Project Manager for Public Art Studio; Part-Time, Hybrid - Charlotte, NC

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee project execution and workflows for a growing public art practice.

This role is a leadership and enforcement role responsible for maintaining structure, accountability, and momentum across all projects and small staff. The ideal candidate thrives in a complex, fast‑moving environment and is comfortable setting boundaries, directing others, and keeping work on track. This position exists to protect the artist's time and ensure projects move forward efficiently and professionally.

Depeña Studio is the interdisciplinary art studio of Ivan Toth Depeña. With 20+ years of experience spanning fine art, public art, architecture, and design, the studio creates concept‑driven work that is sensorial and immersive — often drawing inspiration from patterns in natural systems and data visualization to shape both visual language and meaning. Projects evolve through research, material exploration, and the interplay of construction, composition, light, and color, with the medium selected to best serve the concept, from hand drawing to high‑tech interactive light installations.

Depeña Studio has successfully delivered public art for sports complexes, universities, government buildings, urban plazas, public parks, airports, corporate headquarters, and along light rail systems, balancing a Ivan's personal studio practice with meaningful public art and placemaking projects.

• Oversee all active projects from proposal, project onboarding through installation and close‑out
• Maintain project schedules, deliverables, and approval timelines
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and scope creep early
• Coordinate with clients, designers, fabricators, engineers, and vendors
• Prepare meeting agendas, track action items, and follow up
• Direct staff workflow and priorities across projects
• Serve as a primary internal point of coordination
• Support studio principal by filtering issues and escalating when needed

• Manage project management software (e.g. Asana)
• Maintain documentation, schedules, and internal trackers
• Help refine studio workflows, templates, and processes

• Authoritative, organized, and proactive
• Comfortable setting expectations and enforcing them
• Highly communicative and detail‑oriented
• Present in the studio and visible to the team

• Project management experience in public art, architecture, fabrication, construction, exhibitions, or design‑build environments
• Experience working with creative teams and technical collaborators
• Strong organizational and communication skills
  
  Comfort managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Confidence working directly with principals and staff

Formal project management certification is not required;
real‑world execution experience matters more
.

This role may begin part‑time (2–3 days per week) with a combination of:

• On‑site studio hours
• Remote

Part‑time W‑2 to start (15–20 hrs/week). Role may expand; benefits eligibility may be added if hours increase.

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