Creative Technologist

Fake Love ( www.fakelove.tv ), a New York Times Company, is an award-winning experience agency. We produce a wide range of experiential work from permanent installations to immersive live events and everything in between. The technology is never our core focus; it is a tool that serves us in our telling of emotionally impactful stories.

The Tech Department at Fake Love is seeking an experienced Creative Technologist. You will report to the Director of Technology and work with a team of other technologists, creatives and producers. This is a junior to mid-level position.

Your job will be to execute the technical side of projects – primarily in software development, but occasionally working with hardware as well. For some projects, you will be expected to contribute to creative ideation, while also keeping those ideas technically feasible. On a typical project, you will work under a Lead Creative Technologist, but ideally you will advance to become one yourself after gaining more experience. Our projects typically have tight turnaround times, so there is a lot of need for improvisation and keeping a relaxed attitude.

The ideal candidate has a deep creative drive in addition to their technical prowess. You should have a portfolio that demonstrates this. You should be curious and have a wide range of knowledge about technologies and softwares used, but also a core focus or specialty. You are comfortable with self driven projects as well as working in teams with others. You don’t need to know how to do it all, but you should know how to research and find the right answers.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Report to the Director of Technology
Support jobs in production via technical problem solving, software development, on-site installation and documentation
Work and collaborate with other vendors and internal teams to ensure a high quality product
Be self driven to explore new technologies and ideate and execute projects involving those findings
Support pitches and internal projects via research and prototype development
Travel to global locations to assist with, maintain, or manage project installations
Document your completed projects and research
Mentor other members of the team and help everyone learn new skills

EXPECTED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s or Graduate Degree in a related field (i.e.Electronic Arts or MFA) preferred or have relevant work experience & portfolio work

Great ability to clearly communicate with tech teams and non-tech teams
Software development (familiarity or deep skills with a few, but not all): Frontend Web Technologies (Vue, React, WebGL), C++ Creative Code frameworks (openFrameworks, Cinder), Unity, GIT, Touchdesigner, Mobile (iOS/Android), Backend Server software (Node.js, SQL, Python, etc)
Some experience with VR/AR Tools – ARKit/ARCore etc
Experience with MacOS, Windows and Linux
Experience integrating with with hardware like cameras, sensors, LEDs, and other physical computing hardware
Some amount of professional work done for clients or with other teams
Great attention to detail and enjoys making things polished and professional
Ability to follow specific directions, while also being very self directed
Able to find answers to their own questions

Creative Technologist, Agency Brand Unit

Google

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Design, or equivalent practical experience.5 years of programming experience for creative or production agencies.Experience in a development position, with a portfolio of original work. Experience explaining technological concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience working with external production companies/vendors.
Ability to contribute to creative ideation and prototyping of innovative storytelling.
Knowledge of multiple programming languages (full web stack) and technologies (e.g. JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Java, Android).
Working knowledge of creative languages and technologies (Processing, Open Framework, Arduino).
Expertise and curiosity in gadgets, inventions and world-changing leaps in technology.
Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform development. Interest in hardware hacking, tangible interfaces, and experimental UI.

About the job

Businesses that partner with Google come in all shapes, sizes and market caps, and no one Google advertising solution works for all. Your knowledge of online media combined with your communication skills and analytical abilities shapes how new and existing business grow. Using your influencing and relationship-building skills, you provide Google-caliber client service, research and market analysis. You anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore and uncover the business needs of Google’s key clients and understand how our range of product offerings can grow their business. Working with them, you set the vision and the strategy for how their advertising can reach thousands of users.

As a Creative Technologist on the BrandUnit, you will work with a cross-functional team to ideate, amplify and vet digital creative concepts—from video ads to integrated technology experiences— for creative agencies and brands that work with Google. You will brainstorm and pitch concepts with the team, troubleshoot with production vendors, and influence the media ecosystem.

You will use your knowledge of Google’s APIs and products to combine and transform them for creative uses. You’ll also help the BrandUnit team develop new tools and technologies to help our clients.

You will occasionally code to experiment with APIs and make recommendations based on experience. You will develop and maintain relationships with product teams at Google to help bring first-to-market opportunities to brands. You will present to marketing and technology leaders of global companies and agencies and work across the digital advertising ecosystem.

Our Large Customer Sales teams partner closely with many of the world’s biggest advertisers and agencies to develop digital solutions that build businesses and brands. We enjoy a bird’s eye view on the massive transformation occurring as advertising shifts to mobile and online platforms. We’re uniquely situated to help shape how companies grow their businesses in the digital age. We advise clients on Google’s broad range of products across search, video and mobile to help them connect instantly and seamlessly with their audiences.

Responsibilities

Apply technical acumen to YouTube formats and Google technologies to bring a creative concept to its fullest potential on our platforms.
Understand Google’s media platforms and articulate how they can drive users to an experience as well as how their advertising formats can be explored creatively. Lead workshops for a variety of audiences
Experiment with various APIs and libraries. Learn new tech and platforms. Implement back-end services and set up environments.
Work with internal Google teams to solve brands challenges through storytelling and technology. Advise the Production team, Creative team and Account Directors.
Collaborate on the development of emerging digital experiences in partnership with brands and agencies.

Reprise – Senior Creative Technologist

IPG Mediabrands

We are seeking a Senior Creative Technologist to join our New York Innovation team At Reprise. Creative Technologists are tasked with bringing their deep understanding of innovative technologies out there to bear on the agency’s creative and product offerings. The Creative Technologist will work with the head of Accounts, Product, and Innovation to answer client needs and help build out growing Innovation offerings. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to create exciting and interesting work for big brands.

Essential Functions

Coordinate with accounts and innovation to determine final objectives.
Create rapid prototypes with measurable outcomes and deliverables.
Judge and articulate technology and platform limitations both internally and externally.
Build web and native based AR and VR experiences.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree of Media Arts, Computer Sciences or equivalent education and experience (Graduate degree a plus)

Work Experience:

Ability to work in a lead role developing strong creative ideas for digital experiences
Understanding of web and native based AR and VR solutions (Three.js, WebGL AR.js ).
Expertise in Unity or Unreal engines and it’s deployment to a variety of outputs
Familiarity with 3D workflows and optimization
A minimum of 3 year’s experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS3 including Node.js
Experience working Git, Confluence and Jira
Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary
Strong knowledge of software implementation best practices
Proven experience with one of the popular JavaScript MV* / MVC frameworks a plus but not a must
Physical computing experience a plus

Skills:

Is a multi-tasker who can handle several projects at once
Has the ability to deliver quality work in a fast paced, high volume, agency environment.
Good analytical, problem solving, negotiation and organizational skills.
Strong customer service, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to present directly to clients when called on to do so.
A competent coder and passionate and curious individual.

Senior Creative Technologist

Whitney Museum of American Art

Reporting to the Director of Digital Media, the Senior Creative Technologist is responsible for technological development and support of the Museum’s digital systems.

About the Team

The Digital Media department is responsible for investigating and harnessing new storytelling techniques and technologies to deliver on the Museum’s mission to engage audiences where-ever they are, and create impactful Whitney experiences. The Senior Creative Technologist works closely with the Director of Digital Media and the Whitney’s web developer on product strategy and development, and leads an agile process to develop and deliver products.

About the Role

As the Senior Creative Technologist, you will oversee the Museum’s digital eco-systems. You are skilled in creating and communicating a vision: you will often lead from the start on projects, explore new models and determine the right approach while cutting through entrenched processes. You are a team player working closely with the museum’s web developer on all development strategy, as well as day to day implementation.

Responsibilities (What You Will Do)

Evolve and maintain our digital systems
Develop tools and frameworks to enable our digital team to build rich storytelling experiences and intuitive e-commerce flows
Collaborate across departments to define roadmaps and prioritization, and work with outside vendors
Provide technical support to systems that support the public website, membership, online retail, online ticketing, museum collections, and internal websites
Consult on museum-wide systems integration projects as they relate to public-facing and internal-facing products
Recommend and implement standards, evaluate functional design, and test usability and compliance
Work with the Museum’s internal design department on product development
Manage performance and reliability of systems
Keep systems and workflows well documented
Conduct R&D on emerging technologies, eg. AR and image recognition

Requirements (Who You Are)

5+ years’ experience maintaining and developing websites
Creative thinker with a keen eye for clean user interface design and implementation, and deep knowledge of web development best practices.
Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and strong QA skills
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to relay technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Fluent in one or more scripting languages, preferably Ruby
Fluent in JavaScript, and up-to-date with ES6 and modern JS tools
Proficient in CSS, and preferably SASS
Experience testing and troubleshooting browser compatibility
Know how to install and maintain relational databases
Strong background in managing and deploying Linux-based web server environments
Familiarity with version control systems and workflows
Familiar with maintaining WordPress and Drupal sites
Experience with accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.0 standards)
Interested in contemporary art

Whitney’s Technology

Our main website was built in-house on Ruby on Rails 5, with a MySQL database, SASS, JavaScript ES6, webpack, runs within Docker on Linux servers, and is served through NGINX. It integrates with several other systems and API’s using JSON and XML. Some of our other sites are built in Python (Django), Drupal 7, and WordPress, and run on Apache. Everything is versioned through Git.

Creative Technology Director

Future Colossal

Future Colossal is looking for a Creative Technology Director to join our Leadership Team. We’re a boutique experiential innovation lab exploring and creating with the latest technologies, immersive environments, and physically interactive experiences. We work on exciting projects for major brands and entertainment IPs ranging from theme park experiences to popup experiential advertising to immersive installations for cause based non-profits.

As Creative Technology Director, you will need to have an understanding of software, hardware, and electrical development. You will lead the exploration of technology as a creative medium, and push design and innovation within the Creative Technology department. You would be responsible for leading and mentoring our team of Creative Technologists, as well as overseeing our technology pipeline, development process, and internal R&D. Your department would work alongside a diverse team of designers, producers, fabricators, engineers, marketing, and strategy experts. As part of the Leadership Team, you would report directly to our founding executive team to help steer the growth and direction of the company.

This is an incredible opportunity for the right candidate. You will have the opportunity to play with the best toys from AR, MR, VR, DMX, Computer Vision, Robotics, to esoteric uses of industrial technology and custom engineered hardware. This is a position for someone who enjoys a challenging role that widely varies from day to day, has a proven history of showing strong leadership across teams, and is a passionate maker.

You are:

Obsessed with technology, making, and learning
Someone that follows the latest trends, tools, and approaches in Creative Technology
A natural leader that excels at managing a team, implementing and maintaining development processes and protocols, and analyzing success of production health across our portfolio of projects / clients
Skilled at leading meetings, organizing information, delegating responsibilities, and mentoring team members
An egoless leader that fosters team growth, shows empathy, and builds trusted relationships with leadership and clients
Comfortable pushing back against leadership and executives while being able to work through differences of opinions and compromises, even if your recommendations aren’t always selected

Responsibilities:

Oversee and mentor the Creative Technology team through software, hardware, and creative challenges
Take ownership over all technology based project scopes to ensure they meet internal and client expectations while being delivered on time and on budget
Create exciting on-brand concepts for project pitches utilizing cutting edge technologies and innovative user experiences
Estimate Creative Technology production hours and hardware requirements
Oversee the approval of software/hardware architecture for projects
Maintain and grow the Creative Technology knowledge base and internal software tools
Oversee the technology pipeline, development processes, and internal R&D
Work alongside executives and other Department Directors as the Leadership Team to steer the growth and trajectory of the company
Travel on occasion as required to meet with clients, technology vendors, or to oversee the deployment of creative technology in live environments
Contribute to company activities and social events to promote a positive overall morale and encourage team bonding

Requirements

General knowledge in all the following areas with an expertise in at least two of the following: C++ development, Unity development, CV, AI, gesture interactivity, visual processing, generative graphics, GPU programming, robotics, sensing, physical computing, and electrical engineering
3-5 years professional experience in creative technology, experiential, or innovation focused roles
Proven management experience with at least 1-3 years in leadership positions
Extensive client facing experience with a polished, professional demeanor, and confidence and enthusiasm for advocating for creative technology
Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies (you aren’t a project manager, but you understand what drives them and how best to interface with them)
Able to effectively cope with and help others excel in stressful situations and multi-task high-detail workloads for multiple clients, projects, and assignments
Effectively prioritizes, takes proactive measures, and jumps into any role to ensure project success; a strong team player mentality with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and loads of integrity

Freelance Creative Technologist

Pineapple Co

MKG is a creative agency specializing in brand experiences.

We believe that brands are people, too. Or, at least they should strive to be more like us. Because it’s those human qualities like kindness, humor, and intelligence that make a brand so appealing. And when brands get human and treat people like people, they earn our respect, our desire, and our dollars. And you can see that in the work we do. We create experiences where people can connect with brands the same way they connect with each other.

Let’s make something.

Job Description:

MKG is looking for you – a Creative Technologist who operates in the intersection of digital and physical.

The position sits between our creative team and our production team and you are a hybrid of the two. Your vast knowledge and excitement for technology will complement our creative ideas and elevate our work. You’re not just a creative thinker though, you also love tinkering and figuring out how to make ideas into realities.

You will bring 4 to 6 years of relevant experience with the ability to pitch, source, and execute engaging digital and interactive campaigns across a variety of different brands and categories. You are an encyclopedia of emerging technologies and how they are being used in the brand marketing world.

You are a creative thinker and a problem solver with a strong blend of creative ideas and project management skills. Since every project is unique in execution, you’re able to dictate and build custom teams.Requirements:

Minimum 4 years experience concepting, pitching, and executing interactive campaigns.
Can work in a lead role developing strong creative ideas for digital experiences
Is a wizard when it comes to current trends surrounding technology in experiential marketing
Has a robust roster of contacts to call upon including production shops, digital artists. Developers, coders, creators, technologists, etc
Has the ability to deliver quality work in a fast paced, high volume, agency environment.
Is an excellent writer with great communication and organizational skills
Demonstrates critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
Has strong quantitative analysis skills to interpret data and mine for insights. Knows how to set up analytics and measuring systems to track effectiveness of a digital campaign.
Is a multi-tasker who can handle several projects at once (and who, frankly, would be bored to tears any other way)
Knowledge of OpenFrameworks/Cinder/C++, Processing, Unity, Unreal, Hardware (Raspberry Pi, Arduino – sensors, motors, LED lights, Kinect, displays, etc), JavaScript, WebGL, CSS, HTML, Backend/Database
Oh, and you live in NYC (or you want to.)
You have a sincere love of dogs.
Most importantly – you’re fun to work with, have a positive attitude, and are passionate about the work you do.

To apply, let us know why you’re the right fit for conquering the world (and particularly this position). Please include links to examples of your work and share your favorite digital experience, product, or site of late.

Creative Technologist Lead

Verizon

About our team:

The Verizon Experience Team is a new internal group tasked with evolving the Verizon customer experience across all channels and touchpoints through the design and implementation of innovative products and services that customers love.

Working from a newly designed studio space at 140 West Street, the team is assembling the brightest designers, design strategists, researchers, and product managers to collaborate within teams shaping the most important touch points across the customer journey.

About this role:

As Creative Technologist Lead, you will openly collaborate with experience design and management teams to translate design research, strategy, interactions, and thinking into fully coded front-end prototypes.

Work will span the design process, from front end design definition to agile development and implementation. You will be a hands-on technology expert, shaping the concept and seeing it through to detailed design and implementation across a variety of devices and platforms.

In addition to shaping products you’ll play a lead role in shaping and communicating process. You will be a key liaison between the IT organization and experience teams, leading collaborations through a broad understanding of current and emerging technologies and design practices to isolate problems and generate solutions.

What you’ll be doing:

Deeply understand Verizon’s mission and develop a vision for extending, enriching, and supporting it through new applications and experiences
Define, design, and develop prototypes in code for innovative digital media products and services
Stay abreast of the evolving media, technology and design landscape including the emergence of new standards, protocols and devices
Communicate regularly with other experience teams, business partners and IT development teams to understand the current opportunities and challenges as well as to share knowledge and showcase development findings
Stretch the boundaries of our thinking about what Verizon products and services will become in the next 3 to 5 years
Participate in the development of other experience team members’ projects where your skills are required
Present our concepts of the near future to employees, customers, and outside groups
Translate IT partner system integration requirements to working experience teams for deeper understanding of development landscape and issues that may impact strategy and design of current and future products

What we’re looking for…

8+ years of deep interactive development/production experience with proven expertise and a portfolio of impressive work
A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in multiple design/development disciplines (HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3, native iOS/MacOS/Android applications, motion graphics, creative coding)
Experience in rapid prototyping and agile development methodologies
Understanding and fluent usage across a broad spectrum of technologies including, but not limited to: JavaScript/NodeJS, HTML/CSS, XML/JSON, and Responsive/Adaptive Design
Familiarity with various APIs like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Maps. G+, etc.
Proven track record of developing creative product concepts and communicating those concepts through the hands-on creation of working prototypes.
A history of achieving commercial or artistic success from creative technological endeavors.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work out of New York office with some work days in Basking Ridge, NJ and/or Piscataway, NJ and legal authorization to work in the US

When you join Verizon…

You’ll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses and things connect with each other. Beyond powering America’s fastest and most reliable network, we’re leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things and innovating in areas such as, video entertainment. Of course, we will offer you great pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at Verizon.