Immersive Experience Designer & Script CuratorAbout UsAt Tripshepherd, we believe travel is more than an itineraryits an opportunity for deep human connection, cultural respect, and community enrichment. Our platform empowers local creators (Tripshepherds) to publish and deliver immersive, story-driven experiences that bring genuine value to both travelers and the destinations they visit.By integrating human-centric design and generative AI, we aim to reshape tourism from a transactional activity into a mutually beneficial relationship. Our mission is to ensure local hosts and communities gain economically and culturally, while travelers enjoy memorable, meaningful adventures. We envision a world where a simple tour can be a soul-stirring journey, leaving destinations better offnot exploited or ignored.If youve dreamed of turning every trip into a real-life performance, where the destination is the stage, the host is the actor, and travelers are the captivated audience, youll feel right at home with us.The OpportunityWere searching for an Immersive Experience Designer & Script Curator who can merge theatrical flair with community-focused travel. Youll be building narrative blueprints that transform local tours into genuine cultural performances, all while ensuring travelers positively impact the places they explore. Whether its a twilight street-art safari in NYC, a mystical waterfall hike in Bali, or a historical reenactment in Niagara Falls, youll craft the storyline so hosts can deliver something truly unforgettable.If youve ever been involved in immersive theater, themed entertainment, interactive exhibits, or gamified live events, this role is your chance to bring those talents to a mission-driven platform that prioritizes ethical travel and community well-being.Role Summary 1. Creative Blueprinting Write scripted outlines for immersive tours or activitiesmultisensory engagement, comedic/dramatic beats, reflection moments. Collaborate with local hosts to adapt each script to their culture and environment, ensuring authentic experiences. 2. Host Collaboration & Coaching Develop playbooks, tutorial videos, or LMS modules that teach hosts to effectively perform the experience, from the opening monologue to closing reflections. Provide real-time feedback to keep each experience thematically consistent and culturally respectful. 3. Quality Control & Iteration Track NPS, traveler reviews, and social shares to evaluate each experiences impact. Continuously refine the design, ensuring experiences remain fresh, dynamic, and beneficial to local communities. 4. Process & Toolkit Building Create scalable frameworks to quickly launch new experiencesarcs, pacing, comedic vs. educational elementsso expansions in new destinations maintain consistent quality. 5. Future Growth & Impact As you succeed, help onboard additional designers, codify best practices, and shape the broader Tripshepherd experience library. Advocate for responsible, impactful tourism practices in everything you create, ensuring that travelers engage deeply with local cultures rather than just consume them.Why Youll Love This Role Mission-Driven Creativity: Youre not just making toursyoure shaping experiences that uplift local hosts, inspire travelers, and champion ethical, community-based tourism. Endless Variety: Today, you might be mapping a comedic city walk with hidden comedic bits; tomorrow, a meditative mountain trek that ends in a cultural ceremony. Scope for Innovation: We value your theatrical background, live event production, or immersive design expertise. Youll have the creative runway to experiment with new formats and storytelling styles. Growth Potential: Start hands-on; eventually build a team that spans multiple countries, each experience reflecting Tripshepherds core principles of authenticity and mutual respect.Ideal Background 1. Immersive Theater / Live Entertainment (e.g., Sleep No Morestyle productions, theatrical direction, or site-specific shows). 2. Themed Entertainment / Interactive Exhibits (Disney Imagineering, museum curation, escape rooms, brand pop-up activations). 3. Event Production & Gamified Experiences (festivals, puzzle hunts, city-wide AR games). 4. Strong Scriptwriting & Storytelling You know how to craft a narrative arc that enthralls an audience while respecting local nuances. 5. Collaboration & Adaptability Excited to work with local guides, customizing experiences for cultural authenticity without losing narrative punch.Key Qualities Hands-On Producer: Comfortable writing scripts, coordinating with multiple hosts, and adjusting to real-world constraints in a fast-paced environment. Data-Driven Improver: You measure success via NPS, traveler reviews, and community feedback, iterating swiftly. Cultural Sensitivity: Committed to ethical tourism, ensuring each experience helpsnot harmslocal communities. Flexible & Growth-Oriented: Willing to learn, adapt, and eventually lead a bigger creative team as Tripshepherd expands globally.Join Tripshepherd and Champion a Better Kind of TravelIf you believe tourism can be transformative, not exploitativeif youve got a knack for immersive storytelling, and you want to shape a global platform that amplifies local voices, wed love to meet you. Lets remake travel into a stage for cultural exchange and meaningful impacttogether.
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Immersive Experience Designer & Script Curator