WPP Production is a global production company connecting content producers, studios, and craft experts. We are looking for a Senior Creative Technologist to lead technical and creative work.
Overview
The Senior Creative Technologist is a confident technical and creative leader with 10+ years of experience, shaping ideas, briefs, and expanding concepts. They excel at building prototypes, thinking about scalability, solving problems early, and presenting to clients.
Responsibilities
- Line manage Creative Technologists.
- Set clear expectations and support personal development plans.
- Run regular 1:1 meetings with honest feedback loops.
- Mentor less confident team members.
- Propose and justify technical approaches in response to briefs.
- Ensure creative and technical output meets corporate and client standards.
- Work closely with Producers/PMs to scope realistically and protect quality.
- Turn ideas into meaningful prototypes that support internal new business.
- Balance experimentation with integrated production discipline.
- Anticipate technical risks and resolve issues early.
- Develop scalable workflows across AI, real-time, and other emerging tech.
- Encourage ownership and pride in output.
- Share knowledge openly and raise overall capability of the team.
- Escalate when something doesn’t match the brief or standards.
- Act as a bridge between Creative, Strategy, Production, and Tech.
- Explain complex technical approaches to non-technical audiences.
- Represent the Creative Technology team confidently in client settings.
- Provide transparent updates on progress, blockers, and risks.
- Give constructive, solution-focused feedback.
- Identify opportunities to prototype new ideas or tools.
- Contribute to group R&D initiatives.
- Stay curious about emerging tech and share insights with the team.
Requirements
- Strong capability across multiple areas such as Unreal (Blueprints, UEFN, Verse), creative coding, generative AI workflows, AR/VR, 3D, interaction design, world building, automation pipelines, etc.
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality technical work with minimal oversight.
- Experience mentoring or line managing junior team members.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across technical/creative pipelines.
- Confident communicator both internally and with clients.
- Comfortable working in fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environments.
- High standards and a strong sense of accountability.
- Great collaborator and team player, familiar with working with multiple stakeholders co‑owning a project.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of production realities.
Inclusion & Impact
WPP is an equal‑opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect where everyone feels they belong and has equal opportunities to progress.
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