Interactive Performance Designer

Role Overview

We are looking for a talented Interactive Performance Designer to craft compelling behavioral, emotional, and interactive experiences for AI-driven digital humans, virtual actors, avatars, and immersive environments. This role blends elements of performance arts, storytelling, UX, and advanced technologies to bring digital characters to life in engaging ways. You will actively collaborate with AI engineers, character artists, writers, animators, UX teams, voice experts, and creative technologists to innovate next-level interactive performance projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualize interactive performance ideas for AI-based characters and immersive experiences.
• Create character behaviors, emotional responses, and interaction patterns optimized for real-time digital platforms.
• Partner with AI engineers, writers, and creative teams to convert concepts into dynamic interactive experiences.
• Develop frameworks, guidelines, behavioral models, and storytelling structures for character interactions.
• Design user journeys that deepen emotional engagement between audience and digital entities.
• Analyze user feedback to refine realism, responsiveness, and overall audience experience.
• Coordinate with animation, voice, motion capture, and AI teams to ensure cohesive character performance across channels.
• Research emerging trends in interactive storytelling, virtual production, AI characters, gaming, XR, and immersive media.
• Build prototypes, demos, workshops, and creative concepts for cutting-edge interactive performance applications.
• Support iterative testing and enhancement of interactive character experiences using user insights.

Candidate Profile

• Minimum Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interactive Design, Performing Arts, Digital Media, Game Design, UX Design, Theatre, Film, HCI, Computer Science, or related fields; equivalent industry experience accepted.
• 3 to 5 years’ professional experience in interactive or performance design, game development, digital media, virtual production, or similar creative disciplines.
• Deep knowledge of character development, storytelling, human behavior, audience engagement, and interactive experience design.
• Prior experience designing for AI characters, virtual humans, avatars, gaming, XR, immersive platforms, or conversational systems.
• Understanding of AI technologies, large language models, interactive systems, motion capture, or digital character workflows is highly advantageous.
• Exceptional creative problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience authoring design documents, prototypes, user scenarios, and interactive experience concepts.
• Solid grasp of emotional design and user-centered interaction principles.
• Portfolio showcasing successful interactive, digital performance, or character-driven projects.
• Fluency in English is required; additional languages are a plus.

Offer and Work Environment

• Chance to pioneer interactive performance design integrating AI-powered character experiences.
• Work alongside a diverse group of AI specialists, designers, performers, developers, researchers, and technologists.
• Competitive salary paired with access to advanced AI tools, virtual production resources, and immersive technology platforms.
• Engagement in innovative projects spanning digital humans, conversational AI, XR, gaming, and interactive storytelling.
• Support for professional growth, industry recognition, and contributions to evolving AI-driven performance disciplines.
• A flexible, creativity-focused workplace fostering experimentation, collaboration, and artistic quality.

Application Instructions

Candidates should submit their resume (max 2 pages), a one-page cover letter describing relevant experience and approach to AI interactive performance design, a portfolio or links to three related projects, plus two professional references. Selection will include an interview with a request to present a brief interactive performance concept or case study illustrating engagement design between humans and AI-powered digital characters. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds across interactive design, performing arts, AI, gaming, XR, digital media, storytelling, and human-computer interaction.