INTERACTIVE PRODUCER

Cortina Productions; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental program

Company sponsored 401K

Paid vacation and sick leave

Floating holidays

Maternal/Paternal leave

Professional development days

Community events and activities

Job summary

Cortina Productions is seeking an Interactive Producer to lead an in-house team of designers, programmers, animators, editors, and production staff for interactive media experiences. The role requires near-site collaboration at our office to test software on project hardware and travel as needed.

The candidate should have 5+ years in interactive/multimedia development, experience with kiosks/web/mobile/AR/VR, and strong scripting and client communication skills with a passion for museums.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in interactives, film, multimedia, computer science, or communications.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with interactive or multimedia development.
• Experience with interactive software projects and crafting user experience flow.
• Experience writing scripts and distilling content for easy understanding.
• Experience with CMS or DAM systems.
• Experience with touchscreens, AR, VR, and gesture-triggered experiences (preferred).
• Love of museums and working in the museum industry.

Responsibilities

• Creative: Lead the creative development of interactive media exhibits, including scripting, experience design, and guiding the creative process with designers and developers.
• Technical: Knowledge of agile processes, lead stand-ups, oversee user testing, bug reporting, and project tracking with a development team (Unity, C++, HTML5, etc).
• Client Management: Clearly communicate concepts to the client, implement feedback, manage project scope.
• Communication: Make sound decisions, think strategically, and maintain organization, time management, and strong written/verbal communication.

Skills

Unity

C++

HTML5

Agile

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in interactives/film/multimedia/CS/communications

Tools

Content Management Systems

Digital Asset Management

Job description

The Interactive Producer will lead an in-house team of designers, programmers, animators, editors, and production staff, for interactive media experiences. The individual should be comfortable working both independently and within a larger team environment, solution-oriented, highly organized, and sharply focused with a keen eye for detail. We are seeking an individual local to our office to be able to collaborate and test custom software on project hardware in our office as needed.

Work hours are to occur within standard business hours. Must be willing/able to travel as required.

Role And Responsibilities

• Creative: Lead the creative development of the interactive media exhibits this includes but is not limited: writing scripts, developing experience design and user experience flow, and guiding the creative process working closely with designers, and developers.
• Technical: Knowledge of the agile process, able to lead stand-ups, oversight of user testing, and bug reporting, update project tracking software, experience working with a development team and of programming languages (Unity, C+, HTML5, etc).
• Client Management: Ability to clearly communicate creative ideas/concepts/scripts to the client, implement client feedback, manage project scope.
• Communication: Ability to make sound decisions, think strategically, focus on detail, problem solve, multi-task, and have an excellent memory. Must possess exceptional organization, time management, excellent verbal/written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications / Requirements

• College education: Bachelor’s degree in the study of interactives, film, multimedia, computer science, or communications.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with the interactive, or multimedia development process.
• Experience working on interactive software projects and crafting user experience flow on digital products such as kiosks, websites, mobile applications, and augmented reality.
• Experience writing scripts and taking complicated content and distilling it down for easy understanding.
• Experience with usage of Content Management Systems or Digital Asset Management systems.
• Experience with technologies such as touchscreens, AR, VR, and gesture triggered experiences (preferred, not required).
• Experience conducting user testing (preferred, not required).
• Love of museums and working in the museum industry.

Compensation And Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience. Salary Range: $75,000.00 – $100,000.00 per year
• Generous health and dental program
• Company sponsored 401K
• Paid vacation, sick, holidays, floating holidays
• Maternal/paternal leave
• Up to seven paid days of professional development
• An in-house committee that plans amazing cook-offs, ‘museum madness’ fun, picnics, games, health initiatives, spontaneous dance parties, and volunteer events to give back to the community