Creative Technologist
Local Projects is currently seeking a Creative Technologist to help shape the future of museum and public space media through technology. Development and implementation experience for a variety of media (web, handheld, phone, kiosk and spatial installations) preferred.

We are currently developing media for the National September 11 Memorial Museum, The official New York City Visitors Center in Times Square, and the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in a new Maya Lin interior, opening early 2009, as well as projects for the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

We're looking for someone to help realize a number of these projects from the original concept and design, through implementation and quality assurance, to development and maintenance; producing superb deliverables at every stage.

These projects will demand both a strong creative design sensibility, and expert-level coding skills. The position is well-suited to someone who is primarily oriented towards coding, but would like to have a broader role in the design process. Between coding projects, the CT may assist with wireframing and other interaction design documentation. It is essential for this person to be flexible, imaginative, and excited about creating innovative interactive experiences that live in physical space. The CT will also involved in project estimation and scheduling.

Our software must run for extended periods of time with little-to-no maintenance. Therefore, the CT will need to be able to produce highly stable and optimized code. We’re looking for a true digital craftsperson.

The Technologist will work with the Local Projects Interactive Designer and Principal.

Technical Requirements:

We’re looking for someone who is essentially language agnostic in the sense that he or she will be able to quickly learn any new technology necessary to complete projects. That said, we need someone with fluency in both high and lower-level graphics programming. For example:

Advanced ability with at least one high-level graphics platform. Flash/Flex and/or Processing preferred. Max and VVVV are also possibilities.
Expert ability in a C variant (C++, Objective C, OpenFrameworks).
Intermediate ability with at least one scripting language (PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.).
Knowledge of dynamic front-end web technologies helpful but not necessary.
Physical computing experience using the Arduino or similar would be nice.

Other Skills:

Ability to understand and produce detailed, quality software documentation.
Many projects rely on computer vision -- some experience in that area is necessary.
Natural language processing experience is also desirable.
Intuitive understanding of UI usability interaction design.
Good aesthetic sensibility.

Please submit your resume, work samples and salary requirements to jobs@localprojects.net.

Junior Graphic Designer
Local Projects is currently seeking a Junior Graphic Designer to help shape the future of museum and public space media through design. Strong sense of typography, color, concept and composition required. Design and production experience spanning a variety of media (print, broadcast, spatial and web) preferred.

The Junior designer will work under Local Projects Senior Graphic Designer, Interaction Designer and Principal on a variety of projects and tasks. We are currently developing media for the National September 11 Memorial Museum, The official New York City Visitors Center in Times Square, and the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in a new Maya Lin interior, opening early 2009, as well as projects for the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. We're looking for someone to work on any number of these projects for prototyping, production and implementation, designing both independently and under our Senior Graphic Designer. These projects will demand a very special individual who can work autonomously but also takes direction well and who can combine passion with craft to create something extraordinary.

Candidate must have strong production and file preparation skills, plus experience or interest in:

Spatial Design for exhibitions and public spaces

New interactions through new interfaces

Design for Motion Graphics

Information Design, both static and dynamic

Please submit your resume, work samples and salary requirements to jobs@localprojects.net.

Junior Interaction Designer
Local Projects is currently seeking a Jr. Interaction Designer to help shape the future of museum and public space media. Design experience spanning a variety of media (web, handheld, phone, kiosk and spatial installations).

Local Projects is one of very few places where you will be challenged to create interactive experiences that break free of the WIMP model and live in the real world. We are currently developing media for the National September 11 Memorial Museum, The official New York City Visitors Center in Times Square, and the Museum of Chinese in the Americas in a new Maya Lin interior, opening early 2009, as well as projects for the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

We're looking for someone with 1-3 years of interaction design experience to help create a number of these projects from the original concept through detailed design, prototyping, testing, and iteration.

The ideal candidate will have experience developing innovative interactive experiences in public space. We require a strong foundation in traditional design documentation including wireframes, sitemaps, and flow diagrams. Experience creating prototypes of both high and low fidelity is a must.

The candidate should also have experience with user research including the creation of screeners and scripts. We will be interested in the candidate’s ability to interpret user feedback and translate it into design ideas.

The Junior Interaction Designer will work under Local Projects' Senior Interaction Designer and Principal.

Skill Requirements:

1-3 years traditional agency-side interaction design experience.

Exceptionally great oral, written, and visual communication skills.

Wildly conceptual imagination.

Highly developed visual design sensibility.

Meticulous document production skills.

OmniGraffle and Photoshop skills are a requirement.

Intermediate programming skills with one or more languages used to create UIs (Actionscript, Processing, HTML, Javascript)

Experience with 3D rendering software; time-based media (FinalCut, AfterEffects, Motion) are a plus.

M.A. in interaction design or equivalent preferred.

Please submit your resume, work samples and salary requirements to jobs@localprojects.net.

Interns
Local Projects is seeking graphic design, programming/development and content research interns for the Fall 2008 semester. Internships provide an opportunity for students to apply their skills on real projects while learning the operations of a successful New York design studio.

Please note that LP internships are generally not paid. In addition, interns must receive course credit for their work here. We will not consider interns who are not sponsored by a qualified educational institution or program.

Please submit your resume to jobs@localprojects.net.