Job Description

Company Description

Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a global VFX studio with decades of storytelling experience across the feature film and episodic industries, with award-winning highlights including The Lion King, 1917, The Mandalorian, and Wandavision.

MPC's global network of artists is constantly innovating to bring unimaginable ideas to life through cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity. Part of the Technicolor Creative Studios network, MPC continues to lead the visual arts industry, building authentic and long-lasting connections with audiences across screens worldwide.



We seek a Technical Director to help build our Academy in the Cloud infrastructure with our partners, which will establish a new VFX pipeline with managed workstations, storage and rendering. This role also supports building and updating course content to ensure everything works seamlessly for instructors and students.

• Designing tools, techniques and pipeline in support of Academy courses.
• Design, create and maintain tools using APIs provided by the various DCC applications.
• The role requires strong technical and communication skills, as well as a firm understanding of lighting, shading, compositing, color theory, software design, graphics, and production workflow.
• Work with trainers to troubleshoot and fix problems arising in the Technical Director's area(s) of expertise and engage peers when outside area of expertise.
• Working closely with Technicolor global systems architecture team to utilize best practices, resources and security requirements for the new Academy in the Cloud.
• Utilize 3rd party platform features that enable the Academy team to assigning workstations with trainers able to monitor and manage usage to control costs.

Qualifications

What you'll need:

• Knowledge of applicable software platforms including LINUX, UNIX.
• Previous experience in Visual Effects.
• Solid understanding of the Visual Effects pipeline.
• Experience in developing tools for DCC packages such as Maya, Houdini, Katana or Nuke.
• Programming/scripting skills (Python, Maya API, C++) for module and tool development.
• GUI scripting (PySide2/PyQt4/PyQt5).
• Experience with pipeline integration, rendering, asset management systems and databases.
• Ability to quickly master proprietary tools and development processes.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Must be detail oriented, organized, have good communication skills, and be able to independently handle a variety of tasks in an efficient manner.

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