Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
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As a lighting TA, you will assist the department in resolving input issues, tracking tickets, testing new tools and iterating with TDs.
Responsibilities
- Gives technical support to the assigned departments.
- Debugs issues with key inputs & outputs eg. Farm errors, HDAs, internal tools, publishing processes
- Optimizes department procedures.
- In-depth knowledge of the entire pipeline, especially the back-end departments.
- Assists the supervisor in documenting the technical workflows.
- Attends technical meetings to as requested, to keep trained and updated in the new studio/department tools, pipelines, workflows, etc.
- Keeps up on current technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
- Collaborates with other team members, TAs of other departments and the TDs when necessary.
- Follows the department supervisor and leads6 instruction.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.
- At least 1 year of experience in the animation industry.
- Strong technical aptitude related to 3D animation is a must.
- Knowledge of some 3D animation areas (Modeling, Surfacing, Animation, Lighting).
- Experience with Houdini and Solaris.
- Experience with USD files.
- Python and VEX are a plus.
- Knowledge of Renderman is a plus.
- Linux knowledge is a plus.
- Medium-High English level desirable.
- Spanish desirable.
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