CALL SHEET AUGUST 2023
Let’s get to WORK
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Welcome to CALL SHEET, our ongoing roundup of gigs, grants, deadlines, and other professional opportunities in the realms of physical and digital immersive.
LISTING DEADLINE: Every WEDNESDAY at 10AM Pacific Time — callsheet@noproscenium.com and/or the callsheet and jobs-board channels on our Discord. The monthly sheet UPDATES on Thursdays with the latest listings.
Note: while we are happy to receive the full text of a job listing for reference, we only publish summaries with links to full job listings/casting breakdowns. To be considered your listing must be published somewhere else online. We cannot host PDFs, and will not publish full listings so as not to be responsible for errors.
Calls for festival entries, however, are eligible for being published on our newswire. Use the callsheet email, above. (Educational workshops should follow the process for event listings at Everything Immersive.)
Check out previous editions for more listings, scan some of the sites we use to draw selections from below or join our Discord and follow the callsheet and jobs board categories on the Bulletin Board.
- Themed Entertainment Jobs Board
- Blooloop’s Theme Park, Museum and Aquarium Jobs
- Linkedin — Immersive Media
- ZipRecruiter — Immersive Media
- Interactive & Immersive HQ Jobs Board
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CASTING
LOS ANGELES
Multiple Roles — The Harvest
Last Call Theatre
Compensation: Profit participation
Show Dates: December 2nd through December 16th
Rehearsal Dates: October 9th to December 1st
Audition Dates: September 16
We are looking for actors that are very comfortable with improv and preferably with past immersive/interactive theatre experience. Actors should highlight in their submission email if they have any of this type of experience or other special skills that would create a spectacle (e.g. musical instruments, dancing, fire-spinning, sword-swallowing, magic tricks, contortionism, etc.). Actors invited to audition will be given the option of attending virtual or in-person auditions.
CHICAGO
Multiple Roles — Immersive Game
The Mystery League
Compensation: $800 total
Dates: Oct. 20–23, plus rehearsal (date TBS)
The Mystery League is looking to hire four actors for an immersive game at at a major cultural institution in Chicago, for the four nights of Oct 20, 21, 22, & 23. Each event is 4 hours long, but only 3 actors will be on at a time, to allow for breaks. You’ll be playing a small role in the game, and interacting with about 120 teams per night. You’ll have a (short) script, and you’ll need to be able to improv with the players.
JOBS
LOS ANGELES
Media Manager, Associate Editor
Cosm
Term: Full Time
Salary: $75,000/yr — $85,000/yr
Posted: Aug 4
LINK
We seek a Media Manager & Associate Editor responsible for overseeing media assets and generating edits for the numerous live sports and entertainment events we produce annually. This role entails proficiency in Adobe Premiere for editing and media management tasks.
Cosm is a global technology company with a 75-year history pioneering the immersive reality space. We build end-to-end immersive experiences and develop technology that enables people to experience entertainment like never before. Cosm works across three primary markets — Sports and Entertainment, Science and Education, and Parks and Attractions — while pushing the boundaries of design, technology, and service. Our technology is used by the world’s biggest entertainment brands to create mind-blowing immersive experiences for millions of guests.
Note: this is a hybrid role.
Programs Associate (Part-Time)
Los Angeles Performance Practice
Term: Part-Time
Compensation: $20–25/hr
Los Angeles Performance Practice is looking for a new member of our team to perform a variety of administrative and creative tasks supporting our local programs for artists. The Programs Associate will provide specific project management and support for LAPP’s participation as an Administering Organization for the California Arts Council, focused on the Individual Artist Fellowships program for Los Angeles County, a program that recognizes, uplifts, and celebrates the excellence of California artists practicing any art form. In addition, they will support the local programs for artists through various administrative duties.
The ideal candidate has an interest in arts administration and a variety of artistic disciplines, and will be excited to work on program design, community engagement and outreach, and evaluation. Alongside programmatic and administrative work, the Programs Associate will proactively develop relationships with Los Angeles-based artists across disciplines in order to share program opportunities. They will report to the Producer + Director of Programs, and will work collaboratively with all members of the team.
SANTA FE
Executive Creative Producer
Meow Wolf
Term: Full-time
Compensation: Unlisted
Posted: Aug 9, 2023
LINK
In partnership with the Senior Creative Director, the Executive Creative Producer is the Creative team leader responsible for achieving and maintaining the artistic and creative vision and for ensuring the implementation of that vision through the project life cycle for Meow Wolf’s most ambitious projects. This role includes executive oversight and is the day-to-day functional manager of the next generation of Creative Producers from recruiting to training and mentorship. On the project, they manage the execution of all creative deliverables and working closely with and collaborating with the other project leaders to achieve common and cohesive objectives.
Senior Director, Exhibition Blue Sky
Meow Wolf
Term: Full-time
Compensation: Unlisted
LINK
Do you love facilitating the creative process? Do you have a mind for structure and also an appreciation for the flow and serendipity of creative practice? Do you like to work at the early stages of a project, creating foundational strategies that incorporate both business and creative priorities? Do you have an experimental and innovative mindset, but also a drive to get things done? Do you want to start up some of the most compelling art and storytelling projects the world has ever seen? Come join the Meow Wolf team as Senior Director of Exhibition Blue Sky, where you will manage and design processes for the earliest phase of creative ideation, strategy and design for new exhibitions.
DENVER
Multiple Positions
Casa Bonita
Term: Depending on Position
Salary: Depending on Position
Positions Include: Immersive Performers, Puppeteers, Entertainment Crew, Wardrobe, Bartender, and more
LINK
Casa Bonita, the generational Denver area restaurant attraction is under new ownership — the producers of South Park, who wedged the legendary restaurant into the national consciousness. The soft open of the restaurant has been one of the hottest tickets in Denver for months, and a machine this big requires lots of hands.
AUSTIN
Senior/ Lead Producer — VR Game
Twisted Pixel Games
Term: Full Time
Salary: $150,000/year to $210,000/year
LINK
Twisted Pixel Games is looking for an experienced Lead Producer to join one of our amazing teams! The ideal candidate will have proven leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, a team-oriented, collaborative approach to development, excellent skills in project management, organization, and time-management, and can knowledgeably and effectively lead production in scheduling, budgeting, and business design to determine the best course for a team and their highly anticipated project. Producers work with the entire team to optimize the development process, solve problems, remove obstacles for the team, and facilitate communication. Above all, candidates will be results-driven, while also remembering that — we make games!
DEARBORN, MI
Digital Exhibits Producer
The Henry Ford
Term: Full-Time
Salary: $72k — $78k
LINK
The Henry Ford is a nonprofit organization, an internationally recognized cultural destination, and a one-of-a-kind workplace. Our team is inspired daily by one another as well as the authentic stories of innovation that we share across our four venues. We want you to be part of this legacy and take it forward.
Are you a curious digital professional with a passion for understanding how people interact with the world?
The Experience Design team is seeking a Digital Exhibits Producer. This newly created role is responsible for creative direction, implementation, and vendor management of digitally based guest experiences on The Henry Ford campus. Project management responsibilities support digital exhibit projects and other temporary and permanent exhibition design projects of all sizes within all institutional venues. In this position, you get to work at every stage of exhibition creation and in close collaboration with many institutional departments and external partners. The ideal candidate will be innovative in approach while committed to creating authentic, memorable, and exciting experiences, with demonstrated ability in prototyping and evaluation of digital experience solutions.
LONDON
Co-Executive Producer (Maternity Cover)
Punchdrunk
Salary: Circa £65,000
Term: Full time, Fixed Term 1 Year
Punchdrunk is seeking a dynamic, ambitious, and strategically focused Co-Executive Producer (maternity cover) to work alongside Sacha Milroy (Co-Executive Producer) and Felix Barrett (Artistic Director) to provide clear and inspiring leadership for the company.
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You will be an experienced producer and leader, able to think laterally to provide solutions and to confidently broker deals, whilst managing the company and the team’s day to day needs.
The Co-Executive Producer (maternity cover) will provide clear and consistent leadership for Punchdrunk and, alongside the Artistic Director and Co-Executive Producer, is responsible to the Board for the execution of the company’s slate of productions, policies and management of the company.
REMOTE
Senior R&D Software Engineer, Spatial Journalism
The New York Times
Term: Full Time
Compensation: $90/hr
LINK
Research & Development at The New York Times explores how emerging technologies can be applied in service of journalism. We collaborate with designers, developers, reporters, photographers and editors to bring new forms of storytelling to life, from prototyping to publishing.
At The Times, technology permeates every aspect of our business, from our thought-provoking coverage of technological trends to the digital-first transformation of our own business to the changing world of our readers. The R&D team explores the new opportunities that emerging technologies may provide media organizations over the next 12–18 months.The Times is committed to advancing 3D and spatial storytelling that helps our readers better understand the world. Technologists in R&D are at the forefront of this effort, developing capabilities for immersive journalism like 3D data visualization, augmented and mixed reality and WebXR. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a background in architecting immersive media and computer graphics projects to join us in this mission. You will report into the Technical Director of R&D.
INTERNSHIPS
LONDON
Immersive Theatre Intern
COLAB Theatre
Term: 3–6 Months
Compensation: Expenses Paid
The Immersive Theatre Intern will work alongside the Artistic Director, Artistic Associates and Producers to deliver the season of work over the winter period. We are looking for someone who will make the role their own and be able to manage a very varied workload.
It will mostly be organising the shows, ensuring that the production team and audience are happy and satisfied, working in a safe way, and having the best time possible.
COLAB Theatre is a pioneer in the realm of immersive entertainment, renowned for transporting audiences into captivating narratives where they play a central role.
Our productions are not just shows; they are transformative journeys that blur the lines between reality and imagination. From hidden speakeasies to mythical lands, COLAB Theatre is your gateway to a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
ARTIST CALLS
NEVADA
Call for Collaborators
Meow Wolf
Terms: Unlisted
Compensation: Unlisted
If you’re an artist from Las Vegas or anywhere within the state of Nevada, we are seeking candidates for a top secret upcoming project.
We are specifically looking for sculptors, new media & installation artists, muralists, digital artists, sound artists, and musicians.
To throw your work in the mix visit our Want to Collaborate Form.
ACADEMIC
MANCHESTER, UK
Research Associate — Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Immersive Technologies
University of Salford, Manchester
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Term: Full Time Fixed Term
Salary: £37,100 — £44,263
Contract End Date: March 2025
Closes: August 20, 2023
We are seeking motivated and capable Post-Doctoral Research Associates to provide support for the Innovate UK funded MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation Hub (MITIH), an industry-led innovation programme.
The role holders will be based at HOST in MediaCity and work on a broad range of R&D and innovation challenges within our established and vibrant research environment, as part of an experienced research team composed of senior research leaders from across the university and creative, digital and tech industry partners.
We are seeking applications from researchers with expertise in our core thematic areas of gametech / esports, immersive experiences (including immersive audio), and virtual production.
The successful applicants will have advanced skills and proficiency in computing and creative technologies for real-time and immersive applications in our thematic areas. Specific competencies include working with advanced integrations in gaming, using AI, Machine Learning, and such platforms as unreal and unity. The posts are focused on applied research and, particularly, integrating industry co-investment, working closely with our business development associate to identify projects that arise from industry needs.
MIAMI
Assistant Professor in Interactive Media
University of Miami
Term: Full Time
Compensation: Unlisted
Requirements: Ph.D. is required for the appointment.
Applications to be reviewed starting: October 23rd, 2023
The Department of Interactive Media at the University of Miami (https://interactive.miami.edu) is currently seeking applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track or tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant Professor level for faculty conducting research in immersive media. We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community and enthusiastically encourage applications from individuals who can contribute to this mission. The candidate must possess a Ph.D. in Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Media and Technology, Media and Society, Media Arts, Emerging Media, Computer Science, or a related discipline by the beginning of the appointment, August 15, 2024.
Candidates are expected to conduct research in immersive media fields, covering areas such as enhanced storytelling, training and simulation, health care and medical uses, ethics of immersive technologies, serious games/education, audience engagement, accessibility, social impact, immersive design, and communicative behavior in immersive contexts. The focus of the research will be to explore the potential of immersive media like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), in contributing to these diverse sectors, while pushing the boundaries of how we understand and employ these technologies. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated record of excellence in research in the extensive field of immersive media, incorporating the various research areas mentioned.
FESTIVAL & AWARD DEADLINES
2023 Peabody Awards: Interactive and Immersive Submissions
Peabody Awards
Entry Fee: $400 (reduced rate of $300 for first-time applicants)
Deadline: October 5, 2023 at 11:59pm Pacific Time
FROM THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
The interactive and immersive cycle of the Peabody Awards honors stories in formats such as games, virtual reality, augmented reality, interactive journalism and documentary, co-creation, and social video, made widely available to the public on consumer-level hardware. Interactive, immersive, and/or participatory experiences must be core to the project and essential to the storytelling.
Eligibility Period: All projects must have been published/released between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The window of eligibility has been set to overlap with last year’s award cycle due to the newness of the category and in order to provide broader consideration of works. Projects released during the overlap period (January 1, 2022 through May 31, 2022) which have already been submitted for consideration are not eligible.
(See link for full details.)
LOS ANGELES
IndieCade Night Games
IndieCade
Flash Sale Rate: $100 USD
Flash Sale Deadline: August 24th, 2023 at 12 Noon PDT
Festival Awards — Nov. 4th
Anywhere & Everywhere on Steam and Twitch: Nov. 3rd — 17th
Night Games Live in Los Angeles: Nov. 10th and 11th
Night Games is back!!
Calling all makers of installation art, physical games, alt.controllers, and immersive outdoor experiences! Night Games @ IndieCade will make its triumphant return to Los Angeles in November of this year! The event will take place November 10–11, 2023, at The Music Center in Downtown LA. This will be the first Night Games in four years!
Submissions for our 2023 season include our online Festival — IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere, as well as consideration for any and all in-person events, as well as our ongoing streaming features and activities for the year.
Contact us for extension information: submissions@indiecade.com
Fee Assistance is available. Applications are due by Noon on Tuesday, the 22nd.
ONLINE
Virtual Worlds
Raindance Immersive 2023
Festival Dates: 25th October — 12th November, 2023
Submission Deadline: 27th August, 2023
LINK
Selected worlds must be ready by the start of the festival on 25th October, 2023. No submission fee is required. We would like to encourage you to fill in the form way before the form submission deadline on 27th August to increase your chance of being selected. Please feel free to make your submission even with a demo or an early preview. Your world (or new world preview) must be finalised by the start of the festival on 25th October, 2023.
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