Assistant Technical Director

This is a Full Time Job


Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has exciting opportunities for Assistant Technical Directors (ATDs) to join the team at our Vancouver, BC studio. This is a 1 year contract position.

Hybrid and Remote opportunities for our Vancouver Studio are specific to remote work within the province of British Columbia.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide general production support to Digital Artists
• Scripting for tools and processes
• Act as a collaborator with the larger Technical Director team and other Digital Artists
• Work with a variety of custom and industry-standard software packages in support of the production pipeline
• View production systems holistically and visualize the larger pipeline while understanding the impact of their actions
• Involvement in the positive representation of Walt Disney Animation Studios in the larger filmmaking and computer graphics community
• Identify issues and opportunities for optimization within production data
• Provide process and pipeline training to the larger studio

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Digital Art, other related field or equivalent work experience
• Familiarity with Linux or Unix
• Python or C/C++
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment

Bonus Qualifications:
• Experience in CG animation, visual effects or video game production environment preferred
• Familiarity with a variety of commercial graphics applications such as Maya, Nuke, Houdini or GI renderers such as VRay or Arnold
• Experience with UI/UX is a plus

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.