Interactive Producer

SUMMARY

DI exists to relieve the world of mediocre experiences and to create remarkable ones. Our people make the remarkable possible through an unwavering display of uncommon commitment each day. From professional sports and entertainment to museums and healthcare, our interactive projects span a wide range of verticals and scope, both domestic and international.

Reporting to the Executive Interactive Producer, this role is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the completion of technology projects blending the digital and physical experience. The Interactive Producer is a crucial part of the DI Technology and project team, collaborating in the creative process and ensuring the projects, and specifically the technology scope, are on time, on budget, and within scope. Producer roles are at the center of our technology projects and are highly impactful and visible both internally and externally.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS may include but are not limited to:

• Produce and lead immersive technology projects from concept development through delivery or live activation.
• Is the source of truth and “hub” for the tech scope of the project.
• Lead, manage, and provide the budget, scope, timeline, design, development, engineering, installation, and quality assurance for the interactive technology portion of the project
• Collaborates cross-departmentally to ensure all scope components seamlessly connect with the interactive elements being produced
• Manage resource needs and allocation of cross-functional teams (engineers, artists, designers, operators, hardware techs)
• Manage the creation of new processes and tools.
• Ensure creative vision and production scope is consistently delivered.
• Determine production needs, procedures, and schedules.
• Continuously communicate with key stakeholders and team members to keep updated on progress against expected milestones and budgets.
• Proactively identify production issues, conflicts between schedule, cost, and project scope targets and offer solutions accordingly.
• Act as an effective and confident liaison between client and creative teams.
• Maintain an acute sense for visual aesthetics to ensure overall experience is maximized.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to DI’s services in order to explore and recommend best-in-class solutions.
• Manage project vision for the team, set the roadmap for qualitative objectives and quantitative goals with a deep understanding of DI’s mission and strategies.
• Communicate project plans and benefits clearly while growing meaningful relationships across our various departments.
• Ensure that quality standards and good working practices are met on all projects undertaken by the department.
• Collaborate with the Executive Interactive Producer and Vice President of Finance and Legal Affairs to develop contracts, budgets, and Scope of Work documents.
• Teach and lead by example to ensure the team is successful and balances learning, innovation, support, agility, and maintenance.
• Mentor Production teams and impart your digital production knowledge.
• Champion a culture of constructive feedback, both individually and as a group.
• Demonstrate an understanding of client goals, deliverables and strategies.
• Coordinate meetings, client and internal, pertaining to interactive technology scope.
• Work closely with the A/V Engineering team and Estimating team to determine, facilitate and procure required hardware.
• Manages punch list for each project execution and delivers a Service Agreement Plan to the client.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Well versed in the creative process and media production
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to have important and sometimes challenging conversations with team members and clients effectively
• Ability to learn new skills and software quickly
• Receives and welcomes direction and constructive feedback
• Authentic desire to be a team player
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Willingness to travel as needed (approximately 10-20% annually)
• Outstanding time management and multitasking skills

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Technology or equivalent relevant work experience required
• Minimum 5 years of Creative Producer experience including managing medium and large technology projects required
• Expert level with using Microsoft Office products required
• Previous project management experience and agile methodologies is a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Employee must be able to talk and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Due to our onsite Fabrication process, the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.