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| subject: Technical Directors - Research & Development (1, 2, Sr.) , Laika Inc. Laika Inc. is looking for Technical Directors - Research & Development (1, 2, Sr.) duration - Indefinite Job details: Award winning animation studio, LAIKA Inc, based in Portland Oregon and owned by Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman of Nike are seeking Research & Development Technical Directors for its Feature Animation Division. LAIKA/entertainment is currently in production on several animated feature films including: Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" , written for the screen and directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and The Giant Peach); and "Jack & Ben", written and directed by Jorgen Klubien (Cars, Monsters Inc, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid). The company recently purchased the rights to one of the U.K.'s current best-selling children's novels, writer/illustrator Alan Snow's "Here Be Monsters". LAIKA/house is a dynamic community of filmmakers, designers and animators guided by a legacy of 30 years of animation history. Notorious for its skills in storytelling and character performance, LAIKA/house produces every type of animation in every medium. The Research & Development TD bridges the gap between art and technology. Their primary responsibility is to create and improve efficient, artist-friendly, production workflows. By designing, implementing and teaching better ways of working, the R&D; TD empowers an entire team of production artists to get up to work efficiently. As a technical problem-solver, the R&D; TD may be called on to participate in design work, at least peripherally, across the breadth of the entire pipeline. Although the main focus of the R&D; TD is on strategic, reusable workflow development, they may periodically participate directly in production projects. Principal Duties and Responsibilities - Design, prototype and implement artist-centric production tools. - Specify the artist requirements for tools to be developed by other R&D; departments, and integrate them into production workflows. - Work with the documentation and training groups to develop source materials. - Help production staff understand best usage of production tools and workflows. - Troubleshoot production problems, and proactively work to minimize their impact. - Work with production staff to analyze workflows for areas that may benefit from further design work. - Design and execute project work plans to produce known deliverables on a pre-determined timetable. - Proactively seek new technologies, techniques, and processes that will benefit facility production techniques. - Present new ideas, work and technology to educate and inform others in the company Minimum Qualifications and Abilities: - 3 + years of Feature Film (CG) experience - Strong communication skills - Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience. - Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with several of our production applications: Maya, Houdini, Shake, MTOR, prman or equivalents. - Experience working on some flavor of a UNIX platform, preferably Linux - Experience scripting in Perl or Python - A background in Computer Science, Engineering, Art or equivalent job experience - Ability to manage time according to current priorities in an efficient manner - Ability to balance short-term production needs with long-term strategic development - Ability to work in a self directed manner, and be adaptable to change Preferred Abilities and Knowledge: - 5 + years of Feature Film (CG) Experience - Experience with Qt or PyQt - Experience in C/C++ or some other object-oriented programming language - Experience with subversion, cvs or another revision control system - Experience designing user interfaces There are several research & Development Positions open, to apply go to http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/108 http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/109 http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/110 For additional employment opportunities please visit www.laika.com Location: Portland, Oregon, United States |
