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Wisconsin

Associate Director of Animation, Interactive & Environment Design

University of Wisconsin Madison · Director · Full-time

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About the role

  • PBS Wisconsin is looking for a creative leader to guide a dynamic and wide-ranging team.
  • If you're energized by leading creative people doing varied, meaningful work, and you want to do it in service of a mission that genuinely matters to Wisconsin, this is the right position for you.
  • This role is responsible for the creative leadership, day-to-day management and strategic direction of a small team of designers and artists.

Responsibilities

  • Develops, implements, and maintains work unit identity, design standards, policies, and procedures to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources
  • Serves as a subject matter expert and liaison between external and internal stakeholders providing information regarding creative design strategies and representing the interests of the unit
  • Develops and monitors creative communication plans and dissemination protocols, workflows, and progress measurements to ensure production adheres to unit objectives in alignment with strategic initiatives
  • Maintains unit budget and financial records to ensure adherence with institution and rules and regulations
  • Creates, designs, and produces artwork per client specifications through various mediums
  • Wisconsin Public Media, PBS Wisconsin, Design, Animation & Scenic
  • The Design & Digital department at PBS Wisconsin is a team of 25 creative professionals spanning animation, interactive media, scenic design, graphic design, motion design, UX, web development and digital strategy.
  • The Associate Director of Animation, Interactive & Environment Design oversees a group of artists and designers working across three interconnected disciplines: animation, interactive design, and scenic and environment design.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience leading and managing creative teams or direct reports, including providing creative direction, feedback and mentorship to artists and designers of different disciplines.
  • Demonstrated experience leading innovative work, including a track record of identifying gaps, taking initiative and stepping in to provide creative solutions that push the work or team in a new direction.
  • This is a full-time position that works core business hours, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., with occasional evenings or weekends required for production events and expos.
  • The person in this position will be required to comply with the Wisconsin Public Media Code of Ethics: https://wpm.wisc.edu/policies/, in addition to the UW-Madison code of ethics.

Nice to have

  • Background in public media, entertainment, games or a similarly complex production environment.
  • Experience with animation production and pipelines.
  • Experience with interactive storytelling, game design or immersive media.
  • Experience with scenic design, shop tools or live events and studio production.
  • Strong project management skills, including experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams, vendor relationships and production budgets.
  • A Bachelor's Degree in animation, design, interactive media, theater or a related field is preferred.
  • Equivalent professional experience will be considered.

Compensation

  • Expected salary range for this position is low $80,000s to low $90,000s.
  • Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

  • For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.
  • 2) A resume detailing your educational and professional background,
  • Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background.

Company info

  • PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio are part of Wisconsin Public Media.
  • We are eager to learn more about how your experience may align with this position.
  • The team functions as an integrated creative unit part of the larger Design department at PBS Wisconsin.
  • We are interested in seeing how you think, guide and lead creative work, not just what you've personally made.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the U
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