Creative Technologist

About Us

Hovercraft is a dynamic and innovative creative design firm that partners with brands to craft compelling experiences through design, strategy, and technology. We specialize in creating standout visuals, interactive digital content, and impactful branding solutions that push the boundaries of creativity.

The Role

We're looking for a Creative Technologist to join our dev team and help push the studio's work forward across a growing range of mediums. This is a hands-on software development role, but also so much more than that. You'll work closely with our designers, producers, and tech team to build interactive experiences, real-time graphics systems, web projects, video games, and physical installations. You'll prototype, develop, deliver, and support our custom-built technology for these projects. The tech team’s work is centered around software but includes hardware integration, travel, client-facing interactions, and being embedded in the larger creative and problem-solving process.

What You'll Do

• Software Development & Delivery: Build and maintain software systems across client projects and internal tooling as an active contributor on multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Rapid Prototyping: Develop rapid prototypes for concept validation, client pitches, and discovery.
• Creative Technology Implementation: Collaborate with designers and animators to bring visual concepts to life with code, which includes user interfaces, animation, generative graphics, and multi-device interactive systems.
• Application Architecture: Design resilient application architectures that withstand heavy use and scrutiny.
• Technical Planning & Estimation: Participate in scoping and technical planning for new projects, contributing to architecture decisions and timeline estimates.
• Experience Design Collaboration: Help shape visitor experiences alongside the design team—research new approaches, raise concerns, and help non-technical stakeholders understand what's possible with technology and related UX patterns.
• Operational Excellence: Build tools, documentation, and efficiencies for the tech team (and elsewhere in the organization).
• Cross-Functional Communication: Communicate often and clearly with internal teams, partner agencies, and clients via presentations, diagrams & documentation, and creative brainstorming sessions.
• Installation & Client Support: Support installations on-site when projects require it. This includes travel and client-facing interactions, so comfort in those settings is a must.
• Project Planning & Coordination: Plan and communicate the needs of a project to the team; for example, SAAS subscriptions & pricing, venue requirements for installations (power/internet), and fabrication integration specifics when working with build partners.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in a creative technology, interactive development, or similar role; a