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Unreal Engine 5 expertise on demand for interactive brand experiences

Location

Norway

Customer since

2023

Industry

Media & Entertainment

NPG's Interactive division faced a high-demand season with complex Unreal Engine 5 deliverables for major clients and no time to hire. Devspace embedded a senior UE5 engineer directly into the team, enabling NPG to deliver innovative interactive sales tools to leading maritime and shipping brands.

Unreal Engine 5 expertise on demand for interactive brand experiences

The challenge

NPG - Norwegian Promotion Group - is a full-service creative and experience agency. Their Interactive division builds immersive, hardware-software hybrid experiences that combine the latest developments in real-time rendering, gaming technology, and interactive installation design. The solutions they create allow clients to let their customers experience brands in new and compelling ways - at trade shows, in showrooms, and at live events.

During a particularly busy season, demand from clients seeking brand activation through interactive experiences outpaced the capacity of the NPG core team. The deliverables were technically complex - requiring deep, hands-on proficiency with Unreal Engine 5 to build interactive sales tools for trade show stands. The deadline was fixed: major international exhibitions in Hamburg and Oslo, with leading global maritime and shipping brands as clients.

Senior Unreal Engine 5 engineers are among the hardest specialist profiles to source at short notice. NPG needed someone who could integrate quickly, understand the creative and technical requirements, and deliver to broadcast-quality standards under a live-event deadline.

What we did

A senior Unreal Engine 5 engineer embedded in NPG's Interactive division for a high-stakes delivery season.

Senior UE5 placement at short notice

We identified and placed a senior Unreal Engine 5 engineer with production experience in real-time 3D, interactive installations, and the performance demands of live event environments. A profile that typically takes months to hire through conventional routes - placed in weeks.

Interactive sales tool delivery

Our engineer embedded directly into NPG's Interactive division - working alongside the core team to design and build interactive sales tools for trade show stands in Hamburg and Oslo. The solutions were delivered for leading global maritime and shipping brand clients, combining real-time 3D rendering with interactive product presentation.

Embedded through the full delivery cycle

Throughout the engagement, close cooperation with the NPG team ensured steady progress and adherence to deadlines. The engagement ran for several months - long enough to cover the full delivery cycle while giving NPG the flexibility to scale back once the peak season passed.

The outcome

NPG delivered on their client commitments - on time, to the quality standard their major maritime and shipping clients expected, at exhibitions in Hamburg and Oslo. The interactive sales tools performed as intended, enabling clients to present their brands in immersive, memorable ways. By extending the team with exactly the right specialist at the right moment, NPG avoided the risk of either turning down client work or overstretching their core team. The engagement demonstrated the value of on-demand access to rare engineering expertise - and set a strong foundation for future collaboration. For NPG's Interactive division, the ability to scale specialist technical capacity up or down without the overhead of permanent hiring is now a proven model.

NPG

Devspace extended our team seamlessly during our busiest season - the right engineers, ready fast, delivering brand experiences for global clients.

Axel Svensson

Axel SvenssonHead of Innovation & Technology of NPG

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