Job Description
Academy @ The Focus is a virtual program preparing artists for their journey through the world's top visual effects studios through intensive training. Technicolor's diversified reach in visual effects enables us to guide, mentor, and train these artists to meet the highest industry standards.
Our virtual courses prepare you for a career in visual effects by working with industry experts on your creative, technical, procedural, and soft skills. They also provide a great opportunity to gain experience and expertise to build upon as you progress in your career.
Our Academy @ The Focus team delivers world class courses that develop entry level artists to become studio ready across VFX disciplines including animation, lighting, DMP/Environments, Layout, Tech Anim and FX.
We are seeking a Technical Director to help build our Academy in the Cloud infrastructure with our partners which will establish a new VFX pipeline with managed workstations, storage and rendering. This role also supports building and updating course content to ensure everything works seamlessly for instructors and students.
Responsibilities:
• Designing tools, techniques and pipeline in support of Academy courses.
• Design, create and maintain tools using APIs provided by the various DCC applications.
• The role requires strong technical and communication skills, as well as a firm understanding of lighting, shading, compositing, color theory, software design, graphics, and production workflow.
• Work with trainers to troubleshoot and fix problems arising in the Technical Director's area(s) of expertise and engage peers when outside area of expertise.
• Working closely with Technicolor global systems architecture team to utilize best practices, resources and security requirements for the new Academy in the Cloud.
• Utilize 3rd party platform features that enable the Academy team to assigning workstations with trainers able to monitor and manage usage to control costs.
Qualifications
• Knowledge of applicable software platforms including LINUX, UNIX
• Previous experience in Visual Effects
• Solid understanding of the Visual Effects pipeline
• Experience in developing tools for DCC packages such as Maya, Houdini, Katana or Nuke
• Programming/scripting skills (Python, Maya API, C++) for module and tool development
• GUI scripting (PySide2/PyQt4/PyQt5)
• Experience with pipeline integration, rendering, asset management systems and databases
• Ability to quickly master proprietary tools and development processes
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Must be detail oriented, organized, have good communication skills, and be able to independently handle a variety of tasks in an efficient manner.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqnkq1-18-206-160-129-42 in your application.