Job Description

Company Description

Technicolor Games is a unique gaming partner powered by innovation, and the global creative scale of Technicolor Creative Studios.

Servicing the Gaming industry for over a decade, Technicolor Games uses advanced technology to develop concept art, previsualization and art direction, motion capture, key frame animation, CGI assets and immersive experiences for AAA game releases.

Our team of global artists delivers highly complex animation solutions for games, working with the full scope of game engine pipelines. We have delivered over 2000 minutes of animation, 20,000 gaming assets, and 75 game releases to date.

As we strive to push the gaming market forward, we work closely with our Technicolor Creative Studios partners network not only to develop content within Games, but realize gaming brands' full IP journey, from development of Marketing assets to feature length films.



We're looking for a Technical Director (m/f/d) based out of India/South Korea or Europe, who will build, manage and grow the technical team supporting our day-to-day operations, reporting to the Head of Art Production. You will work closely with the Games creative leadership (eg Asset Supervisors, 2D Supervisors and etc), and HODs to identify workflows and tools to improve the quality of the games we produce. Here you will also engage with our existing and potential partners on technical discussions.

A key creative-oriented leader in charge of the runtime architecture of AAA game features, development strategy of projects and performance monitoring of the games while identifying and applying best practices to continuously improve and streamline the art production process.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, train and build the Games Technical team in accordance with the Technicolor Games' global needs.
• Report project risks in a timely manner, propose mitigations and escalate risks when needed.
• Manage communication with partners related to onboarding, project progress, security and technical matters.
• Undertake technical due diligence for new business opportunities.
• Propose and oversee the development of new tools, workflows or techniques as required for successful and efficient delivery of games.
• Write documentation and training material to educate artists and establish best practices.
• Implement solutions for inefficiencies in the production pipeline.
• Assign projects to the technical team and monitor performance, workflow and techniques used in the team.
• Work closely with the art production team to share technical knowledge and best practices and help drive a culture of leadership, proactivity, ownership, and accountability.
• Research cutting-edge technologies for application within the games industry.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a professional technical artist used to development of tool kit.
• Leadership experience managing large and fast-growing teams in the games service industry.
• Recent experience in console development with at least one shipped title.
• Expert knowledge in one or more major functional areas of game development, such as rendering, engine systems, tools and pipelines, and backend.
• Good knowledge of programming languages and software engineering practices.
• Exceptional management and communication skills.
• Able to manage a time-sensitive workload in an urgent and extremely organized manner.
• Strong attention to detail.

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