Design Project Manager

About this role

Design Project Manager — Custom Lighting

Location:
Remote

Employment type:
Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a Design Project Manager to lead custom lighting projects for luxury hotels, high-end restaurants, and other exceptional spaces around the world.

This role is ideal for someone with a background in architecture, interior design, lighting, product design, or a related creative field who has discovered that they enjoy managing the design process more than being the person producing every design themselves.

You understand what makes a design successful. You have strong visual judgment, an eye for proportion and materials, and the ability to protect the original design intent. At the same time, you are highly organized, comfortable managing details and deadlines, and confident communicating directly with clients.

You will serve as the link between our clients, design teams, technical teams, vendors, and manufacturing partners—guiding each project from initial concept through approvals, production, and delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Manage custom lighting projects from design development through production and delivery
• Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, architects, interior designers, and other project stakeholders
• Translate creative concepts and client expectations into clear project requirements
• Develop and maintain project schedules, priorities, approval milestones, and action lists
• Coordinate drawings, specifications, finishes, materials, samples, and technical submissions
• Review project information for accuracy, completeness, and consistency with the design intent
• Lead client meetings and communicate progress, decisions, risks, and next steps clearly
• Coordinate with internal designers, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics partners
• Track client feedback and ensure that revisions and approvals are properly documented
• Anticipate potential problems and resolve them before they affect quality, bu...