Pipeline TD/Liason job

subject: Pipeline TD/Liason, Mainframe Entertainment Inc.

Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is looking for Pipeline TD/Liason

Job details: Job Description:

Responsibilities Include:

- Oversee the technical requirements of specific VFX productions; work with producers, directors, and VFX supervisors to determine these needs.
- Integrate pipeline tools developed at Rainmaker Animation into the VFX production flow.
- Develop proprietary scripts/tools for VFX productions.
- Assist in the development of television/direct-to-video, and film pipelines
- Actively participate in the growth of the Production Technology Department
- Provide training/tutorials to production staff
- Acquire and maintain up-to-date knowledge in the relevant fields
- Represent the technical achievements and capabilities of Rainmaker.

Duties Include:

- Design, develop, and maintain proprietary plugins/scripts used in animation production
Supervise/coordinate technical support staff, technical animators, and render wranglers
- Create and maintain technical effects/shots as directed by the Lighting/Effects team
- Collaborate with software developers in fulfilling the needs of current and future productions
- Interact with the IT Department with respect to operating, file, and network systems’ issues
- Provide additional technical support and training to production teams, as needed
- Provide web developers with the appropriate internal support pages (documentation, tutorials)
- Evaluate and recommend relevant external shaders/plugins/scripts
- Interact with commercial vendors with respect to technical issues affecting proprietary shaders, etc
- Attend regular production and department meetings
- Assist in the development of pipelines for television, direct-to-video, and film
- Assist the Manager of Production Technology in strategic planning
- Participate, when applicable, in technical support/director candidates’ interviews
- Maintain contacts with academia/industry to keep current on new research and competitor developments
- Read relevant journal/conference/technical articles
- Attend industry conferences and seminars
- Develop and present lectures/papers for academia/industry as applicable

Requirements: Qualifications Include:

- Degree/Diploma Computing Science.
- 4+ years production experience
- Thorough knowledge of VFX, and digital 3D animation.
- Thorough knowledge of Maya.
- Thorough knowledge of Python.
- Knowledge of Lightwave/Mental Ray/Renderman/Massive/Houdini/Shake/ is an asset.
- Thorough knowledge of UNIX/Linux, procedural and object-oriented programming languages,.
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Must be proactive
Location: Response Information:

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
email - n/a
address - Suite 200-2025 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
web site - www.mainframe.ca
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