To work with our artists and software R&D team, bridging the gap between creative and technical and providing the support for the tools and technologies used to create stunning visuals. Ability to maintain a close relationship with the Creative groups to enhance knowledge of user workflows and guide design and development of pipeline projects that service the teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Base to adapt the existing pipeline and tools to their new approach and operating as the front-line support for artists
• Create solutions and tools to speed up workflows, alleviate bottlenecks and facilitate production
• Creating quick scripts, macros and tools that will assist artist to manage work effectively
• Writing unit tests that run various production scenarios through your code so that bugs can be caught before deployed in production.

Key skills:

• Strong Python knowledge
• Strong experience using at least one or all the following applications as a technical artist: Houdini, Nuke, Maya, Katana
• A good understanding of artist workflows and the tools they use for work
• Functional knowledge of Linux based systems
• Familiarity with the concepts of registering files on a database to facilitate a large team of artists, working across multiple sites
• Knowledge of Renderman
• Experience with C/C++, Lua and/or other scripting languages
• Knowledge of shotgrid application