Pipeline Technical Director

Description

The Pipeline Technical Director will work with the Pipeline team to provide pipeline and data management support for Framestore's Commercials division

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, document, and maintain tools for our visual effects pipeline
• Train and support artists in using pipeline tools
• Work with a globally-managed pipeline development team
• Work in a diverse international visual effects studio environment
• Assist with monitoring of disk space and rendering resource usage
• Conduct ongoing research and recommend workflows that will improve efficiency

Essential Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work to both long and short deadlines
• Ability to prioritize production tasks in a frequently-changing environment
• Detail oriented with a strong ability to multitask
• Good understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing
• General understanding of networking and performance issues that arise with automated tools
• Programming experience in Python
• Experience developing software for a 3D application such as Maya or Houdini
• Experience developing for other applications such as Nuke
• Experience on UNIX/Linux and Windows operating systems

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Git or another DVCS
• Experience with Shotgun or another production database
• Experience with the Qt application framework
• Experience with C, C++, MEL, Bourne and C shell
• Visual effects production experience
• Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience