Rendering Supervisor

Description

The Rendering Supervisor is responsible for working with production to assess render resource needs and supervise a team of render wranglers.  He or she is also responsible for ensuring that all render jobs run through the render farm correctly and dictates the guidelines for the Rendering team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with the CG Supervisor and all the post departments to assess the render resources required for the production.
• Create weekly render resource usage reports
• Supervise a team of multiple render wranglers.
• Create and maintain the rendering pipeline documentation in collaboration with the CG Supervisor
• Responsible for watching job queues, re-prioritizing jobs and checking frames based on the production priorities to ensure that the render jobs run smoothly through the render farm.

• Work with IT department to keep all render resources available and running in good order.

·         Maintain regular observation of the render farm functionality and optimization.

·         Educate and support other departments with their rendering needs.

·         Inform and help execute shot optimizations.

·         Report to the Pipeline and CG Supervisors with any render farm issues.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Completed post-secondary education in CG Animation, Computer Science, or other relevant area of study, with a high degree of computer literacy
• Knowledge of PipelineFx Qube or Tractor.
• Ability to lead and train members of a team.
• Familiar with Digital content creations software (Maya, Nuke).
• Experience with RenderMan or equivalent film production renderer is an asset.
• Experience with scripting (Python) preferred.
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and time-management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to record information accurately and to produce relevant reports.
• Experience with 3D rendering pipelines and render farms.

·         Organized and able to understand render job prioritization.

·         Highly technical, able to help debug rendering artifacts.

·         Excellent communication and leadership skills.

·         Experience and/or familiarity with Lighting and FX in an animation production.