Lead Creative Technologist
Company: ESI Design
Location: New York
Posted on: March 16, 2025
Job Description:
About Us:ESI Design, an NBBJ Studio, transforms places into
experiences that drive excitement and create a unique invitation
for personal interaction and empathy. We experiment and collaborate
to develop new ideas for high-profile, visionary clients. We are a
community of makers that design, develop and construct large-scale,
novel ideas. As a studio within the highly regarded NBBJ Design
firm, we are uniquely positioned within the experience industry. We
partner with pioneers like Barclays, eBay, Beacon Capital Partners,
the Statue of Liberty Museum, and WarnerMedia to create solutions
for tomorrow guided by our vision: we design for life.ESI Design's
approach to experience design combines the physical, digital and
behavioral to create memorable moments. We believe the most
compelling experiences are born from interdisciplinary
collaboration. As a result, our eclectic team and user-first
approach allows us to provide a range of experience solutions and a
depth of service that's unique in the world of design. We don't do
off-the-rack solutions - we create custom experiences that are
tailor made for every individual client's needs.The Role at a
Glance:ESI Design is seeking an experienced Lead Creative
Technologist with a range of expertise to work on and/or lead
specific jobs depending on the project. We are looking for a
Creative Technologist who knows how to design and create
functional, beautiful and sustainable work.The Lead Creative
Technologist at ESI Design needs to be able to translate concepts
from creative ideas into realistic, reliable and efficient
executions. The candidate should be able to execute work themselves
as well as lead a larger team to success.The ideal candidate is a
generalist who has a wide but deep knowledge of both software and
hardware used in digital media design and production. You are good
at architecting systems. Recent projects includeReal-Time Data
Visualizations, Generative Graphic Systems based on user input,
interactive and immersive experiences, etc.For this role, we are
looking for someone at a senior level with solid software
development and technical system design skills. You should have a
robust knowledge of creative code frameworks and should be
comfortable with APIs, sensors, data input/output, and related
technologies.In your new role, you will:
- Working individually or leading teams of developers,
interfacing with production, project management and the visual
design department from concept to delivery
- Working with the internal multi-disciplinary design team
including physical designers, visual designers, content strategists
and technical systems designers
- Work on multiple projects at a time
- Working on the early phases of a project to research and
determine technical execution methods and feasibility
- Contribute creative and technical solutions to projects
- Take the lead on identifying technical project requirements and
feature sets
- Coordinate and follow up with other production and tech team
members to ensure hardware requirements are met to fulfill the
requirements of a project
- Research and recommend the appropriate development platform for
a given project
- Take ownership over the technical parts of projects and check
in regularly with Project Management and other team members to
ensure all aspects of the project are covered sufficiently
- Contribute to and lead on site installation of completed
projects
- Write maintenance documentation for completed projects and
internal projects
- Coordinate with Project Management to ensure projects are
staffed appropriately and have the correct skillsets
- Software development and oversight of other developers creating
software on a given project
- Presenting ideas and designs verbally and visually; both
internally and directly to clients
- Contribute to ideas and development for internal R&D
projects
- This job will require travelWhat you will need to succeed:
- Stellar portfolio of personal and professional work
- 8 -10 years of professional experience in Experience Design
leading teams and delivering projects
- Proven ability to plan and execute both traditional media
production projects and software applications
- Understanding of physical and pervasive computer technologies
and development of alternative interface designs
- Experience in large scale project planning, management and
production
- Understanding of integration of technology into a physical
environment
- Deep understanding of different platforms and emerging
technologies, coupled with the capability to recommend the right
one to meet the creative and strategic need
- Command of industry standard IA documentation, experience in
user interface and experience design documentation
- On the ground experience with ALL of the following fields -
experiential/immersive, digital design, technology startup,
emergent technology and art
- Well versed in the range of software platforms available and
how these could be leveraged to advance the Studio's design
work
- A strategic thinker who connects the dots in unexpected ways
and champions new ideas and ways of thinking
- Posses a positive attitude, is calm under pressure, is client
facing and personable
- Exceptional organization and attention to detail
- Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent spoken and written communicationExpected Skills:
- Tools - Demonstrated ability to build projects with
professional media tool sets such as Unreal Engine, Unity,
TouchDesigner, VVVV, Ventuz, Disguise, Pixera, Cinder or
Three.js.
- Software Development - 3+ years of experience in a traditional
programming language such as C++, C#, Python or JavaScript.
- System Design - Ability to design and produce documentation for
A/V systems at a high level, including selection of hardware
components such as LED, Projection, LCD and OLED displays, audio
hardware, sensors, media servers, network hardware and lighting
equipment.
- Interactivity - Experience designing and building novel
realtime interactive systems in the built environment using tools
and techniques such as LiDAR sensors, computer vision, frontend web
technologies, realtime generative computer graphics and custom
hardware.
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