PROJECT MANAGER AT STUDIO OLAFUR ELIASSON
Full-time
Deadline: 22 July 2019
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced designer/architect with strong organisational and communication skills to join the studio of artist Olafur Eliasson in Berlin. As a project manager, you will work together with the architects in our international and dynamic design department and manage different projects from development to realisation. Our projects range from site-specific commissions to architectural projects and installations. We seek a highly motivated team player who is capable of operating at a fast pace on many parallel and overlapping projects. You have several years of international experience as a project manager, and are able to transform projects of the highest standards into built reality within the frameworks of timeline and budget.
Your Skills and Qualities:
• MA/BA degree in design or architecture
• Full professional proficiency in English, fluency in German is beneficial
• Five or more years professional experience as project manager required
• Demonstrated experience in working on international projects in all phases
• Excellent design skills and sensitivity for aesthetics
• Ability to develop unconventional solutions for seemingly impossible tasks
• Ability to plan and follow timelines and budgets for a broad range of projects
• Experience in taking responsibility and coordinating teams
• Highly developed skills in communication with internal teams and departments
• Able to engage confidently with external consultants, partners, and clients
• Curious, enthusiastic, and flexible
• Able to operate at a fast pace while managing multiple submission dates
• Excellent problem solving, organisation, and interpersonal skills
• On a personal level, you have a collaborative and pro-active approach
• Strong proficiency in Rhino 3D, additional software skills are beneficial
• Willing to travel for work
• Valid European work & residence permit is preferred
We are looking forward to receiving your online application (cover letter, CV & portfolio), please indicate within your application your earliest possible entry date and your salary expectation. Please send your application no later than 22 July 2019 to: jobs@olafureliasson.net
STUDIO OLAFUR ELIASSON OFFERS PAID INTERNSHIP POSITIONS
Full-time
Deadline: rolling
Job Description:
We are looking for students in the fields of industrial design or architecture, who are interested in experimental research and the transformation of research into real projects. We seek highly motivated team players with a strong passion for art and architecture who are interested in spending a semester in the design department at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin. The internships are paid, full-time positions. We are looking for interns from 1 September 2019 for a duration of about 6 months.
Your Skills & Qualities:
• Excellent design skills and sensitivity for aesthetics
• Curiosity and enthusiasm
• Strong proficiency in Rhino 3D and Adobe Suite (please specify in CV)
• Experience in model building and digital fabrication (3D printer and CNC)
• Experience in programming geometries (e.g. with Grasshopper)
• Good English skills (German skills are helpful but not necessary)
• Ability to work independently, precisely, and elaborately
• Ability to think analytically and conceptually
We look forward to receiving your online application (cover letter, CV, and portfolio). An internship at SOE is independent of an enrollment in school or university. Selected interns need a valid working/residence permit for Germany, which can be applied for. For this reason, please state your nationality and allow enough time if applying as a non-European student.
Please send your application to: jobs@olafureliasson.net
About Studio Olafur Eliasson: The team at Studio Olafur Eliasson consists of about one hundred people, including craftsmen and specialized technicians, architects, archivists and art historians, web and graphic designers, film-makers, cooks, and administrators. We work with Olafur Eliasson to develop and produce artworks, projects, and exhibitions. We are a fast-paced team that understands the importance of slow, in-depth work. We hire highly skilled team-players, and we value creative thinkers and doers with a passion for art.
Studio Olafur Eliasson aims to promote an inclusive employment climate and does not discriminate in its employment practices on the basis of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, parental or marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity/gender expression.
Only complete applications fitting the qualification profiles will be considered.