Look Of Picture TD

Full Time Job
Look of Picture TD (Avatar Studios)



Summary:

Nickelodeon Animation Studios is looking for a Pipeline TD to craft, develop, and implement critical pipeline tools and workflows, support artists and creative leadership, and is the primary technical liaison for the vendors on animated feature films. The role also requires facilitating efficient transfers of CG data between the various sites involved in production with the ability to work across many departments. Onsite teams to support include Story, Art, Editorial, Assets, and Production.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain an outstanding and customized look for the show that will require the integration of traditional 2D and CG elements
• Using look development, shader, lighting, and compositing techniques, develop and maintain a pipeline across multiple studios in support of the customized look
• Develop and support tools and procedures which maintain and improve the production workflow between multiple studios
• Assist in establishing studio goals and strategize on future technical infrastructure on the show
• Work closely with various departments including Editorial, Art, Story, Assets, and the Production management team to streamline and further the production workflow
• Propose, design, implement, test, and support extensions to existing studio pipelines
• Assist artists with troubleshooting and debugging of production issues. Issues may include data management sharing and transfers, color consistency between locations, rendering, post-production, pipeline, etc.
• Maintain internal and user facing documentation
• Help train artists and production teams as needed both internally and at vendor studios
• Primary liaison between Feature Production and MTS staff for operations, file, and network systems issues
• Maintain awareness of new tools software and animation industry trends

Qualifications:

• Experience with look development techniques and processes
• Experience with shader, lighting, and compositing techniques
• Experience developing customized shaders or techniques in support of a unique production look which integrates both traditional 2D and CG elements
• Experience developing customized looks using Machine Learning algorithms preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Animation Production or equivalent experience in a related field
• 2-3 years of experience with CG animation pipelines. Feature pipeline knowledge a big plus
• Experience with Shotgun/ShotGrid (web & Toolkit) and RV
• Strong math and programming skills. Expert in Python
• Ability to support (non-technical) artists
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to solve big multi-disciplinary problems
• Experience with 3rd party packages such as Maya, Nuke, Redshift, or Arnold
• Coursework or other studies in computer graphics or 3D game development
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Exceptional communication skills