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Title: R&D Technical Director
Location: Burbank, CA
Company: MTV Networks
Channel: Nickelodeon
Description
Nickelodeon Animation Studios is currently looking for a Technical Director for the Burbank facility. The position will help develop tools for award winning TV series like ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’. These tools will function both in-house and out-of-house, covering the following areas:
In-house pipeline
Production management
Asset management
The tasks include:
Design, implementation, and maintenance of pipeline and production support tools, such as I/O tools, asset and task management systems
Extend and maintain existing tools
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, plus 2 -3 years experience in production studio environment
Proficient in C++, C#, and Python
An understanding of 3D computer graphics theory and practice
Database experience is a huge plus
Able to communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical personnel
Must be able to work alone and collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadlines
Open to direction and able to embrace change
Desired Skills:
Experience in CG animation production for television, film, games or visual effects
CG-related packages and API’s, especially in regards to Maya, Fusion, Photoshop, and Nuke
Familiarity with FileMaker, PyQt and SQL