Virtual Production Specialist

disguise sits at the heart of the most inspiring live and virtual experiences in the world, leading the market in building a software and hardware solution that designs, sequences and controls the most spectacular productions across film and TV, broadcast, live and corporate events.

**The Role**

Disguise is looking for a seasoned Virtual Production Specialist to push the boundaries of virtual production technology workflows in broadcast, animation, visual effects, Live events and traditional filmmaking.

As a Virtual Production Specialist supporting the XRLab team, you will play a key role in guiding the use of Unreal Engine in live entertainment, broadcast and linear content creation - using your industry expertise to identify the needs of creatives, prototype upcoming features, and provide hands-on support for productions both internal and external.

This position requires a person with a unique combination of artistic, technical, and practical skills who is ready to take on bleeding-edge challenges and help shape the future of real-time Virtual Production.

Based on global project demand, interaction across other regions and time zones may be required to support the global team.

**The Responsibilities**
- Work closely with external customers to deliver industry-leading projects that utilize Unreal Engine and real-time technology to the fullest.
- Act as the direct link between Unreal Engine users and the development team - work with studios and productions as needed to help them learn and do what it takes to succeed.
- Clearly understand production requirements and translate them into recommendations for both external customers and internal Unreal Engine development.
- Identify bottlenecks and limitations in Unreal Engine pipeline and tools and help to design and implement solutions.
- Act as a hands-on stage operator for internal productions utilizing in-camera visual effects, and other technologies.
- Provide technical art support to internal projects ranging from editor tools to sequencer-based shot construction and Niagara effects.
- Travel as needed when safety allows.

**The requirements**
- Proven Virtual Production experience with Unreal Engine on real world projects.
- Strong understanding of multiple aspects of the Unreal Editor including the creation of sophisticated Editor Blueprints, Sequencer workflows, LiveLink, and nDisplay.
- Expertise in film & television or live-broadcast practices and processes.
- Expertise with live camera tracking, data recording, virtual cameras, or in-camera visual effects.
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues to engine developers and product managers.
- Desire to both teach others and learn new techniques, becoming the industry expert on new features and practices as they arise.
- Self starter with a ‘can do’ attitude
- First class communication, analytical, problem solving abilities
- Promote a positive and productive team culture to ensure success
- Someone who is flexible, innovative and forward thinking

**Nice to have skills**
- Basic C++ literacy is a plus.
- Domain knowledge of layout/environment assembly, animation, lighting, or look development is a plus.
- Openness to speak at one-to-many situations such as trade shows, Tech Talks, presentations at developer studios, etc.
- Willingness to travel.

**About disguise**

Building on our two-decade legacy in the live event space, where our workflow has powered global concert tours for artists like U2 and Beyoncé, festivals like Coachella and Glastonbury and theatre productions like Frozen and Harry Potter, in the past year we have also led the way in Extended Reality (xR) for remote virtual production.

Our award-winning xR workflow has enabled over 300 productions in the past 12 months, for music artists such as Katy Perry and Billie Eilish, broadcast TV channels like ITV and Eurosport, enterprise businesses like SAP and Siemens, educational institutions like the University of Michigan and notable VFX studios like Framestore and DNEG.

We partner closely with Epic Games, NVIDIA, Netflix and many more to further develop and democratize our virtual production solution and enable teams anywhere to create their best story with the most innovative tools.

With offices in London, LA, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo, we are a fast-growing company that hires bright, creative, talented individuals across the world to push the boundaries of visual experiences and build lasting relationships with our community.

We were delighted to be recognized as one of the Financial Times’ top 1000 fastest growing businesses for 2021. Watch** **our showreel** to see just some of the incredible work of how disguise products are used

**Our values**
- _Honest. We are real with ourselves and our clients and share our ideas with openness and transparency._
- _Evolutionary. We innovate using our user’s ever-changing needs so our technology remains ahead-of-the-game._
- _Fearless. We take the bes