**Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a general scale.**Wasserman Live specializes in delivering branding and signage, custom fabrication, live event production and experiential operations across sports, music, entertainment and culture. Working with the world’s most iconic properties and brands, we elevate live events to make them unforgettable.**
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This is your team, provide motivation, support and leadership to maintain project momentum. You are part of a wider with the skills and resources to solve issues and plan the implementation. The Venues and Field of Play are the heart of our Client's Major Sporting Event and we are all focused to execute the plan, but the scope starts with your team.
**Responsibilities**:
- Managing a team of Look Managers, combined with oversight of Installation and Venue Managers during key installation periods.
- Manage the change control and updating process of requests from our Client.
- Daily tasking of the venue management team.
- Work closely with program manager to understand the wider project program, deadlines and milestones, and plan the actions of your team accordingly.
- Align the schedule & responsibilities for scoping requirements, ensuring all the team are training and prepared to do the task in hand.
- Oversee and ensure the accurate collection of scopes, and the dot planning and information / message scheduling information required to facilitate a successful process
- Training the team on Quest and other IT systems, including the Look and Signage system selected by our Client for use for their Major Sporting Events (a new system developed by another company)
- Work in tandem with Data & Program Manager to ensure all the correct information from the team is logged on Quest, and establish the process by which information will be transferred between systems
- Develop and support in the understanding and implementation of Look design processes
- Review and comment on the scope of works to identify gaps and reconcile assumptions.
- Support in integrating the operations of all contractual obligations: Look, Wayfinding, FA signage.
- Responsible for all project areas: design, production, installation and derig.
- Responsible to assess all venue operations: feasibility, scope, risks, budget, asset listing, on site management, H&S.;
- Liaise with the operations and planning team to schedule the install, transitions, and de-rig at each venue (venue managers gather the information, need assure the details are with planning team)
- Work alongside Project Director to present reports (project status, risks management and budget control).
- Building strong and trusted relationships with key decision makers in the Major Sporting Event project.
- There will be close liaison with the clients teams, alongside the Project Director.
- Understand the risks and manage a risk register within your core scope and responsibilities to enable the wider team to mitigate those risks.
- Management of client expectations through clear communication.
- Quality assurance at all times.
- Engage with the sustainability teams to define and deliver “second life” and other downstream solutions.
- Quality assurance at all times.
- Oversee the decommissioning and removal of all visual elements at the end of the tournament, ensuring proper storage or disposal where appropriate.
- Work closely with the venue teams to monitor the quality and integrity of installations, ensuring that they are maintained throughout the event.
**THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED**
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management processes and procedures.
- Direct work experience in a project management capacity or equivalent.
- Proven experience in people management, including leadership, delegation and influencing.
- Proven experience in strategic planning, organization and problem solving with great attention to detail in multi-sport international events.
- Proven knowledge and experience in design of Look, Signage and Wayfinding for multi-sports events (at least in 3 international multi-sports events).
- Excellent communication and team building skills.
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Excellent decision-making skills.
- Creative thinker able to problem solve and provide innovative solutions to client briefs.
- Ability to prioritize and think logically and methodically.
- A “hands on” “can do” attitude with an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially in Microsoft Excel) and Smartsheet proficiency.
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite will be highly valued.
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