Assistant Director, Intellectual Property

Universal Creative Job ID: 602591 Category: Creative Studio Career Type: Full-Time Location: Orlando, FL At Universal Creative, we design, develop, and deliver the most compelling entertainment experiences imaginable.
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JOB SUMMARY: The Assistant Director, Intellectual Property is responsible for the development and management of all assigned project-related communication with the Project Intellectual Property (IP) holder(s) including strategic relationship guidance with international IP holders, advising on cultural sensitivity as it relates to creative alignment, and driving the approvals process with the ultimate objective of IP holder approvals of all submittals, and, where applicable, approvals for localization for scripts, graphics and other guest-experience elements.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Acts globally across all Projects to ensure the Creative Design Intent is successfully conveyed to and approved by the IP Holder in all guest-experience related, relevant aspects of the Project (or as per the unique terms of the contract).
As part of the Creative Studio team, the Assistant Director develops a strategic partnership and collaboration with the IP Holder to ensure the thorough understanding, timely input to and approval of all needed aspects of design and provides oversight during production and final installation of the Work, in alignment with the Project’s creative intent.
Assists the Project teams throughout the project lifecycle, providing guidance and recommendations that serve both the Project creative requirements and also facilitate the IP Holder approval process.
Assures guest-experience and creative design intent are properly communicated to the IP Holder.
Develops and manages the IP approval process.
Oversees project approvals with members from each team delivering required items for process submission to the IP Holder for approvals.
Develops and manages work plans, estimates, schedules and tasks for all IP submittals, and localization efforts in support of the assigned Project goals and strategies, including reports and status on all IP approval processes (progress, issue reporting and resolution and approval).
Provides guidance and advice during any localization auditions, casting, recording and post-production activities as directed by the Studio Executive Producer or Chief Creative Officer, as an expert in the target language.
Leads the localization efforts for the project IP, ensuring the creative intent and nuances (humor, dramatic arc, innuendo, etc.
) are maintained and not affected by translation into the target language.
Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Travel is required depending upon Project needs.
Role requires a high degree of collaboration and teamwork with Internal and External Partners.
For Projects requiring localization, experience as an interpreter, translator or a combination of experience and advanced coursework in language arts and linguistics is required.
Requires highly effective communication skills.
Requires a positive “can-do” attitude.
Must be a problem solver.
Should be able to thrive under pressure in a challenging work environment.
Non-routine: general policies applied to frequently changing situations.
Influences decisions of moderate nature requiring high degree of tact, diplomacy and maturity.
Directly supervises efforts of staff and sub-contractors assembled to support specific project-related tasks.
Number and types of staff will vary dependent upon the Project.
All staff and sub-contractors are assigned under the Creative Studio or the Project Creative Design Team.
QUALIFICATIONS: Well-developed design, production and management portfolio.
Knowledge of design management, work planning, budgeting, scheduling, bid package preparation and variety of vendors.
Superior organizational skills in tracking and reporting the status of many individual items such as submittals, Requests for Information, responses, rejections and approvals.
Highly effective communicator with the ability to explain creative subject matter to a broad slate of stakeholders, internal and external, in order to gain consensus.
Expert knowledge of Project-specific IP is required in order to provide informed reviews of submittals and evaluation & prioritization of IP Holder feedback.
Strong negotiating skills required in order to drive consensus and obtain IP approvals.
Expert knowledge of both original language and target languages required in order to lead localization efforts and provide recommendations during translations and casting.
Expert knowledge of all processes required to interpret creative intent in the supplied language and provide the same experience in the alternate language.
Basic knowledge of theme park technologies including ride, A/V, robotics, engineering and various show systems helpful.
Knowledge of theme park related project management, organizational and show design practices.
Demonstrates ability to lead creative and design teams on attraction projects, instill a spirit of teamwork and promote staff development.
Makes independent choices free from immediate supervision.
Possesses solid aesthetic sensibilities and storytelling skills to support the creative process and to facilitate positive and productive communication between all disciplines.
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Theatrical Arts, Theme Park Associated Design, and/or project management related field is preferred.
For Projects requiring localization, an advanced degree in Linguistics is required.
EXPERIENCE: 10+ years in theme park design, design and or IP management required.
7+ years in theatrical, theme park or other media related design/production field required.
Experience managing IP development deals and relationships from the IP Holder side highly preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Your talent, skills and experience will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.
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