ATD (Assistant Technical Director) - Feature Film

Description

Position: ATD (Feature Film) (Assistant TD)
Functional Area: Production Technology
Reports To: CG Supervisor / Director of Production Technology

Overall accountability:

The ATD is responsible for providing technical production support and enhancement of the production pipeline.

Duties:

- Develop and maintain leading-edge proprietary tools/shaders/plugins/scripts used in CG production under the guidance of the CG Supervisor.
- Devise and innovate methods of working that meet production requirements.
- Create scripts in VBScript and/or Python allowing automation of specific tasks.
- Assist in the development of a production pipeline.
- Provide additional technical support and training to production teams as needed.
- Interact with the IT staff with respect to operating, file, and network systems issues.
- Attend regular production and department meetings.
- Acquire and maintain up-to-date knowledge in the relevant fields.

About Rainmaker:

We're a creatively collaborative, full service CG animation studio in Vancouver Canada with an innovative history that spans over 15 years. Originally established as Mainframe Entertainment, the award winning CG company was acquired in 2006 by one of Vancouver's most well known entertainment businesses to become Rainmaker Entertainment.

With over 200 artists, directors and technical staff, our studio provides a full service environment for clients and creative partners. We can do it all - design, casting, recording, modeling, layout, animation, motion capture, lighting and post production. Our highly scalable and adaptable pipeline features artist friendly tools and allows us to create CG animation styles that are unique to each project. We don't limit ourselves.

Apply now at www.rainmaker.com