Oversee the planning, execution, and management of advanced virtual production projects leveraging strong technical expertise in immersive technologies, including LED walls, real-time game engines, and media servers, as well as leadership capabilities. Manage the daily operations of virtual production stages, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and collaborate with faculty, students, and production teams to produce high-quality educational and multimedia content.
Specific duties Include: Schedule and supervise virtual production filming; set up and operate equipment on a virtual production stage, including but not limited to: LED walls, real-time render notes, tracking systems, lighting control, cameras, microphones, teleprompters, and other related audio/video equipment; coordinate the day-to-day operations of the virtual stage, including debugging hardware and software, maintaining equipment, and providing technical guidance to colleagues on complex issues; work with CAI colleagues and partners to develop critical processes, workflows, and training materials related for an audience of media technologists, media designers, extended reality developers, project managers, faculty, and other collaborators; consult on the design of virtual production projects with faculty, learning experience designers, media designers, design managers, and other stakeholders; serve as a digital image technician, working in collaboration with cinematographers on camera settings, signal integrity, and image manipulation to achieve the highest image quality and creative goals of the project; design methods to create advanced media to support the next generation of educational content; write and edit scripts for video content as needed; provide appropriate coaching and support for presenters during lecture recording sessions; organize and archive project files in a way that is easily discoverable and could be recovered for future productions; contribute to content quality control evaluation and oversight. Hybrid schedule – 2 days work from home, 3 days in office.
