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Art Curator - Project Manager (Environmental Graphics)

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX · Posted July 1, 2026

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About the job

Create Spaces That Guide, Comfort, and Inspire

At Texas Children's Hospital, every detail of our environment plays a role in the patient and family experience. We're seeking an Art Project Manager (Environmental Graphics) to lead the planning, design, and implementation of our enterprise-wide signage and wayfinding program across new construction, renovations, and campus expansion projects.

This is an opportunity to combine creativity, technical expertise, and project leadership to shape how patients, families, visitors, and staff navigate one of the nation's leading pediatric healthcare organizations.

What You'll Do

As the Art Project Manager (Environmental Graphics), you'll serve as the subject matter expert for environmental graphics, leading projects from concept through installation while partnering with architects, facilities teams, marketing, clinical leadership, and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Art programs for complex capital projects, renovations, and campus expansions.

Develop budget information during project planning by working with the project management team

Develop Art Location Plans

Develop and adhere to an art implementation schedule in accordance with overall construction project schedule

Propose theme, sizing and material solutions based on project needs

Work with end-user group to approve placement and design solutions

Provide creative direction to artists and other creative resources by developing sketches, presentation materials and gathering other information as needed

Review proposals by artists and make suggestions as needed

Use job-required software and mediums to develop and design solutions according to defined requests

Oversee workflow between vendor resources to maintain productivity

Provide guidance on materials and fabrication methods to ensure durability, quality and cost efficiency

Collaborate with interior design and architecture teams to develop, design, and implement artwork that is cohesive to the project needs

Build and maintain relationships with internal and external creative resources

Schedule installation services in accordance with project demands

Coordinate with clinical staff and vendors to avoid interference with patient care workflow in occupied spaces

Coordinate with project manager to introduce art application when a construction space is ready

Incorporate artwork in collaboration with wayfinding applications throughout the facilities

Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Environmental Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Project Management, Fine Arts, Visual Communications, or a related design discipline.

Three or more years of experience in environmental graphics, signage, graphic communications, facilities planning, architecture, or related project-based design work.

Experience leading multiple design projects simultaneously from concept through installation.

Strong understanding of architectural plans, shop drawings, scales, and construction documentation.

Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to independently drive projects to completion.

Technical Skills Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)

Microsoft Office Suite

Experience with production methods, print technologies, and fabrication processes

Ability to develop construction documents, shop drawings, and production-ready artwork

Understanding of ADA, wayfinding, and environmental graphics best practices is highly preferred.

The ideal candidate is:

A strategic problem solver who enjoys creating intuitive experiences through thoughtful design.

Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.

Comfortable collaborating with diverse stakeholders across clinical, operational, and executive teams.

Able to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.

Passionate about improving patient, visitor, and employee experiences through environmental design.

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.