex projects with competing priorities and deadlines
- A strong understanding of event production, logistics, and execution
- Exceptional organization and attention to detail
- The confidence to work across Sales, Creative, Operations, Production, and other teams
- Experience with budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, and financial reconciliation
- A proactive, solutions-oriented approach—you see problems coming and start working on the solution
- The ability to stay calm, focused, and decisive when things change
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Responsibilities
- Lead projects that are anything but ordinary
- Be both a people leader and hands-on project leader, taking ownership of key programs from kickoff through execution and closeout.
- Lead the delivery of complex experiential marketing, event, exhibit, and production projects
- Guide Project Managers through planning, execution, problem-solving, and closeout
- Partner with Sales and Operations to make sure scopes, work orders, timelines, and project details are aligned from the start
- Review critical project elements including budgets, packing lists, show service orders, and technical drawings
- Anticipate issues before they become show-day problems
- Keep teams focused on priorities, deadlines, quality, and client expectations
- Help strengthen the systems and processes behind our work by identifying opportunities to improve project management tools, processes, and workflows
- Champion consistent project management practices and global standards
- Collaborate with global counterparts to share ideas and elevate best practices
- Participate in production and cross-functional meetings to keep teams aligned
- Support estimating and helping maintain the financial health of projects
- Find smarter ways to improve efficiency without compromising the client experience
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
