Department TD - Animated Feature

Description

As a Department TD you will be working closely with the Department Supervisor to research and develop department specific tools, maintain existing tools and plan for the future. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Work collaboratively with the Vancouver Department Supervisors, Sydney Department TDs and R&D teams to ensure a common and standardised approach to the workflow, tool development and support
• Liaise with the R&D team to ensure compliance with current internal best practices
• Ensuring the optimization of the workflow of the department
• Support the artists in the department with the tools and trouble shoot problem scripts and other technical difficulties
• Implementing the already established pipeline and tools from Sydney
• Take responsibility for the optimisation of the workflow of the department
• Ensuring the department is technically well supported
• Provide training to the artists for new tools
• Maintain existing tools
• Long term planning for future projects

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Five years TD experience in large scale animated features, animated TV series and /or VFX feature films
• Experience with a large facility pipeline
• Experience using and troubleshooting in as many of the following as is relevant, Maya, XSI, Mari, Houdini, Nuke and other popular software packages
• Expert knowledge in Python and knowledge of VCS, SVN, GIT, Mercurial or others: and PyQt or other GUI toolkit
• Proven TD experience in large scale animated features, animated TV series and/or VFX feature films
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow through on solutions
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and problem solve
• Ability to work within a strong team environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Physics or equivalent