{"id":15752,"date":"2014-07-14T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15752"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:11:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T20:11:55","slug":"job-product-invention-lead-microsoft-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/07\/14\/job-product-invention-lead-microsoft-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] Product Invention Lead, Microsoft Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Product Invention Lead – Microsoft Studios – Lift London<\/div>\n
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Product Invention LeadMicrosoft Studios: Lift<\/p>\n

Salary range: Competitive salary plus bonus and excellent benefits<\/p>\n

Location: London, UK<\/p>\n

Opening date: 27\/06\/2014<\/p>\n

Closing date:\u00a025\/07\/2014<\/p>\n

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Team Mission<\/p>\n

We are Lift London, a 21st Century Entertainment Studio established in 2012 to craft entertainment for tablets, smartphones and beyond. We aim to excite, amuse and delight \u2013 wherever you are, whenever you want. We don\u2019t just design, code, or write, it\u2019s more important than that; we\u2019re here for the players. We help you spawn heroes, fight monsters and imagine new universes. Games & Entertainment have the power to transform bringing people together. We have a number of games & entertainment experiences that will be launching soon \u2013 but it\u2019s all a bit hush-hush for now. We are always on the lookout for talented kindred spirits. Enough about us. Now about you! Tell us your story.<\/p>\n

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Team & Role<\/p>\n

The Labs Team invent cutting-edge innovative products that create impact and magic in the marketplace. The Product Invention Lead will work within a multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers to concept, prototype and communicate new technology products and services in the entertainment space \u2013 taking wild ideas from dreams to reality.<\/p>\n

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Key Accountabilities:<\/p>\n

Lead Product Invention<\/p>\n

\u2022 Drive product invention and development<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harnessing your design and engineering skills from a variety of fields with deep expertise in one or more of the following: industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Communicate your vision and ideas through sketches, visualisations and prototypes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Create and engineer prototypes with your skill sets of 3D modelling, rapid manufacturing, electronics, software development.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver on a holistic product vision and business strategy.<\/p>\n

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Innovate Product Experiences & Strategy<\/p>\n

\u2022 Work with the team to set high-level strategy for products<\/p>\n

\u2022 Understand consumer needs and participate in user research and insights analysis<\/p>\n

\u2022 Understand business needs and participate in discussions around business analysis and planning<\/p>\n

\u2022 Contribute to design of product software and user experiences to create holistic physical\/digital experiences.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be a hands-on member of the team, helping to prototyping on the software side where necessary<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be an advocate and expert for innovation and design process<\/p>\n

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Key Success Criteria:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be passionate for the big picture vision and the details of the thing so that we can deliver what we envision at every level<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be driven by the achievement of making something real in the world<\/p>\n

\u2022 Always opt to demonstrate your ideas rather than just talk about them<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be a positive, active, contributing leader in the team<\/p>\n

\u2022 Be able to multitask and work under pressure<\/p>\n

\u2022 Strong abilities as both a creative and an engineer<\/p>\n

\u2022 Work collaboratively in a team environment, while having a voice that represents your point-of-view<\/p>\n

\u2022 Passion for new computing technologies and pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stay curious<\/p>\n

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Knowledge, Skills & Experience<\/p>\n

\u2022 A T-Shaped individual, you can work across many design and engineering disciplines with proven experience in one of the following: industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineer, or software engineering.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ideally some experience with the following: Sketching, 3D modelling, CAD software, electronic prototyping, 3D printing, software prototyping in environments such as Unity, Visual Studio, Xcode, Flash.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page:http:\/\/privacy.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/default.mspx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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