Animation TD
Sony Pictures Imageworks3 months ago
Vancouver, CanadaEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Optimize animation workflows through automation and best practices.
- Develop and maintain scripts, tools, and utilities for animation teams.
- Assist artists with technical issues throughout the production pipeline.
- Identify workflow inefficiencies and collaborate with artists and pipeline teams to build improvements.
- Coordinate with supervising animators to implement optimizations for sequences and assets.
- Support the proprietary animation pipeline and evaluate pipeline best practices.
- Author tool- and workflow-specific training materials.
- Communicate production progress and challenges to animation and pipeline leadership.
- Collaborate with other departments to resolve creative and technical dependencies.
Requirements
- Strong interest in visual development, film, animation, and computer graphics is a plus.
- Good knowledge of Maya; Unreal Engine and Houdini are a plus.
- Programming experience in Python.
- C++ experience is a plus.
- Bash, cshell, and Linux knowledge.
- Experience with Docker or other software distribution systems.
- Code-sharing and revision-control experience is a plus.
- Basic 3D or 2D artist experience is a plus.
- An undergraduate or graduate degree in Computing Science is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
- A growth mindset and willingness to learn, iterate, and seek feedback.
Benefits
- Healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSPs, sick leave, and vacation leave per company policy.
- Standard increases as applicable.
- Vancouver, BC work location; language in the work environment is English.