• Help develop and bring creative concepts to life utilizing editorial and motion graphics skills; • Work to tell visually compelling and engaging brand stories; • Communicate clearly and in a timely manner with all members of the team; • Participate in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas; • Design projects from scratch and expand upon existing packages; • Provide accurate time estimates for each part of the process; • Adhere to current processes and workflows, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and proposing and creating processes and tools to support design operations; • Assist in selecting appropriate audio, graphic, and animation styles for the project; • Institute and actively lead editing and post-production projects. This role is responsible for finalizing post production, including video editing when necessary; • Demonstrate the ability to integrate into the video production team, finding where your talents can enhance any given project; • Work with external suppliers who are producing video assets for us to ensure they are adhering to our brand guide and format guidelines.

• Define practical workflows and tools that let artists author high‑quality, performant content, and you’ll partner with rendering, ML, and perception teams to make sure it behaves as expected in our AV stack. • Design and maintain a physically‑based material pipeline for our simulation engines (e.g., MDL, shader graphs, or equivalent). • Author and calibrate high‑quality shaders and materials that respond correctly under a wide range of lighting conditions and camera models. • Standardize material libraries, authoring conventions, and validation workflows to keep content consistent and performant. • Define best practices for environment and hero lighting in simulation scenes, including sky/atmospherics, time‑of‑day setups, and camera‑accurate exposure. • Build in‑engine lighting tools and evaluation scenes to help artists quickly assess quality, realism, and performance. • Partner with rendering engineers to profile lighting and shading, and to ship optimizations that reduce cost without sacrificing critical visual cues. • Build procedural systems to populate large‑scale environments with buildings, vegetation, traffic control devices, road debris, and other set dressing. • Develop procedural tools and workflows for generating layouts (streets, landscaping, prop distributions) that respect design, performance, and simulation constraints. • Collaborate with worldbuilding and content teams to encode art direction and AV testing needs into controllable procedural parameters. • Partner with Simulation, ML, and Perception teams to understand what “realism” means from a sensor and model‑performance perspective, and tune your work accordingly. • Document standards, share best practices, and mentor other artists and technical artists on shading, lighting, and procedural workflows.

About Us Hovercraft is a dynamic and innovative creative design firm that partners with brands to craft compelling experiences through design, strategy, and technology. We specialize in creating standout visuals, interactive digital content, and impactful branding solutions that push the boundaries of creativity. The Role Hovercraft is looking for a creative Senior Spatial Designer to create brand experience work for retail pop-ups, brand activations, and workplace design. This is not a traditional retail fixture role. Applicants with multidisciplinary abilities in other creative mediums such as graphic and/or animation are encouraged to apply. Your portfolio should demonstrate excellent design execution, a high level of taste, and strong creative conceptual thinking. Our typical work is within sportswear, fashion, sport, music and outdoor industries. Candidates should be strong communicators, able to collaboratively work in a team setting and consistently want to push the boundaries of what’s possible to create industry leading work. What You’ll Do - Collaborate on concepting and ideation to shape the consumer journey and experience. - Develop designs through mood boards, sketches, 2D/3D layouts, and material palettes; rendering skills a plus. - Create environmental graphics, scenic elements, and merchandising details that bring spaces to life. - Partner with internal teams and external vendors to ensure clear communication, quality execution, and smooth delivery. - Present work to clients and teammates, incorporating feedback and occasionally traveling for site visits or installs (1–3x per year). What We’re Looking For - 5 - 8 years of experience in a similar role - SketchUp as a primary tool - Proficiency in Figma and/or Adobe Creative Cloud - Rendering skills are a plus - Strong portfolio showing solid fundamentals, attention to detail, inventive design thinking and high-level execution in brand experience work - A collaborative team player that is highly motivated, pro-active and positive. - Excellent organization and time management skills to meet deadlines across multiple projects in a remote work setting. - Illustration, animation or spatial design side hustles The salary range for this position is $90,000 - 110,000 annually, plus comprehensive benefits. Salary is determined by a combination of factors that include qualifications, applicable skills, relevant experience and other budgetary considerations such as location/geography. Hovercraft is a remote-first company, working primarily on Pacific and Mountain time. You must be eligible to work in the US. Recruitment Notice We use AI-assisted tools solely to help identify and highlight keywords related to critical design skills and relevant experience within applications. These tools support our recruiting team by improving consistency and efficiency; they do not make hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed by humans, and AI is not used in a discriminatory manner or to evaluate personal characteristics unrelated to job requirements.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description The Course Materials Market Manager has full accountability for managing and monitoring the course materials inventory lifecycle across multiple locations (remotely). - Collects, edits, confirms, and enters faculty adoption information. - Sets Quantity to Cover (QTC) textbook buying decisions and initiates & controls general purchase order tasks for ACCESS & student choice adoption and program types for all assigned Market stores. - Reports directly to the Course Materials Regional Manager or Course Materials Market Leader. - Collaborates consistently with ACCESS Success Managers and Support teams. - Responsible for regular campus and store team communications. - Accountable for driving course materials strategy with in-person store team members. - Acts as liaison between Business Operations & field/store management. - Primary point of business contact and analytical support for Regional Managers, Market Leaders, and Store Management regarding course material status and performance. - Demonstrates strong knowledge of Follett systems and strategies. - Effectively executes company programs and initiatives. - Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures. - Partners with various support partners, including Store Operations, Customer Success org, AP, HR, and Training. - Consistently demonstrates Follett Values - One Team, Innovate & Create, Put People First, Do What's Right, Own the Results, Stand for Inclusion. - Demonstrates proficiency in Follett Strategic Core Competencies - Thought, Results, People, and Self. Qualifications - 3-5 years of relevant experience. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent. - Store operations, account management, and/or project management experience. - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, able to convey concepts and solve complex problems across multiple teams. - Advanced skills with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Teams & BI. Requirements - Oversees the course materials department for multiple locations and contracts. - Manages and monitors course materials inventory lifecycle, with direct decision-making responsibility for their assigned group of stores. - Responsible for report generation/disbursement, analyzing the data, and acting as primary Text Decision Makers to take actions based on that analysis. - Provides direction to store management and/or RMs to ensure all course material lifecycle tasks are completed in the stores. - Evaluates course materials' business performance, including QTC decisions, inventory levels, purchasing and disposition activities. - Reviews and directs planning activities to ensure data accuracy. - Collects course materials information from the school faculty and administration at all assigned locations. - Acts as primary text decision maker, responsible for calculating the quantities of course materials needed for the school term. - In partnership with store management, presents, interacts, and influences faculty, department chair(s), Dean, and/or administration on course materials issues. - Seasonal in-store visits for operational review and/or providing assistance. - Accountable for providing feedback and consistent communications to the Regional Manager, Store Manager, and key campus partners on course material department checkpoints.