
Project Manager Rigging Services
Chicago, ILFull-time$60–66K/yrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Rigging Services Project Manager coordinates overhead rigging, sign hanging, lighting, and associated electrical requirements for produced events. The role serves as the primary liaison between exhibitors and rigging logistics or technical rigging leads, supporting the Audio Visual Production team. It is full-time and in-person, based in McCook, Illinois, with travel requirements of 50% to 75%.
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About Us
As part of The Freeman Company, Event & Exhibit Services designs and delivers unforgettable moments that create a bond between audiences and our clients. It’s just one reason why we’re the leader in live events.
Summary
The Rigging Services Project Manager is responsible for the management and coordination of all overhead rigging, sign hanging, lighting, and associated electrical requirements for produced events. This position serves as the primary liaison between the exhibitors and Project Manager – Rigging Logistics or technical rigging show lead to ensure successful coordination of rigging requirements.
This position will support our Audio Visual Production team. The position follows an in-person schedule working full-time in-office and/or show-site based out of McCook, IL.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
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Creates and maintains show files/show kits to ensure completion of required documentation
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Works with the clients to gather specifications and enter into the appropriate systems
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Creates estimates for clients Produces and processes on-site work tickets as required
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Completes work tickets and enters dismantle labor
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Ensures labor tickets are signed by exhibitors
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Dispatches labor and obtains detailed information about installation upon return
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Creates final billing reports for invoicing
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Creates hanging sign installation spreadsheet
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Creates hanging sign folders for Operations Manager
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Ensures hanging sign labor tickets are correctly entered for exhibitors
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Compiles hanging sign information that includes plots, assembly instructions and engineer stamps
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Create training material and training of Project Manager – Rigging Services position upsell
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Enterprise products to exhibitors
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Creates packaged pre-work to hand off to show site personnel
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Create and Test new processes and procedures
Education & Experience
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High School Diploma or equivalent required
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Minimum 4 years experience in labor coordination or exhibitor services preferred
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Proficient in MS Office suite Proficient with Google Sheets & Google Docs
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Proficient in Salesforce Ability to interpret floor plans
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Understanding of rigging safety procedures preferred
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Familiarity with local union jurisdictions and rules preferred
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Valid drivers license required
Travel Requirements
Travel 50% to 75%
What We Offer
The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
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Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
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Tuition Reimbursement
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Paid Parental Leave
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Life, Accident and Disability
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Retirement with Company Match
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Paid Time Off
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Salary range of $60,000 - $66,000 based upon experience
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Eligible for an annual bonus of up to 5% of the base salary
Diversity Commitment
At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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How this job compares
Set against the 15,485 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60–66K/yr
- Illinois median$102–160K/yr423 salary ranges
- US median$102–167K/yr9,805 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $63K, is 52% below the Illinois median midpoint ($133K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 516 open Project Management jobs in Illinois and 15,485 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (12,304 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 6,983 of the 15,485 open Project Management jobs (45%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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