Welcome to CALL SHEET, our roundup of gigs, grants, deadlines, and other professional opportunities in the realms of physical and digital immersive.
If you have an opportunity, email us at callsheet@noproscenium.com. Note: while we are happy to receive the full text of a job listing, we only publish summaries with links to the full job listings. To be considered your listing must be published somewhere else online. Calls for festival entries, however, are eligible for being published on our newswire. Use the callsheet email, above. (Educational workshops should follow the process for event listings at Everything Immersive.)
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JOBS (Production)
LOS ANGELES
Show Manager
The Nest/Scout Expedition Co.
Part Time: 10–20 hrs/week incl. nights & weekends
Compensation & Benefits: $17/hr.
Paid training begins beginning of May
Posting/Application Link
Show Managers are responsible for running the show from a back of house location, facilitating each audience member’s experience at The Nest. Responsibilities include triggering show cues, monitoring guest progress, delivering in-story clues, addressing any minor problems as they arise, and resetting the room between shows. This position requires an organized and quick-thinking individual with attention to detail. Light acting or improv experience is a plus. Time commitment: 10–20 hours a week, evenings and weekends.
JOBS (Non-Production)
LOS ANGELES
Check-In Staff
The Nest/Scout Expedition Co.
Part Time: 10–20 hrs/week incl. nights & weekends
Compensation & Benefits: $15/hr.
Paid training begins beginning of May
Posting/Application Link
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Check-in Staff will facilitate the on- and off-boarding experience for audience members of The Nest. Responsibilities include welcoming guests, delivering basic story information, explaining rules, answering questions, and generally assisting guests before and after the show. During the show, there is also some prep work for the following show. Please note that this position requires meeting audience members on the street, often at nighttime, and walking them down a short section of alley. Previous customer service experience is a plus. Time commitment: 10–20 hours a week, evenings and weekends.
Software Development Lead — AR/VR Experiences
The Walt Disney Studios
Full Time
Compensation & Benefits: Not listed
Posting Link
The Walt Disney Studios Technology Innovation Group (TIG) is looking for an experienced technology and innovation practitioner to serve as the Technology Innovation Software Development Lead. He/she will help TIG to develop our advanced platforms and systems including technology such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Advanced Rendering systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Creative Collaboration. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to drive tangible results. The candidate must understand key business and financial drivers for the company and align research goals accordingly. He/she will develop and protect strategic IP that advances the ability of the company to do business. He/she will develop prototypes and proof of concepts that demonstrates core concepts and ideas.
To be successful in this role, you must be curious, innovative, a quick learner, and have a strong understanding of the key technologies that will drive and advance the ideation, production, distribution and presentation of Disney content and experiences. As part of this, you will work seamlessly with key internal stakeholders and external innovation partners. You need to have solid communication abilities and work well in complex cross-functional teams. An ability to be flexible and work in a dynamic and extremely fast-paced environment to meet the needs of our business are critical to success. Experience developing many concurrent projects a plus.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts (Virtual Production)
Johnny Carson School; University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Full Time
Application Review Date: 04/30/2021
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts that has experience in one or more areas, including but not limited to: 3D rigging and animation, motion capture, game design/development, or other area of virtual production. The candidate must have a professional industry experience in film, television, games or associated industries. We are looking for outstanding and potentially unconventional candidates.
We invite applications from candidates with diverse research and teaching perspectives based on non-traditional educational backgrounds or from their personal experiences as members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts opened its doors in the Fall of 2019. We seek to be a pre-eminent interdisciplinary program in the emerging media arts, to attract and support visionary creative leaders, and to transform our world through technology and powerful storytelling in order to ensure a brighter and sustainable future for civilization. We have world-class international industry connections. We inspire people to dream bigger.
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