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Job Summary – Overview: Ghost Productions is a creative development company that specializes in helping surgical device companies train physicians and other healthcare professionals. Using virtual reality technologies, our aim is to reduce the amount of fatal errors in mission critical procedures. Essential Functions & Responsibilities – Primary Responsibilities:

• Creating 3D models based on concept art and anatomical references
• Use your understanding of optimized low poly asset creation
• Collaborate with other members of the team to best facilitate team success

– Secondary Responsibilities:

Improve understanding of medical techniques and general anatomy.

Assist in improvements to workflow including the ability to setup and define pipelines, processes, and best practices.

Have fun and contribute to a creative and positive work environment.

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Job Summary – Junior AGILE Project Manager

 

Primary Responsibilities:

– Client Communication on project status
-Deliver assets to clients and manage media feedback and approvals.
-Schedule projects using AGILE and waterfalls planning methods
-Ensure proper procedures followed for proposing, billing, invoicing, change orders, etc.
-Ensure that client requests are being implemented on time and meeting or exceeding expectations of quality
-Enter client contacts in database, ensure database is up to date and functional
-Ensure that all projects are completed on time.
-Complete Manager tasks (as related to job description) on time and as described

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Join the team! ghOst Productions is looking to hire a creative and hard

working 3D/VR Generalist to join our studio in Maplewood, MN.

Job Title: 3D/VR Asset Generalist

Job Summary

Primary Responsibilities:

• Asset creation (Modeling/Shading/Lighting) for engine hardware rendering to be used for training, education, entertainment, and marketing.

• Learn and bring new ideas/ solutions to improve visual sophistication and efficiency for hardware rendering solutions.

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Ghost Productions is hiring! We are looking for an experienced rigging and dynamics artist.

Primary Responsibilities:

•  Create, rig and animate content for clients to utilize for training, education, entertainment, and product marketing.
•  Learn and bring new ideas/solutions to improve the look of ghOst.
• Improve production pipeline by developing, maintaining, and implementing native scripted software tools for animation/production software.
• Create and develop dynamic particle and fluid simulations.
• Maintain clean and well organized rigged files that have understandable, unique naming convention.

Secondary Responsibilities:

•  Collaborate with other members of the team to best plan productions and facilitate storytelling.
•  Increase skills and usefulness of both yourself and your fellow co-workers.

BONUS Responsibilities

• The capacity to build, maintain and upgrade workstations and servers.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• – Creating and animating visually engaging content from pre-production assets.
• – Effectively communicating client ideas through a visual medium.
• – Support 3D production staff with general rigging tasks and scripting in Maya.
• – Meeting production deadlines.
• – Teamwork.
• – Updating project management software on a daily basis utilizing SOP (Standard Operation Procedures) to coordinate projects with other team members.
• – Incorporating client feedback into projects
• – Discovering new techniques for the 3D production process that makes for a more visually stunning product and a stronger, more efficient production pipeline.
• – Fulfilling objectives and directives of directors and managers.
• – Above all, have fun!

Job Requirements & Qualifications

Education: Associate Degree, or proven artistic talent.

Knowledge Requirements (licenses, programs, or certifications):  Autodesk Maya, Houdini, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Basic Compression and Authoring Software

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