Pipeline TD

Description

Are you ready to make a bigger impact?

If you’re looking for a change to challenge and support you as you take the next step in your career, joining Umedia Vancouver provides that rare opportunity. With offices in LA, London, Paris, Brussels, and now Vancouver, Umedia is an international film group specializing in production, financing, visual effects, and finishing. The foundation of Umedia’s success is our employees. We believe in developing everyone’s potential in a fun, passionate, and proactive environment that promotes open communication and a healthy work/life balance. We’re looking for someone just like you to join us and be a significant part of our North American expansion.

Umedia Vancouver is a small, growing VFX and finishing team headed by CEO and Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor, Peter Muyzers, and backed by a management team with many decades of direct experience on the front lines of Hollywood production and post-production. Our goals are ambitious yet realistic, and we’re rapidly becoming Vancouver’s go-to boutique facility for high-end visual effects.  

We’re seeking a Pipeline TD to join the Umedia Vancouver team.

• Do you communicate and collaborate well with artists and enjoy enabling them to create even better work, even more efficiently?
• Are you a great problem solver and have familiarity with some or all of the major VFX applications and platforms? (Shotgun, Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Linux, etc)
• Do you want to work alongside and learn from a strong development team with the highest coding standards? 

We're building a pipeline from scratch, incorporating lessons learned from the past and best practices from both inside and outside our industry, with the goal of becoming an industry leader in both quality and efficiency. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by, apply to join us today!

YOUR MISSION

• To provide technical support, find and fix issues, and create tools to support immediate production needs.
• To support artists, supervisors and production by providing integrations and interfaces between back-end infrastructure and users.
• To quickly prototype software and interfaces for production use and provide usability feedback to software developers to help guide the full implementation.
• Take part in code reviews by giving and receiving feedback to ensure the code base stays clean for the long term.
• Take ownership of your own work, priorities and schedule while being understanding of the big picture priorities of the company.
• Report to and advise the R&D Manager.

REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 3 years high end VFX production experience.
• Expertise in problem solving and python scripting for Shotgun, Maya, Nuke, and/or Houdini.
• Familiarity with 2D and 3D artist departments, workflow and techniques.
• C++, PyQT, and Linux shell scripting, or an interest in learning.
• Knowledge of file formats, LUTs, rendering, shaders, render farm managers is an advantage.
• A disciplined approach to naming conventions, documentation, ticketing, and familiarity with version control and use of code repositories (Git preferred).
• Versatility to adapt as priorities shift, and a strong interest in growing your skill base.
• You are fluent in English.
• You are a resident of Canada and you are legally permitted to work in Canada.

OFFER

We offer an attractive benefits package and a position within a supportive environment with career development opportunities.