Creative Technology Director

The Creative Technology Director at Deeplocal is a senior role that is responsible for the success of projects at a high level. Their day to day duties include a mix of oversight and software development on given projects. They are expected to own the end to end creative technology solution for projects that may have multiple components within them. They are also expected to collaborate with other associated teams and make sure all project needs are being considered. Travel will be required as part of this role. While the Creative Technology Director role is ideally based in Pittsburgh, PA, we will also consider qualified remote candidates willing to travel to Pittsburgh as required.

Responsibilities

Owns and is accountable for technical context, technical decisions, technical architectural planning, and feasibility decisions for integrated and creative technology components of large scale projects, escalating/getting approval from other discipline leads as needed; Makes final decisions for creative tech and software development on a project including where to bring in outside vendors or specializations; Technical lead on large scale projects and exhibits or projects made up of multiple exhibits; Works with production teams and integration to develop timelines, schedules and budgets in pre-production phases; Tracks project progress and deliverables and defines and upholds schedules with project manager or producer; Performs software development, testing and implementation, but also delegates components of each to other team members; Researches and defines pathways of problem solving and prototypes for components with high risks or unknowns; Leads small teams of developers on projects and may have a handful of direct reports; Develops appropriate resource plans; Contributes to, guides and provides insight on concept creation and ideation phases with the creative team; Contributes to thought leadership internally and externally to represent Deeplocal as a Creative Technology leader; Mentors a small handful of direct reports and other employees; Develops and maintains a stable of creative tech freelancers and freelance resources; Contributes to development of Creative Technology working process and team structure; Contributes to hiring decisions for new team members

Requirements

Travel required; Portfolio of work included with application; Remote candidates must be willing to travel to Pittsburgh as required

Nice to have

7+ years of experience (typical, not required); Strong working understanding of technical considerations outside core Creative Technology expertise (electrical and mechanical engineering, fabrication and procurement, architecture and construction, AV, integration with third party hardware/software); Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Confident presentation skills and comfortable being very client facing; Expert level software development skills in either fullstack web development or TouchDesigner, with general knowledge and understanding of the other; Familiarity with a wide range of creative software development tools and desire to get hands-on with those tools