Job Description

About Us

This position is with our sister studio FutureTalk, more information below:

FutureTalk is a design and innovation company that specializes in immersive experiences, projection mapping, mixed reality capture, webXR, and AR/VR productions. FutureTalk's team is focused on R&D innovation that results in mind-blowing experiences. They deliver award winning immersive and interactive products across digital platforms, devices, and physical spaces. They have been long time collaborators with many companies and artists and continue to establish themselves as pioneers in an ever changing industry. They have an extensive knowledge of the newest technology and are a go-to source for innovation, inspiration, and application.

FutureTalk has delivered millions of dollars of digital media product and has worked with large brands like Footlocker, CreamVR, Secret Location, House of VR, Thought Cafe, PBS NOVA, Common Good, Design Agency, Panasonic, Playstation, Telus, American Express, Pepsi, StudioAM, UP Cannabis, Wisers, and Captain Morgan. 

Futuretalk has performed live light shows and projection art with artists like Drake, Nelly Furtado, Metric, Maestro Fresh Wes, Lights, July Talk, Majid Jordan, Airplane Boys, Joseph of Mercury, Peter Katz, Randall Okita, Rajni Perera and Kathyrn McNaughton. Futuretalk has also transformed spaces like the AGO, Art Basel, Design Exchange, Osheaga, NXNE, Scotiabank Arena, Steamwhistle Brewery, Gardiner Museum, Arts & Crafts Festival, and many other walls, rooms, and stages.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, FutureTalk’s whitelabel interactive livestreaming solution also delivered exceptional online events for Seth Rogan’s Hilarity for Charity, the Visual Effects Society Awards, the Casting Society of America, Cesar Chavez Legacy Awards, and many remote production films and music videos.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

The Interactive Project Manager/Producer is responsible for managing several projects underway at FutureTalk. These projects include a Quest 2/3 VR Game (in development), an Immersive Education platform, multiple WebApp’s being developed, and an AI/Ml database production pipeline. 

You will monitor project phases, from scheduling, resource design, budgeting and operations. You will define the tracking/reporting method to use according to the project’s needs and manage the interactive team on their project (artists and various developers) by following up on development and acting as a bridge between the various project stakeholders. You will be the glue that binds us all together.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate project needs, objectives, identify potential pitfalls, and clearly defined deliverables;
• Help standardize the major production steps, project schedules, as well as the project management methodology to use (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid, etc.);
• Support the stakeholders in their decision making:
• Manage the production calendar for the project team;
• Efficiently manage and ensure tracking of the tasks and work hours for resources assigned to the project to stay within budget, on schedule and within the project scope;
• Help find solutions to problems and limitations that are technical, operational, or human;
• Plan, organize, track, and report on all required activities to deliver the project (UX testing, QA plan, project architecture, etc.)
• Manage communications with stakeholders: be responsible for coordination and clarity of communications between all stakeholders (internal or external) on the project;
• Communicate any and all changes related to their project such as budget, scope and time;
• Liaise with the client when the project requires it
• Help improve the existing processes to maximize productivity, clarity, and redundancy

EXPECTATIONS

• Education background/degree in information technology, interactive media, or management, or any other relevant field or equivalent experience;
• Over 4 years of experience in project management;
• Relevant experience with Agile and ability to guide its application;
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary and artistic environment (multimedia environments, audiovisual production, events, etc.);
• Deep knowledge of development pipelines and interactive media technologies, webXR, Ar/VR game development, app development;
• Expertise in at least one project management toolset and is familiar with integrating between tools like Clickup, Google Workspace, Github projects, Jira and the Atlassian suite, etc.