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Posted: January 23, 2007
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subject: Scripter , Mainframe Entertainment Inc.

Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is looking for Scripter

Job details: Responsibilities Include:

- Developing and maintaining leading-edge proprietary tools/shaders/plugins/scripts.

- Primary or secondary responsibilities for the technical requirements of specific productions

- Assisting in the development of next generation production pipeline.

- Creating and maintaining technical effects, as required

- Assisting in the development of television/direct-to-video, and film pipelines

- Actively participate in the growth of the Production Technology Department

- Providing training/tutorials to production staff

- Acquiring and maintaining up-to-date knowledge in the relevant fields

- Representing the technical achievements and capabilities of Rainmaker Animation.

Duties Include:

- Designing, developing, and maintaining proprietary scripts used in production.

- Developing complex Graphical User Interfaces.

- Overseeing all of the technical requirements of a specific production; work with producers, directors, animation and modeling supervisors to determine these needs, either alone or under the guidance of the Senior TD

- Collaborating with software developers in fulfilling the needs of current and future productions

- Interacting with the IT Department with respect to operating, file, and network systems? issues

- Providing additional technical support and training to production teams, as needed

- Providing web developers with the appropriate internal support pages (documentation, tutorials). ** This position involves a lot of documentation work and basic HTML programming.

- Evaluating and recommending relevant external shaders/plugins/scripts

- Interacting with commercial vendors with respect to technical issues affecting proprietary shaders, etc

- Attending regular production and department meetings

- Assisting in the development of pipelines for television, direct-to-video, and film

- Assisting the Manager of Production Technology in strategic planning

- Participating, when applicable, in technical support/director candidates? interviews

- Maintaining contacts with academia/industry to keep current on new research and competitor developments

- Reading relevant journal/conference/technical articles

- Attending industry conferences and seminars

- Developing and presenting lectures/papers for academia/industry as applicable

Qualifications:

- Undergraduate degree or a diploma in Computing Science, or related disciplines an asset.

- 2+ years production experience

- Thorough knowledge of MEL.

- Linux scripting experience a requirement.

- Excellent knowledge of Rigging and Dynamics.

- Experience developing complex user interfaces..

- Thorough knowledge of digital 3D animation and special effects.

- Thorough knowledge of CG packages: Maya,XSI/Houdini/Shake/ etc.

- Good knowledge of Python/HTML/VBScript

- Houdini script knowledge is an asset.

- Knowledge of Mental Ray is an asset.

- Excellent problem solving and communication skills

Thank you in advance for your application! Due to the high volume of
applications, we only contact those applicants who are short-listed for
interviews.

If you are interested in this position, please apply via our corporate
website www.mainframe.ca
Or, by post to:
Attn: Recruiting
Rainmaker Animation
Suite 200-2025 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6J 1Z6


Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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