Assistant Technical Director - PROJECT

Description

Lucasfilm Animation is looking for an Assistant Technical Director to help produce and maintain a smoothly running 3D Story pipeline. This position is responsible for all technical matters in the story phase of production, including show setup, technical support, show QC, packaging, as well as tool design and integration.

Understanding and assisting with any technical issues for the 3D Story Department Pipeline.
Under supervision from the Lead Lighting Technical Director, develop tools (scripting and programming) for the 3D Story department.
Assist in Show Setup and Packaging, and maintain all the tools required to perform these tasks.
QC and problem solve for issues of all media coming into, being used by, and then delivered out of the 3D Story Department.
Assist the 3D Story artists with any technical matters that they may have.
Contribute to the success of both the 3D Story Creative and Pipeline Department through actively supporting operational tasks as well as identifying and addressing potential issues/problems.
Learn and follow coding conventions and standards.

Education / Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
2-3 plus years of experience working within the animation industry.

Required Skills / Competencies:

Ability to work well in a fast paced, deadline oriented environment.
Ability to handle multiple tasks.
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Ability to communicate at both a technical and non-technical level with colleagues.
Must be able to handle critique and (code) review.

Preferred Skills / Competencies:

Strong interest in animation story process preferred.

Technical Skills:

Must have demonstrated expertise in the Maya software package.
Demonstrated programming skills: Python and Mel.
Strong understanding of animation production and development process.
Working knowledge of a Unix-like operating system also preferred.

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