Lighting Technical Artist

This is a Full Time Job

As a lighting TA, you will assist the department in resolving input issues, tracking tickets, testing new tools and iterating with TDs.

Responsibilities
• Gives technical support to the assigned departments.
• Debugs issues with key inputs & outputs eg. Farm errors, HDAs, internal tools, publishing processes
• Optimizes department procedures.
• In-depth knowledge of the entire pipeline, especially the back-end departments.
• Assists the supervisor in documenting the technical workflows.
• Attends technical meetings to as requested, to keep trained and updated in the new studio/department tools, pipelines, workflows, etc.
• Keeps up on current technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
• Collaborates with other team members, TAs of other departments and the TDs when necessary.
• Follows the department supervisor and leads6 instruction.

Requirements
• 3-5 years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.
• At least 1 year of experience in the animation industry.
• Strong technical aptitude related to 3D animation is a must.
• Knowledge of some 3D animation areas (Modeling, Surfacing, Animation, Lighting).
• Experience with Houdini and Solaris.
• Experience with USD files.
• Python and VEX is a plus.
• Knowledge of Renderman is a plus.
• Linux knowledge is a plus.
• Medium-High English level desirable.
• Spanish desirable.

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