R&d Coordinator

Company Description

Technicolor Creative Studios is a technology company working with creative companies across the world to help them produce their most iconic work. Our award-winning teams of artists and technologists' partner with the creative community across film, television, animation, gaming, brand experience and advertising to bring the universal art of storytelling to audiences around the world. We are renowned for adding visual wonder and creative expertise to the film, advertising and entertainment industries, with some of our most famous projects including the blockbuster movies Blade Runner 2049, The Jungle Book, The Lion King and 1917, and advertising campaigns for Channel 4, Sony and IKEA.

**Job Description**:
MPC VFX is part of Technicolor's premiere portfolio of VFX brands and services providing offerings tailored to the specific creative and storytelling needs of each project. Within this collective, MPC has built a reputation for industrial-scale production of images, and the software development to enable this.

With renewed efforts to harmonize the technology stack across Business Units, MPC is at the centre of an exciting modernization and retooling of its pipeline, continuing to push boundaries on scale, performance, and artist experience.

We are hiring a R&D Coordinator to join our R&D team. You'll be able to contribute directly to the success and timely delivery of some of the most technically challenging and widely recognized movies in production.

The role will work hand-in-hand with our software developers as well as VFX artists, providing operational support for those that are maintaining and developing the tools and technologies used to create the stunning imagery for our films. It is a highly dynamic environment, which requires a cool head, creative thinking and pragmatic problem solving. The team needs people who are able to take initiative and our environment thrives on the ability to communicate complex problems in a simple form to team members, stakeholders and all the way through to users of the system.

We are looking for an individual with a passion for R&D, VFX processes and pipeline.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Calendar management and meeting facilitation for the R&D team
- Ensure incoming requests from production are triaged accurately and expediently to the right developers
- Communication of on-going support and engineering efforts between production and software developers
- Helping planning and engage with stakeholders of development initiatives including prioritization and value
- Communication of issues and problems appropriately to the Software Management team
- Organization of department team building events and initiatives
- Assisting the Department Manager with day-to-day operations and team administration

**Qualifications**:

- Demonstrable communication and organizational skills
- Basic understanding of VFX, computer graphics, or agile software development.
- Experience working as a member of a team
- Experience in a deadline driven, high pressure environment
- Customer support or technical support experience is an asset
- Education in VFX, Computer Science or Technical Animation an asset

Personal Attributes
- Highly committed and able to work independently and as a team.
- Extremely organized with good communication skills and an excellent attention to detail.
- Deadline orientated and ability to remain calm in a fast-paced and highly pressure environment.
- Positive, upbeat and professional attitude with a customer-focused approach to completing tasks

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