XR Media Developer​/Designer

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Posting Number: PG194501EP

Working Title:

XR Media Developer/Designer
Salary: $62,000 - $65,000

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. with flexible structure
Department: DELTA, Office of the Provost, NC State University
Position Number:
Position Type: EPS/SAAO
FTE: 1.0 (full time)

About the Department DELTA’s role within the Office of the Provost is to foster the integration and support of learning technologies in NC State’s academic programs, both on the campus and at a distance. We coordinate the funding and production of all distance-based credit programs and courses for the university, and promote high-quality education by extending the reach of the faculty and collaboratively applying expertise in technology and pedagogy in an efficient, effective, and service-oriented environment.

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The XR Media Developer/Designer will design, build, and maintain interactive Extended Reality (XR) experiences that support teaching, learning, and emerging media innovation. This role blends technical development, rapid prototyping, and collaborative production to deliver high-quality virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications. The ideal candidate is a creative technologist with design sensibilities, strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, and experience working in interdisciplinary environments.

This position reports to the Associate Director, Educational Media Design and performs as a core member of the Educational Media Design and Digital Media Innovation Teams within this in-house team, while working collaboratively with instructional designers, multimedia specialists, video producers, web application and web content developers as well as other university personnel. The Educational Media Design team collaborates with faculty and staff to design and develop effective rich-media applications, technology-rich learning materials and dynamic media elements for course design and educational media development projects.

The production environment for this position is collaborative and team-oriented.

• Develop virtual reality, augmented reality and immersive technology solutions for education.
• Write, maintain, and optimize scripts and systems using C#, C++, Python, and engine-specific tools.
• Build and structure immersive environments and create UX/UI components for XR interfaces.
• Collaborate on XR pipeline development: exploration, documentation, training, and implementation for project teams.
• Contribute to the production of various creative products and materials, working with the multimedia team and other DELTA teams and units.
• Work well in a collegial relationship with faculty, staff, and students.
• Communicate project timelines and progress through regular updates.
• Distill complex information into clear, accessible concepts.
• Interact with interdisciplinary teams and projects.

• Prototype and produce immersive learning experiences, products, and applications in support of digital education.
• Contribute to the production of various creative products and materials, working with the multimedia team and other DELTA teams and units.
• Ability to work in a team production environment…