This position will be onsite full-time in our Elmhurst, IL office.

Your Career In The Stratusphere

There’s never been a better time to join Stratus!

As the market leader in brand implementation and maintenance, we help the world’s most recognized brands show up consistently, everywhere they operate. From exterior signage and interior branding to site refreshes, digital signage, and ongoing repair and maintenance, we bring brands to life where it matters most. Our work extends far beyond installation; we become a long-term partner in helping brands succeed.

At Stratus, every employee plays a direct role in that impact. We operate with a strong commitment to customer service, a focus on execution, and a bias for action. If you're looking for a place where your contributions are visible, your growth is supported, and your work makes a real difference, you’ll find it here.

The Opportunity

The Project Manager, Interior Branding is responsible for coordinating customer projects from planning through installation and closeout, ensuring each location is delivered in alignment with customer standards, budget, schedule, and quality expectations. This role serves as a central point of coordination across Account Management, Design, Production, vendors, installers, Accounting, and the customer, helping move projects seamlessly from concept to completion.

You will manage multiple projects and locations at once, track milestones and financial performance, coordinate surveys and approvals, support installation readiness, and provide clear, timely communication throughout the project lifecycle. Success in this role requires strong organization, ownership, and customer focus, along with a safety-first mindset when coordinating field activity, installation requirements, and vendor execution.

• Manage assigned Interior Branding projects from award through completion, including scope, schedule, budget, customer requirements, and key project milestones.
• Partner with Account Management to understand customer standards, program requirements, deliverables, and expectations for each awarded project.
• Coordinate preliminary surveys, site information, brand books, mockups, artwork approvals, fixture locations, and other project requirements with Design, Production, vendors, and customers.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, track open actions and dependencies, and proactively address risks or delays that could affect customer commitments.
• Coordinate approved vendors and installation partners, ensuring they have accurate scope, site requirements, materials, documentation, and timing needed for successful execution.
• Monitor project financial performance, including budgets, purchase orders, vendor costs, change activity, and invoicing readiness, and escalate variances when appropriate.
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers, field partners, Production, Design, Accounting, and internal stakeholders regarding project status, decisions, risks, and next steps.
• Review completion photos, punch-list items, customer deliverables, and closeout documentation to confirm work meets quality and project requirements before final turnover.
• Complete required project updates in client portals, ERP systems, reporting tools, and internal records, including information needed for Accounting and invoicing.
• Promote a safety-first approach to project execution by communicating site and installation requirements, escalating known hazards or unsafe conditions, and ensuring field partners understand applicable safety expectations.

• 3 or more years of project management, program management, signage, interior branding, construction, or related experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, locations, schedules, budgets, milestones, and competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with customers, vendors, installers, and cross-functional internal teams.
• Ability to read and understand basic floor plans, surveys, layouts, and project documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort working in ERP, project tracking, customer portal, and reporting systems.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and follow-through skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to identify project risks, resolve issues proactively, and escalate concerns with clear recommendations when needed.
• Experience in signage, branded environments, interior graphics, fixtures, or multi-location implementation programs is preferred.
• Availability to support night or weekend installations or project escalations when business needs require.
• Commitment to safe project execution, including awareness of site conditions, installation risks, and the importance of promptly escalating safety concerns.

Physical and mental demands

• This position is based in a general office setting with typical office physical demands including sitting, standing, moving from place to place within the office, typing on a computer keyboard, bending to reach file cabinets, and occasional lifting of packages less than 25 pounds.

Working Conditions

• The primary work environment this position encounters includes the conditions found within a general office. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

What We Offer

Culture & Growth

• Supportive, collaborative work environment
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Regular coaching, feedback, and mentorship to support growth

Health & Wellbeing

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Health Savings Accounts with employer contributions
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Employee Assistance Program

Financial Security

• Weekly pay schedule
• 401(k) with employer match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life Balance

• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Paid parental leave

Pay Transparency

$55,000- $65,000 Annually

This range reflects the anticipated compensation for this role at the time of posting. Actual pay may vary based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, education, location, and business needs. This position may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation based on the nature of the position, individual, department, and/or company performance.

Work Environment

This role operates primarily in a general office environment with regular collaboration across customer, project, production, and field teams. The position involves prolonged periods of sitting, computer use, virtual communication, and detailed project coordination. Occasional interaction with production or installation environments may be required. When entering production or job-site areas, employees are expected to follow all applicable safety procedures and personal protective equipment requirements.

Pre-Employment Requirements

All offers of employment with Stratus are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, in accordance with applicable laws. For certain roles, including those designated as safety-sensitive or regulated positions, employment may also be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and/or other regulatory requirements.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Stratus is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.

Qualified applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. Please contact people.culture@onestratus.com if you need an accommodation due to a disability to complete an application, job interview, and/or to otherwise participate in the hiring process. This email does not respond to non-accommodations related requests. 

Additional Information

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all duties or responsibilities. Responsibilities may change at any time based on the needs of Stratus.