Project Manager (Los Angeles)

Project Manager

Job Family

Project Management

Type

LT Full-Time

Position Status

Getty Center

Workplace Type

Hybrid / Partially Remote

Salaried / Hourly

Salaried

Hiring Pay Scale

$70,958 - $94,018 Annually

Salary

Commensurate with experience and internal equity

Program / Department

Research Institute - 0435-Exhibitions

Requisition Number

2025-4685

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Job Summary

Reporting to Getty Research Institute's (GRI) Sr. Exhibition Coordinator(s), this limited-term Project Administrative Manager will provide project / administrative management and oversight for a collaborative, multi-organizational launch of a series of local exhibitions and programming on the architect Paul Revere Williams. Materials for these exhibitions will be drawn from the architect's archive, which is co-owned by the Getty Research Institute and USC School of Architecture. Paul Revere Williams was the most significant African American architect of the 20th century, with especially strong ties to Southern California and the city of Los Angeles. Documenting the entirety of Williams' career, from his early residential commissions during Los Angeles' housing boom of the 1920s to landmark mid-century civic structures, the archive includes approximately 35,000 plans, 10,000 original drawings, blueprints and project diazotypes, hand-colored renderings, vintage photographs, correspondence, and other materials.

The Project Administrative Manager will work with colleagues from the GRI, other Getty programs and departments including Getty Marketing and Communications, USC's Fisher Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Project Administrative Manager will liaise with teams to monitor project timelines, schedule and lead cross-departmental / cross-organizational meetings, manage project documentation, prepare reports, support project execution while handling administrative tasks, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. The Project Administrative Manager will also oversee and monitor the interdepartmental coordination related to outgoing exhibition loans and imaging collection material to ensure that project timelines are met.

Major Job Responsibilities

Supports development and maintenance of project management tools and documentation, including budgets, schedules and team calendars, work plans, evaluations and reports.

• Applies established standards and best practices in project management to monitor projects and assignments, manage quality of project deliverables, and identify and mitigate potential project risks. Assigned projects to include overseeing the internal workflows of outgoing exhibition loans and imaging collection material.
• Serves as main point of contact for partnering organizations and facilitates project communication, including distributing project information, preparing project status reports, preparing presentations, and updating project management tools.
• Performs administrative duties including scheduling and coordinating large complex meetings and preparing meeting agendas.
• Collaborates on vendor contacts and procurement requisitions, including obtaining bids and overseeing the production and distribution of related materials.
• Some data entry may be required.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

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