Job Opening: Creative Director, Blippar

London, England, United Kingdom + Global

Freelance to perm

DESCRIPTION
We're looking for smart, driven and curious people to join our team. Blippar is a leading technology company specialising in augmented reality (AR). Since launching in 2011, Blippar has been pioneering in Augmented Reality and we have since built an AR ecosystem. Our goal is big and unabashedly bold: to seamlessly and completely bridge the physical and digital worlds using our ground-breaking augmented reality technologies and creation platform.

We believe AR will change the world how people learn and consume content from digital mediums. Whether its education, re-skilling people, communication, advertising, storytelling, and re-imagining the world, AR will play a pivotal role. 

We are currently looking for exceptionally talented Front End focused FullStack ‘Creative’ Developers to join our team. You'll be working with many of the world’s biggest brands and companies across different market sectors, creating and utilising cutting edge technology to help realise our clients and business objectives. You are passionate, open-minded, and a talented team player who loves to be challenged.

2021 and beyond is going to be another super exciting year for us and the Augmented Reality industry. We continue to scale and grow our talented team hence we’re looking for passionate talent to join our exceptional team, become part of our family and help us deliver on our vision.

Sounds good? Do get in touch. We’d love to hear from you info@blippar.com

REQUIREMENTS

• Exposure to mobile and gaming projects - Javascript or other scripting languages

• A passion for new challenges

• Portfolio of work, including mobile/responsive design and build projects

• Web development skills (HTML, HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, etc)

• Knowledge of A-Frame, Three.js and ideally experience with webAR platforms 

• Exposure to OpenGL or WebGL would be nice to have

• Experience with AR Quicklook/ Scene - viewer would be a plus.

• An understanding of augmented reality (Modeling, Coding and Creative Process), 3D model formats like GLB/USDZ/FBX, etc

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Github/Bitbucket

• Experience working in an agency/start-up environment is desirable

ABOUT BLIPPAR

Blippar is a leading technology company specialising in Augmented Reality. Blippar gives access to an AR ecosystem with products and professional services to meet specific business needs – from consultancy to AR creation tools that publish AR content to the web, within a client’s own app or rich media banners (no app required). Since launching in the UK in 2011, Blippar’s technology has been used by world-leading brands such as PepsiCo, Porsche, Nestlé, L’Oréal, GSK, General Mills and Procter & Gamble to create exciting and award-winning experiences.

Job Opening: Digital Designer, Blippar

Digital Designer

London, England, United Kingdom

Perm, Freelance or Freelance to perm

DESCRIPTION
We're looking for smart, driven and curious people to join our team. Blippar is a leading technology company specialising in augmented reality (AR). Since launching in 2011, Blippar has been pioneering in Augmented Reality and we have since built an AR ecosystem. Our goal is big and unabashedly bold: to seamlessly and completely bridge the physical and digital worlds using our augmented reality technologies, making AR content creation easy and accessible.

We are currently looking for an exceptionally talented Digital Designer who is as passionate about Augmented Reality as we are. Reporting into our Creative Lead, you will support the creation of AR conceptual design work to further the content output of Blippar. Bringing your creative thinking, innovation and hands-on experience, you will apply your design and creative expertise working on projects for some of the largest brands across the globe. 

You’ll be able to confidently work across multiple projects simultaneously either autonomously or with other team members, conceptualising and visualising ideas for new augmented reality campaigns to create visual storyboards, user flows and design ready assets for projects in development. You naturally thrive in a fast paced, ideas focused environment, that stretches your thinking and creative output to new levels.

(Subject to government guidelines) You’ll have the flexibility to divide your time between working remotely and from our London office.

2022 and beyond is going to be an incredibly exciting year for the business and for the Augmented Reality industry, with NFTs and the Metaverse at the forefront of future design. We continue to scale and grow our talented team hence we’re looking for passionate talent to join our exceptional team, become part of our family and help us deliver on our vision.

Sounds good? Do get in touch. We’d love to hear from you info@blippar.com

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work with the full project lifecycle – from brief and pitch to usability and build

• Knowledge of the Augmented Reality space and preferably some experience of using this medium but not essential

• Working up rough concept scamps through to creating a range of fully realised design work

• Working collaboratively with other Designers, UX designers and Developers to deliver digital output of the highest quality and to brief

• Articulating and presenting creative ideas/treatments to teams and clients.

• An exceptional online portfolio showcasing innovative digital design concepts and highly considered visual executions

• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite

• Some knowledge/understanding of 3D design software (Cinema 4D, Maya)

• UX knowledge preferred

• High attention to detail

• Staying on track with emerging digital trends and culture

• Experience working in an agency/start-up environment is desirable

ABOUT BLIPPAR

Blippar is a leading technology company specialising in Augmented Reality. Blippar gives access to an AR ecosystem with products and professional services to meet specific business needs – from consultancy to AR creation tools that publish AR content to the web, within a client’s own app or eyewear. Since launching in the UK in 2011, Blippar’s technology has been used by world-leading brands such as Google, PepsiCo, Rockstar Energy, OnePlus, Hulu, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills and P&G to create exciting and award-winning experiences.

Examples of the kind of work you will be getting involved with:

Blippar Retrospective of 2020

World's First Augmented Reality LIVE Product Launch - OnePlus Nord AR

ROCKSTAR ZERO - Hustle hard with Blippar

Kelloggs Coco Pops Adventures - Blippar Web AR

https://youtu.be/8NstgMP6DRs (Selection of AR campaigns)

A selection of creative responses:

The Hennessy 

Hennessy_proposal.pdf

Mars - M&Ms

M&Ms_v1.pdf

Ferrara - Ghostbusters

Ferrara_ghostbusters.pdf

Bacardi - Taste of the Caribbean 

Bacardi_AR_qtr1_21_v3.pdf

We Are Hiring!

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity? We are growing and looking for three exceptional individuals to join our team! The positions we are hiring for are:

Global Customer Success Manager

The Global Customer Success Manager is tasked with ensuring that each and every customer has a wildly successful relationship with the company, and becomes a raving fan, that continues to see value in the services provided by the company, and remains a long-term customer. 

We are looking for a high-energy and passionate person to join our growing team. This person understands the value of cultivating customer relationships and consistently advocating a cycle of customer success and improved customer experience by ensuring our customers are using our products and services and seeing value. You will engage with our global customers to drive member engagement and satisfaction, with the ultimate goal of high customer retention, through ensuring customer satisfaction. You will aim to deliver an outstanding onboarding experience, showcase the full value of Immerse Growth Network across our network of associations and business growth workshops and conferences by communicating regularly with our customers, tacking their engagement and use of services, and helping to keep them engaged, and ultimately, being satisfied with the value of our products and services. You’ll also support our global network of Chapter Leaders and Chapter Presidents by holding them accountable for delivering value to our customers and members, highlighting them through awards and accolades, and guiding them with best practices to ensure they are providing the most value to our customers. Click the link above for the full job description.

Business Development and Sponsorship Specialist

Working towards annual revenue targets, you will work on Business Development and sell Sponsorships for the VR/AR Association, Re:Tech Association, and Immerse Global Summit Events. 

The Specialist will help us to grow our impact with partnerships by:

• Maintaining an understanding of key industry trends and the global innovation ecosystem, including competitive products

• Being a point of contact for partnership development for inbound and outbound lead generation, including conducting research on partnerships across institutes, corporates, and other industry partners

Click the link above for the full job description.

Social Media Specialist

The Social Media Specialist role will be responsible for creating and maintaining the social media accounts for The VR/AR Association and the Immerse Global Summit Series of Events.  Working alongside the Executive Director and Global Events Director, the Social Media Specialist will work on several projects and campaigns.  This is an ideal role for someone excited about the tech industry and familiar with trends in virtual and augmented reality, blockchain, entertainment, and other immersive technologies.  This role will begin as a part-time role, with the chance for more hours to be added, especially around the event dates.

Click the link above for the full job description.

We're looking for bold and passionate people to be a part of our mission. We believe in empowering our team to achieve professional, and business success beyond what they believed is possible. We are an equal opportunity employer. We eagerly seek a diverse applicant pool and hire without regard to race, color, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical abilities (or disability), age, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please send your resume and cover letter to info@thevrara.com by January 31, 2022.