Interior Design Project Manager | Workplace Interiors

At Corgan we are passionate about great design but the best thing we build is each other.

Here, you’ll find camaraderie and collaboration as abundantly as curiosity and creativity.

Corgan is a welcoming and supportive environment that provides significant career advantages.

You’ll find room to grow, freedom to explore — and the safety to fail.

Thank you for your interest in joining our curious, passionate, hardworking team.

Corgan is actively recruiting a dynamic Interior Design Project Manager to join the firm as part of our Workplace Interiors Studio in our Chicago office location.

Tackle these responsibilities alongside a team of creative, highly motivated individuals who are passionate about their work and ready to collaborate to achieve outstanding results.

Our ideal team member is passionate and progressively seeking more responsibilities to expand their expertise.

• Develop competitive fee structures reflecting defined scope of services for project pursuits
• Establish and manage project schedules
• Oversee the completion of projects on time and within fee budget
• Anticipate, understand and manage client expectations
• Provide leadership to staff by identifying project studio team members’ roles and responsibilities, leveraging their strengths, providing stretch opportunities, and offering mentorship
• Lead and encourage open dialogue with project team regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions
• Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction
• Oversee the selection of materials, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment
• Oversee administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications)
• Oversee development and presentation of appropriate technical solutions to project stakeholders
• Drive the coordination of internal staff, external consultants and other stakeholders to achieve a cohesive and collaborative project team.
• Attend and conduct presentations
• Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks
• Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance
• Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project