3D Model / Texture ATD

Description

The Assistant Technical Director's role is to ensure a smoothly running environment for the artists of the Digital Model Shop -- creation and maintenance of Maya, Zeno, and UNIX shell scripts under the guidance of the Digital Model Shop (DMS) and Tech Team leadership.

*Responsible for the resources necessary for the department. Coordinates with the Department and Tech Team leadership to determine priorities and requirements. Duties include but are not limited to the following:
-Design and author scripts for the DMS group. These include UIs for sculpting and paint work, workflow improvements, Zeno and MEL scripts, and overlaps with other departments.
-Support and maintain new and existing DMS scripts, whether it is debugging problems or adding new features.
-Create and maintain the web documentation for the department.
-Troubleshoot and track down problems within and related to the department.
-Knowledge of show specific scripts.
-Monitor disk space and report status to all who need to know and send out updates to the department requesting space clean-up.

*Work with other discipline ATDs most importantly Creature Dev.
*Efficiently solves and works with other departments to solve department problems that arise.
*Quickly and efficiently perform all tasks as directed by the Supervisor, assisting the department with scripts/software, resource updates, departmental procedures, and so on, to ensure efficiency.
*Responsible for post-show cataloging and show clean-up.
*Facilitate integration of new software, hardware and procedures into the department's pipeline.
*Works under the direction of the Department and Show supervisors to develop skills in all aspects of the Digital Model Shop including Hard Surface Modeling, Creature Modeling and Texture Painting.
*Demonstrates ability to be proactive and anticipating potential problems before they occur and follows through on every task assigned.
*Demonstrates ability to be proactive about keeping everyone in the loop and up-to-date on the status of all tasks.
*Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks and manage time well, and gives everyone with accurate time estimates on task completion.
*Demonstrates ability to listen well to directions and ask questions to confirm that directions are clearly understood
*Demonstrates ability to be an asset to the department, embracing all tasks with competency, energy and enthusiasm.