Assistant Technical Director
Method Studios
Vancouver, BCThis was removed by the employer on 3/19/2015 6:48:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Reporting to the Pipeline Supervisor, the Assistant Technical Director (ATD) is involved in the creation and ongoing support of a large high-end visual effects pipeline and asset/project management system, as well as application tools and utilities. This is a service-oriented role and the ATD should have a helpful, patient and accommodating personality.
Duties
• Develop and maintain scripts, tools and utilities for Maya and/or Houdini artists
• Work in and understand the Method proprietary pipeline. Help develop and maintain this pipeline
• Create, package, and release tools and tool projects using Method proprietary technology
• Assist artists in technical issues. Help to debug any Maya/Houdini-related or Method pipeline related issues
• Help debug rendering and dispatching issues
• Work as ''triage'' from time-to-time, acting as the point person for any and all production-related queries to the pipeline department.
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and work with artists and other pipeline teams to build systems to improve these inefficiencies
Qualifications
• Good knowledge of VFX software packages such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke
• Programming experience, preferably in Python, C , MEL, and/or java
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Bash/cshell/Linux knowledge
• Knowledge of render queuing software
• Some experience as a 3D or 2D artist a plus
• Good understanding of relational databases and/or SQL
• Experience in code-sharing, revision control
• Experience writing or working with shaders for vray, Renderman, Mantra, Mental Ray or other production renderers an asset
• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Computing Science a plus
• Knowledge of Shotgun or asset management a plus