Senior Creative Technologist

<div class="content-intro"><p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing"><strong>About WPP Production</strong></p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.</p> <p><strong>About WPP</strong></p> <p>WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite&nbsp;cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel&nbsp;in a single company –&nbsp;powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,&nbsp;to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wpp.com/__;!!JboVxjCXSME!N9KGoZIn5nCC-uOWhEdE-ChrrJuf6TgkLzNNkLaW9BExJsVqZZ_hMSmGbARJ0tdBOnKYM7kEbv5L3ncUpg7-6uEPNdY$" data-outlook-id="6ded86b6-cde3-4e48-958d-34727f881edd">WPP.com</a>.</p></div><p><strong>A Hybrid working model</strong></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="xmsonormal"><em>We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>What does a<em>&nbsp;Senior Creative Technologist&nbsp;</em>do at WPP Production?</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p class="p2">A Senior Creative Technologist is a confident technical and creative leader who delivers&nbsp;exceptional work and elevates the team around them with +10 years of experience. The&nbsp;candidate should have strong understanding of the creative and production industry,&nbsp;ultimately worked within a creative agency (or in-house agency) or a production company for&nbsp;a vast majority of their career.&nbsp;</p> <p class="p2">They can shape ideas, briefs and expand on concepts, not only execute them.</p> <p class="p2">They don’t just build prototypes; they think about how things can scale.</p> <p class="p2">They don’t just solve problems; they spot them early and think about mitigating risk.</p> <p class="p2">They are comfortable working with clients and have strong presentation skills.</p> <p class="p2">The Senior CT plays a supporting leadership role across strategic and creative delivery,&nbsp;mentoring and standards. Senior CTs own workstreams, line manage junior team members&nbsp;and help ensure that what we ship is technically robust, creatively ambitious and compliant&nbsp;with corporate and client expectations. The Senior CT has strong technical capabilities to&nbsp;guide teams about the suitable models they should work with for each project and provide&nbsp;technical support for the different models, programs and tools.</p> <p class="p2">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Line manages Creative Technologists</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Set clear expectations and support personal development plans</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Run regular, 1:1 with honest feedback loops</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Actively mentor less confident team members, creating space for them to grow</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Confidently propose and justify technical approaches in response to briefs</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Take responsibility for ensuring creative and technical output meets corporate and&nbsp;client standards</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Work closely with Producers/PMs to scope realistically and protect quality</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Turn ideas into meaningful prototypes that support internal new business</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Balance experimentation with integrated production discipline</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Anticipate technical risks and resolve issues early</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Develop scalable workflows across AI, real-time and other emerging tech</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Encourage ownership and pride in output</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Share knowledge openly and raise the overall capability of the team</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Escalate when something doesn’t match the brief or standards</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Be the bridge between Creative, Strategy, Production and Tech</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Clearly explain complex technical approaches to non-technical audiences</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Represent the Creative Technology team confidently in client settings</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Provide transparent updates on progress, blockers and risks</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Give constructive, solution-focused feedback</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Proactively identify opportunities to prototype new ideas or tools</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Contribute to group R&amp;D initiatives</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Stay curious about emerging tech and share insights with the team</p> <p class="p2">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Strong capability across multiple areas such as: Unreal (Blueprints, UEFN, Verse),&nbsp;creative coding, generative AI workflows, AR/VR, 3D, interaction design, world&nbsp;building, automation pipelines etc.</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">•</span> Proven ability to deliver high-quality techni