Technical Project Manager - Meptik
Role: Technical Project Manager
Department: Project Management
Location: Atlanta, Los Angeles, or New York City
Reports into: Director of Project Management
Contract: Full Time
The Role:
Meptik seeks an experienced, full-time Technical Project Manager to join our expanding team.
The Technical Project Manager works in partnership with key internal departments, external companies, contractors, freelancers and strategic partners to deliver complex technical projects, specifically related to virtual production stage builds, LED stages, and other immersive technologies. The Technical Project Manager will primarily manage Meptik's internal resourcing, partner and client relationships, and overall intercommunication, ensuring all managed service projects are delivered timely, top quality, and within budget.
The Technical Project Manager oversees the project execution of Meptik's technical projects, including the installation of virtual production volumes, immersive experiences, and other technical projects. They work with the Sr. Systems Designer to execute the design of complex technical systems and ensure they are done to specifications and within budget. This role acts as Meptik's representative onsite and manages all the moving pieces between outside vendors and installers, Meptik staff, and coordinates with the client and venue.
Based on global project demand, interaction across other regions and time zones may be required to support the global team.
The successful candidate will be a confident self-starter with excellent communication skills and proven prior experience in successful project management within a creative environment. They must be confident in managing clients and customers, enforcing processes, raising issues, and ensuring Meptik's projects run smoothly.
The Responsibilities:
- Oversee all aspects of onsite installation and execution for technical projects.
- Control and manage high-profile projects, including budgets, teams, risks, and outputs.
- Oversee the multifaceted production process for complex internally managed client-facing projects.
- Develop and manage detailed project schedules and work plans.
- Determine and define project scope, objectives & resources.
- Monitor project progress and make adjustments as needed.
- Track the procurement, delivery, installation, QCing, and documentation of all sold equipment.
- Work with Meptik staff and outside vendors to ensure a seamless onsite experience for the team and the client.
- Keep track of the overall onsite project while paying close attention to details.
- Looking ahead for potential roadblocks and addressing them before they become a problem.
- Manage the onsite team.
- Ensure strong & clear communication between all parties in a given project.
- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
- Make decisions within a given tolerance.
- Aid in developing processes related to onsite execution.
The Requirements
- Ability to travel onsite to client locations, potentially globally.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, to budget on time, and to a high quality.
- Proven technical skills required to execute projects utilizing technical design
- Experience working in video system design and system integration
- Experience with various technical gear related to video production, LED walls, networking, screen control systems, media servers, and pixel-canvas management.
- Previous experience working in virtual production is a plus
- Self-starter with a 'can do' attitude
- First-class communication, analytical, problem-solving, and team management abilities
- Create and sustain a positive and productive team culture to ensure success.
- Someone flexible, innovative, and forward-thinking
- Ability to present formally to senior staff and high level clients
Notes:
- This is a position within not just Meptik but also the global Disguise business. Creative, Technical, Project Management, Sales, and Marketing services are a growing part of the overall disguise group, and some experience, leadership, and insight are needed from this position to help shape the future of media and entertainment.
About Meptik:
Meptik is the one-stop shop for bridging realities.
We help our clients build their next virtual production powerhouse, fuel it with stunning virtual sets, deliver in-camera visual effects on set, and create immersive audience experiences.
As one of the most experienced teams in the industry, we have the creative vision and, as part of Disguise, access to the latest Emmy-award-winning tech to help clients Upset Reality™. We've done it for big and small productions, corporate clients, major film studios, broadcasts, and live events.
Clients can work with us throughout their creative journey or let us be part of their next visual masterpiece.
About disguise:
disguise sits at the heart of the most inspiring live and virtual experiences in the world, leading the market in building a software and hardware solution that designs, sequences and controls the most spectacular productions across film and TV, broadcast, live and corporate events.
Our award-winning xR workflow has enabled over 300 productions in the past 12 months alone for music artists such as Katy Perry and Billie Eilish, broadcast TV channels like ITV and Eurosport, enterprise businesses like SAP and Siemens, educational institutions like the University of Michigan and notable film studios like Netflix and DNEG.
We partner closely with Epic Games, NVIDIA, Netflix, and many more to develop further and democratize our virtual production solution and enable teams anywhere to create their best story with the most innovative tools.
With offices in London, LA, New York, Atlanta, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Auckland, Seoul, and Tokyo, we are a fast-growing company that hires bright, creative, talented individuals worldwide to push the boundaries of visual experiences and build lasting relationships with our community.
We were delighted to be recognized as one of the Financial Times' top 1000 fastest-growing businesses for 2021. Watch our showreel to learn more about the amazing projects powered by disguise.
As we receive a high volume of applications, we will unfortunately be unable to reply to everyone. Please know that your submission has been received and will be reviewed by the team at Meptik. We will reach out if you are a good fit for this position.
Who we are:
Meptik builds mind-blowing experiences from start to finish. With our mission to Upset Reality™, we marry the creative & technical to do more immersive storytelling, create unique visual environments, and engage audiences with something they've never seen before. And since every great project starts with a great brief, for Meptik, it was this: Hire great talent. Trust them. And leave the egos at the door.
Why us?
- Growth opportunities | Our team is constantly growing and expanding into multiple locations. And as a disguise company, we are part of an even larger network with multiple teams across the globe.
- Team culture | We've cultivated a team of hardworking, humble, fun and incredibly talented, passionate individuals who bring out the best in each other and the unique projects they create.
- Become part of the future | At Meptik, we pride ourselves on doing things that haven't been done before. When working with us, you become part of a forward-thinking, boundary-busting team.
- Industry & Community Leader | We're continuously involved with local community chapters to train individuals on the future of content production.
What drives us:
All the realities. None of the B.S.
We take pride in building our business and establishing ourselves as leaders in the industry with a company culture that exemplifies our values in everything we do, from employee experience to customer relationships and every decision in between.
- No ego: we are the sum total of all of us and no one person is better than another
- Honest: do the right thing in every situation for each other and for our clients
- Passionate: about furthering our craft and dreaming of new frontiers
- Dedicated: to Meptik as a company and a culture
- Excellence: we strive to be the best in every area while always exhibiting professionalism
We're looking to grow this thing. So if you're as uncompromisingly honest and down-to-earth as you are incredible at what you do, we'd love to meet you.