{"id":20175,"date":"2019-06-17T13:47:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=20175"},"modified":"2019-06-17T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T17:47:46","slug":"job-ogilvy-ny-senior-creative-technologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2019\/06\/17\/job-ogilvy-ny-senior-creative-technologist\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Ogilvy NY, Senior Creative Technologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Senior Creative Technologist<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ogilvy, New York<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WHO WE ARE\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning there was one Ogilvy, the company founded by David Ogilvy in 1948. Today, there is one Ogilvy\u2014in 83 countries and 132 offices. We are one doorway to a vast creative network whose mission is to make brands matter in a complex, noisy, hyper-connected world. Digital stands front and center in this mission\u2014come join the award-winning team that makes these ideas come to life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>THE ROLE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Creative Technology\u202fteam at Ogilvy\u00a0NY is\u00a0seeking a\u202fdigital\u202fenthusiast\u00a0who stays abreast\u00a0of digital solutions in the communications\u00a0landscape\u00a0and has\u00a0an unfettered\u00a0passion for\u00a0ideating new and\u00a0creative\u00a0ways to apply them. This team consists of thinkers and makers with a wide range of skills who work on pitches and projects across digital marketing platforms and consumer engagements. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborating heavily with the Creative team to come up with innovative, tech-driven work often based on open-ended briefs, the team works as binding tissue between creative and technology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Senior Creative Technologist will be responsible for bringing technology to the creative process to solve real-life consumer problems. You\u2019ll be a part of an interactive development team that delivers conceptual ideation, deck presentations, and hands-on technical development\u2014all in equal measure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>THE IDEAL CANDIDATE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possesses hard skills in creative and tech as well as soft skills to communicate, inspire and work as a team<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remains abreast of emerging technology industry developments, maintains a continuous learner mindset and is SME for 2+ emerging tech areas <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balances an innovation mindset with healthy pragmatism<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respects and follows defined department process standards, including Git repo check-ins, unit testing\/QA rigor, participation at progress checks and code documentation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can be dropped into fast-moving conversations, become quickly immersed and help drive ideas forward<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Represent Creative Technology as a sought-after creative ally and technical mediator<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work independently on projects from ideation and design through implementation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take creative direction and expand on concept ideas for tactics, with solid and active contribution in creative reviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actively participate in broad brainstorms and hackathons, partnering with colleagues across agency disciplines including Account, Strategy, Creative, Digital Production and Tech<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute hands-on technical development of prototypes coming out of ideation, ranging from AR\/VR examples to physical IoT devices to installations\/kiosks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contribute to discussions about the digital aspects of creative campaigns <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to comfortably present ideas or prototypes to mixed client marketing \/ technical audiences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>ESSENTIAL SKILLS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to create high-fidelity and high-polish prototypes for client presentations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keen eye for detail and visual\/design aesthetics, and steeped in user experience best practices. Capable of defining an experience in collaboration with cross-functional creative teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can-do attitude: Creative problem solving and communication of options, raising problems along with possible solutions <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledgeable about products and services in the digital social space for communication and interaction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to apply creative thinking and sound reasoning, and to communicate these effectively, in writing as well as verbally in small and large group settings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to share acquired technical skills formally and informally with others as appropriate to knowledge, ability and situation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outstanding interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong team ethos and a sense of humor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience working in an agency, consultancy or similarly fast-paced environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audio and video editing and animation are a plus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>TECHNICAL SKILLS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bachelors in Computer Science, Design &amp; Technology, or related field or equivalent industry experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong knowledge of basic front-end web development tools and concepts \u2013 HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, responsive web development, mobile-first methodologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solid experience writing clean and documented code in 2+ languages or areas of emerging technology, e.g. Unity, Unreal, Cinder, Web GL, Three.js, Node.js<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love and a general affinity for discovering and learning new and emerging technologies, e.g. AR\/VR, 3D, IoT, wearables, DIY electronics, experiential<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to create IOT devices with microcontrollers and soldering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to optimize technical work for solid audience performance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INTERESTED PARTIES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send resumes and work examples to:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preeti Shah<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Director of Digital Production &amp; Technology <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:preeti.shah@ogilvy.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preeti.shah@ogilvy.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Creative Technologist Ogilvy, New York WHO WE ARE\u00a0 In the beginning there was one Ogilvy, the company founded by David Ogilvy in 1948. 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