Chicago Botanic Garden

Project Manager

• Manage and monitor the full project lifecycle for design deliverables, from initiation through completion
• Prepare and manage bid proposals with external vendors, evaluating quotes and ensuring project specifications, costs, and timelines are met
• Coordinate production with printers, mail houses, and sign vendors, maintaining quality standards and resolving issues as needed
• Coordinate with stakeholders to establish schedules, set realistic expectations, and ensure timely feedback loops
• Align design deliverables with overall marketing and communications strategies, including landing pages, email campaigns, social media, print, and other creative assets
• Identify opportunities to develop and optimize design and production workflows for greater efficiency
• Create, track, and maintain project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation
• Serve as a central point of communication between creative staff, marketing teams, and business stakeholders
• Utilize Smartsheet and other project management tools to track and report on project progress

Creative Project Manager

Research Scientist

• Collecting and organizing large amounts of raw data (e.g., air temperature and humidity), including creating custom R scripts to wrangle data into an analysis-ready format
• Developing a statistical approach to assess the relationship between lawn alternative plantings and air temperature to understand cooling capacity of different plantings
• Creating figures to effectively visualize results
• Writing a manuscript draft that effectively communicates the results of the study
• Meeting every two weeks with supervisor to discuss progress
• Depending on their interests, research assistants will be able to expand their work into independent research projects and, if interested, attend/present at conferences

Creative Project Manager

Research Assistant, Lawn Alternatives