JOB: Leo Villareal Studio, Technical Project Manager

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
LEO VILLAREAL STUDIO
Leo Villareal Studio is a fine art studio specializing in the creation of highly-refined LED and video artworks.
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our team. The new hire will work closely with the artist
and a small, tightly-knit team to facilitate the production of new LED and video artworks of a variety of scales.
The technical project manager will:
● Manage multiple simultaneous artwork commission projects; keeping projects on-budget and
on-schedule and actively communicating timelines to clients and collaborators:
● Identify and vet new fabricators and vendors to expand an existing pool.
● Select the appropriate vendors based on project-specific demands.
● Perform materials research.
● Create Solidworks or CAD models for artworks that are being specified; communicate design
requirements to vendors within a complete design drawing set and BOM.
● Write technical specifications that convey the minimum performance requirements for artworks that
are being specified.
● Lead communication with fabricators, drafting RFPs, work orders, and pre-inspection reports
● Record each step in the creation of an artwork and ensure the artwork is properly documented in the
studio’s archive; create and maintain BOMs for active projects.
● Create artwork manuals and system diagrams.
● Review vendor bills and ensure they are properly coded.
● Maintain project budget and schedule.
Qualifications:
● Experience specifying, designing, and fabricating electronic artwork.
● Ability to draw complex metalwork in 2D and 3D and to specify build parameters for fabricators while
overseeing a given fabricator’s execution of the design.
● Experience managing multiple simultaneous production projects; ability to keep projects on-budget
and on-schedule and communicate timelines to clients and collaborators.
● Excellent attention to detail, including ability to inspect artworks and artwork components with an
exacting microvision
Required software skills:
Solidworks, Autocad/Vectorworks/Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite including: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop,
and Acrobat, MS Office, Google Docs, FileMaker Pro or equivalent.
Application Instructions:
Please send us your resume and cover letter along with three references. Only complete applications will be
considered. Email applications to: villarealstudiojobs@gmail.com.