Render Wrangler

Description

About Us

Nerd Corps Entertainment, established in 2002, is a DHX Media company, boasting a diverse portfolio of award-winning original properties such as Slugterra, League of Super Evil, Storm Hawks and Rated A for Awesome. With six shows in production, there is always a genre or character to keep you interested and challenged. But we’re more than just an animation studio. Our 400 creatives build stories, worlds, and experiences for kids that cut across platforms from television to online, games, toys, mobile—wherever kids are spending time. We handle all stages of our process in-house, from the IP creation and development to post-production, finance, sales and distribution, licensing and consumer products, and interactive development, making us a rarity in the industry. Our studio near Vancouver’s trendy Commercial Drive is a vibrant mixture of rookies and veterans, where those fresh out of college can continue learning from mid-career and senior artists, and where every level of experience can make the most of their talent on some of the best kids shows and games in the world.

Leo, Gemini, Emmy…been there, won that.

Come work for an award-winning studio and make cartoons, not war.

Department: VFX

Location: Vancouver

About the Position

As an render wrangler you set up render passes, prepares layers for rendering, monitor the rendering process and rendering submissions, and liaise with compositors on rendered elements. You must be eager to learn and develop your skills. You must have basic technical knowledge to analyse and solve problems that arise and be able to communicate with their team.

Responsibilities 

• Report regularly to the VFX supervisor informing him/her of any concerns
• Identify to the VFX supervisor problems that could potentially present with respect to timelines and delivery schedules
• Respect and adapt to the Nerd Corps system of data storage and retrieval through the use of the in-house software
• Make sure that all work done is accounted for and entered in the tracking system (SPARCX)
• Communicate to animators about elements that may be needed for their sequences
• Watch animatics of your episode for errors and shots missing composites; stay current with the show and what stage of production it is at
• Balance the creative needs, technical resources and time available
• Check Softimage XSI scene and set up render passes, layers and partitions for rendering
• Check render results and flag improper images
• Follow the creative direction of the production as communicated by the VFX supervisor
• Work with the senior staff of the VFX team to learn as much as possible about the methods and software used when compositing 

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of 3D texturing, modelling and lighting
• Basic understanding of compositing methods
• Creative with timing and colour
• Work well within the team
• Able to take directions and work independently
• Able to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
• Able to multitask and prioritize
• Good at improvising and problem solving
• Thrive in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment
• Enjoy working in a team atmosphere
• Animation experience an asset

Please APPLY at: https://hire.jobvite.com/j?aj=oRNc1fwB&s=Creative_Heads

THANK YOU to all those who express interest in being a part of the Nerd Corps team. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we may be unable to reply to all applicants. If we feel that you may be a good match for one of our current openings you will be contacted.